Give a PS3 or a Wii as a gift... or even an Xbox 360.
People who currently buy a PC for games AND business/education use the business/education to justify it. If you kill off PC gaming, you'll drive up the cost of PCs as you drive demand down. Meanwhile gamers are still locked into a proprietary platform - just one they can't hope to mod or contribute to as much.
Natural selection, vs Intelligent boat design: The new debate
But seriously, this approach on first glance says to me that these scientists don't understand the word natural in the term Natural Selection, and probably don't understand scientific method very well either. I mean for fuck sake, human beings have time and time again built bigger and better designs over time in many areas. Anything that can be engineered. Boats, Bridges, Buildings. You name it. That's nothing new. Misapplying statistical analysis, based on fitness criteria with 20/20 hindsight sounds like junk science. to me.
(Note: I do not have time to read the article right now and I'm having to assume the summary is accurate...which in itself ain't very scientific. Perhaps I'll take a look at the actual article tomorrow).
The owner of the shop whose windows are being trashed isn't in a position to change society. He installs the device to move the problem on.
He does no such fucking thing. By installing the device he adds a new problem solving no existing one. These kids still go find somewhere else to trash. Now the kids moving on in itself isn't the problem. I'd put a lock on my door to move a crook on to the next house. However my lock on the door doesn't create a new social problem and doesn't affect innocent people. His new device does. Therefore he's just become another thug.
...and how much less likely do you think these kids will be to respect people's property when those people are trying to deafen or annoy them? Never mind those kids that might want to shop there, or heavens forbid are neutral and have nothing to do with the store.
Fix the problem. Get the police to actually bloody respond. If you can't do that waging war on kids (because the politicians and police are too difficult to engage) isn't just a poor substitute it's the epitome of stupidity. Stop picking on newborns you ranting nutter.
There's a much simpler solution to that problem anyway: make the copyright end when the artist dies.
People might actually commit murder to end copyright if you did. It wouldn't be safe to hold copyright.
I have a better solution. Separate CONTROL of the work from a right to PROFIT, then limit the right to profit to say 5 years. Now anyone can distribute the work but must pay the artist if they do so in the first 5 years.
You're right of course, I stand corrected. A little embarassed to be honest. Even though I haven't touched real chemistry for 15 years, I should know better than that.
4. You have designs of ever having a romantic relationship. ("Honey, I know preparations for the wedding have been a bit busy, but we'll have to schedule your surgery sometime this week...")
If I recall correctly they used a big arsed needle to implant the microchips in my dogs and that was 8 years ago.
Hey honey, bend over! This will only take a minute!
Oops silly me, that was meant to go in your arm. I read the instructions wrong. Hey your options are that you can put your arse against the door to open it or we can do this again in your arm. Which do you pick?
We're done burning up all the hydrocarbons here, and we haven't turned the planet into a Venutian hell yet, so we're looking for new sources of hydrocarbon???
If you're going to burn anything on earth, you only need a single chemical equation for energy 4H + O2 = 2H2O
Math is a beautiful thing. That movie was not. I was going to be a smart alec and post anonymously about how much I disliked the movie but I didn't think that'd be a very nice thing to do just so I could have a chuckle on a bad day (even though trolling seems to be an ingrained tradition here)....Instead,
There's a book I'd like to recommend to you if math in Nature is your thing.
It only requires highschool math - trig and algebra, and replaces the more complex mathematics with software (that mostly uses finite difference equations in place of calculus) so you'll probably find it talks down a little if you're a mathematician. I also feel the author's a little biased in his view of history. However the physical insights into physics and physical phenomenon are incredible. (Disclaimer: I'm only on chapter 2...but I've looked at the content and this is a book I've been waiting my whole life for. I have a Masters degree in Astronomy that I've never used, but we went light on the math - about as light as this book - and we never covered Realivity in the sort of depth I wanted to)
The fast food ones that come to mind immediately KFC - Kant F'ing Cook Hungry Jacks - Humpme Jacks Pizza Hut - Pizza Slut McDonalds - McDogfood
There are so many for Microsoft I won't bother listing them. Oracle - (H)Orrible Sun - Bum (Bum Java) IBM - iBum SeaGate - Sea-Crate Dell - Dildo Apple - That fruit company
I'm not against having fun with company names. Still best to keep 'em out of the serious dialog.
Myth Buster is garbage. It's not as bad as biggest loser aka "I'll trade my self esteem for your weight loss bunk then lose weight unhealthily" but its dangerous. Why? Because they piss on the scientific method and unfortunately people see them and think they're scientists. Many of those watching the show get some twisted reality tv based version of what science is like. In reality they're 2 special effects guys blowing shit up and doing other "cool things" based on some scientific premise. They're only slightly less scientific than UK's Brainiac.
If you examine Reality TV it's trash because
1) It's not based on reality at all. The situations are articifical. Yet it promises to be about the real world and realism. Stupid naive people get a very skewed view of what reality should be like and try to apply it to their own lives with disasterous results.
2) It's focused on bringing out people's worst - backstabbing (survivor), fad dieting (biggest loser), bitchy dance and song competitions (so you think you can dance, idol). They always try to put positive spin on things as if they're helping people find their true selves, or lose weight or make it big - in reality all it does is use schmucks up and spit them out.
3) It displaces better quality stuff. e.g. People who can ACTUALLY sing and dance and have already proven it.
I have hobbies too. However when I'm exhausted none of my hobbies are as compelling as watching TV. However I also tend to be selective in what I watch (except my wife loves Reality TV and I do end up watching some of that mind numbing shite so I can spend more time with her)
Also hobbies cost time and money. If either are scarce the hobbies don't get a look in, whereas TV requires no effort. THAT is why it's become so compelling. Most of us are working our lives away and when we are at home are too exhausted after chores etc. to start launching into the hobbies.
We need music, and even TV, that reflects what it's like to live in OUR time.
Ah that explains all the glorification of self centered idiots on TV.
It's gotten to the point that words have taken on different meanings in the context of modern genres.
Sci Fi: Fantasy. Loosely based on science. No thought required. Any actual thought provoking content borrowed from older fables. Uses the same tired old plots. (eg. Data as Pinocchio) (Prototype: Startrek) Action: Fantasy. Leave your brains behind altogether. Uses the same tired old plots. (Prototype: Rambo) Comedy/Chick Flick: Fantasy. Usually about a self centered character or set of characters finding happiness despite their own stupidity. Uses the same tired old plots. (Prototype Bridget Jones) Drama: Fantasy. Uses the same tired old plots. Unlikeable selfish characters struggle with what life throws at them
There has to be something seriously wrong with society that all our modern stuff is boring repedative escapist braindead trash.
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If you're seriously saying that 20 year old X.org (predecessor) binaries will work on a modern OS, I'd love more detail.
Can I make one minor suggestion. Calling the place "Worst Buy" might be good parody but it does make you sound a little less than mature which may take away from all the brilliant points you made.
As for the dude you're responding to: Lately the trolls and extremists, who are happy to take any opportunity to belittle, vilify or put down other people regardless of whether they are at fault, have taken over slashdot. Nothing worse than a nerd-bully.
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Give a PS3 or a Wii as a gift... or even an Xbox 360.
People who currently buy a PC for games AND business/education use the business/education to justify it. If you kill off PC gaming, you'll drive up the cost of PCs as you drive demand down. Meanwhile gamers are still locked into a proprietary platform - just one they can't hope to mod or contribute to as much.
Not a good move.
Natural selection, vs Intelligent boat design: The new debate
But seriously, this approach on first glance says to me that these scientists don't understand the word natural in the term Natural Selection, and probably don't understand scientific method very well either. I mean for fuck sake, human beings have time and time again built bigger and better designs over time in many areas. Anything that can be engineered. Boats, Bridges, Buildings. You name it. That's nothing new. Misapplying statistical analysis, based on fitness criteria with 20/20 hindsight sounds like junk science. to me.
(Note: I do not have time to read the article right now and I'm having to assume the summary is accurate...which in itself ain't very scientific. Perhaps I'll take a look at the actual article tomorrow).
Your bribe isn't large enough. Please supply more money and we'll find reasons to fold on our constituents.
Regards,
Canadian Parliament
The owner of the shop whose windows are being trashed isn't in a position to change society. He installs the device to move the problem on.
He does no such fucking thing. By installing the device he adds a new problem solving no existing one. These kids still go find somewhere else to trash. Now the kids moving on in itself isn't the problem. I'd put a lock on my door to move a crook on to the next house. However my lock on the door doesn't create a new social problem and doesn't affect innocent people. His new device does. Therefore he's just become another thug.
More dangerous. The friend can see what's going on around you, and can shut up when needed.
You're not married are you.
(Just kidding honey, Honest!)
'Porn King' Says Google Should Block Internet Competition As It Hurts Video Sales
No it should read:
Yo! Listen up pimpz. This be my territory and dees be my hos. You stay the fuck out or I'll break your kneecaps.
...and how much less likely do you think these kids will be to respect people's property when those people are trying to deafen or annoy them? Never mind those kids that might want to shop there, or heavens forbid are neutral and have nothing to do with the store.
Fix the problem. Get the police to actually bloody respond. If you can't do that waging war on kids (because the politicians and police are too difficult to engage) isn't just a poor substitute it's the epitome of stupidity. Stop picking on newborns you ranting nutter.
There's a much simpler solution to that problem anyway: make the copyright end when the artist dies.
People might actually commit murder to end copyright if you did. It wouldn't be safe to hold copyright.
I have a better solution. Separate CONTROL of the work from a right to PROFIT, then limit the right to profit to say 5 years. Now anyone can distribute the work but must pay the artist if they do so in the first 5 years.
I don't think the analogy in the summary is worth a horse's turd. Disconnecting is more like shooting the horse, not slowing it down.
Anyway there's no car in that analogy. I don't understand!!!
Ahhh what you're saying is that the binary message spec hasn't changed.
That's not as big a deal. How old is TCP? Ethernet?
You're right of course, I stand corrected. A little embarassed to be honest. Even though I haven't touched real chemistry for 15 years, I should know better than that.
I have no idea what you're on about but our planet has a way of cycling water out of the atmosphere. If you've never heard of it its called rain.
The CO2 remains.
4. You have designs of ever having a romantic relationship. ("Honey, I know preparations for the wedding have been a bit busy, but we'll have to schedule your surgery sometime this week...")
If I recall correctly they used a big arsed needle to implant the microchips in my dogs and that was 8 years ago.
Hey honey, bend over! This will only take a minute!
Oops silly me, that was meant to go in your arm. I read the instructions wrong. Hey your options are that you can put your arse against the door to open it or we can do this again in your arm. Which do you pick?
I'm not having anything implanted in me. Not that I was a major contender but if that's what you have to do to get geek cred, I'm outta here.
I didn't like what you were saying so I decided to stop reading and went to my favourite website instead.
(Moderators this is a JOKE not a troll)
We're done burning up all the hydrocarbons here, and we haven't turned the planet into a Venutian hell yet, so we're looking for new sources of hydrocarbon???
If you're going to burn anything on earth, you only need a single chemical equation for energy
4H + O2 = 2H2O
I meant since we're talking math.
Way to screw up a joke eh.
Math is a beautiful thing. That movie was not. I was going to be a smart alec and post anonymously about how much I disliked the movie but I didn't think that'd be a very nice thing to do just so I could have a chuckle on a bad day (even though trolling seems to be an ingrained tradition here)....Instead,
There's a book I'd like to recommend to you if math in Nature is your thing.
Gravity from the Ground up.
http://www.gravityfromthegroundup.org/
http://www.gravityfromthegroundup.org/pdf/preface.pdf
http://www.gravityfromthegroundup.org/excerpts.html
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=P_T0xxhDcsIC&dq=gravity+from+the+ground+up&pg=PP1&ots=eYBnl6oBlg&sig=h6x74j7itqQs7AgsVN4kU39oaFQ&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=gravity+from+the+ground+up&btnG=Google+Search&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail
It only requires highschool math - trig and algebra, and replaces the more complex mathematics with software (that mostly uses finite difference equations in place of calculus) so you'll probably find it talks down a little if you're a mathematician. I also feel the author's a little biased in his view of history. However the physical insights into physics and physical phenomenon are incredible. (Disclaimer: I'm only on chapter 2...but I've looked at the content and this is a book I've been waiting my whole life for. I have a Masters degree in Astronomy that I've never used, but we went light on the math - about as light as this book - and we never covered Realivity in the sort of depth I wanted to)
or since we're talking movies....
dy/dx (Movie)
Yeah it's too easy sometimes.
The fast food ones that come to mind immediately
KFC - Kant F'ing Cook
Hungry Jacks - Humpme Jacks
Pizza Hut - Pizza Slut
McDonalds - McDogfood
There are so many for Microsoft I won't bother listing them.
Oracle - (H)Orrible
Sun - Bum (Bum Java)
IBM - iBum
SeaGate - Sea-Crate
Dell - Dildo
Apple - That fruit company
I'm not against having fun with company names. Still best to keep 'em out of the serious dialog.
Myth Buster is garbage. It's not as bad as biggest loser aka "I'll trade my self esteem for your weight loss bunk then lose weight unhealthily" but its dangerous. Why? Because they piss on the scientific method and unfortunately people see them and think they're scientists. Many of those watching the show get some twisted reality tv based version of what science is like. In reality they're 2 special effects guys blowing shit up and doing other "cool things" based on some scientific premise. They're only slightly less scientific than UK's Brainiac.
If you examine Reality TV it's trash because
1) It's not based on reality at all. The situations are articifical. Yet it promises to be about the real world and realism. Stupid naive people get a very skewed view of what reality should be like and try to apply it to their own lives with disasterous results.
2) It's focused on bringing out people's worst - backstabbing (survivor), fad dieting (biggest loser), bitchy dance and song competitions (so you think you can dance, idol). They always try to put positive spin on things as if they're helping people find their true selves, or lose weight or make it big - in reality all it does is use schmucks up and spit them out.
3) It displaces better quality stuff. e.g. People who can ACTUALLY sing and dance and have already proven it.
What is my secret? I have hobbies.
I have hobbies too. However when I'm exhausted none of my hobbies are as compelling as watching TV. However I also tend to be selective in what I watch (except my wife loves Reality TV and I do end up watching some of that mind numbing shite so I can spend more time with her)
Also hobbies cost time and money. If either are scarce the hobbies don't get a look in, whereas TV requires no effort. THAT is why it's become so compelling. Most of us are working our lives away and when we are at home are too exhausted after chores etc. to start launching into the hobbies.
We need music, and even TV, that reflects what it's like to live in OUR time.
Ah that explains all the glorification of self centered idiots on TV.
It's gotten to the point that words have taken on different meanings in the context of modern genres.
Sci Fi: Fantasy. Loosely based on science. No thought required. Any actual thought provoking content borrowed from older fables. Uses the same tired old plots. (eg. Data as Pinocchio) (Prototype: Startrek)
Action: Fantasy. Leave your brains behind altogether. Uses the same tired old plots. (Prototype: Rambo)
Comedy/Chick Flick: Fantasy. Usually about a self centered character or set of characters finding happiness despite their own stupidity. Uses the same tired old plots. (Prototype Bridget Jones)
Drama: Fantasy. Uses the same tired old plots. Unlikeable selfish characters struggle with what life throws at them
There has to be something seriously wrong with society that all our modern stuff is boring repedative escapist braindead trash.
If you're seriously saying that 20 year old X.org (predecessor) binaries will work on a modern OS, I'd love more detail.
Very good points.
Can I make one minor suggestion. Calling the place "Worst Buy" might be good parody but it does make you sound a little less than mature which may take away from all the brilliant points you made.
As for the dude you're responding to: Lately the trolls and extremists, who are happy to take any opportunity to belittle, vilify or put down other people regardless of whether they are at fault, have taken over slashdot. Nothing worse than a nerd-bully.