Well enjoy buying them each time your DRM fails to validate, your computer or iPod crashes etc. People should just stop buying DRM shite now and save us about 20 years of bullshit because I guarantee people aren't stupid enough to continually rebuy the same thing with DRM after they've had 1 or 2 crashes or computer system changes that wipe out their collection.
Fun is fun, but when fun is presented as science and fools like yourself start calling their redneck special effects pseudoscientific testing "clever approaches to problem solving" they're encouraging stupidity and helping lower the average IQ more than most reality TV.
You're living in a fantasy. They're very clear about what they have and haven't tested and the fact they have a week to do it. They use crude methods for cool factor. This is not how real science is done and if you think otherwise the education system has failed you. I could go through one show at a time and show you that there are plenty of examples of small sample sizes, or ill thought out experiments - some of which they even admit to.
Like rewiring the shell of an old cockpit with unshielded uncertified cable, mounting it on a pickup truck to simulate motion and wondering why they can't get a solid reading even without mobile phones going. That's just obtuse. Then they settle for testing in a single aircraft on the ground (due to regulations), and pick a plane with a new computerised glass cockpit (nothing like the first old Cessna cockpit). This is all literally just for show. You can't conclude anything based on this.
They most certainly don't teach doing science! They teach that a sample size of 1 is acceptable. They teach that an experiment does not need a control. They teach that you can draw generalisations from crude experiments. They don't teach that real science takes years and statistical analysis. They don't teach the scientific method at all.
Now they may expose people to how every day objects work, but that's just a side thing while they continue to blow things up and do special effects. Any kid learning their science from this will grow up to be a red neck retard scientist.
I find your "don't try this at home" argument laughable. Kids don't understand danger and they want to be cool like the people they watch on TV. When they say they're professionals the kids say I could be a professional too. "Don't try this at home" is just to ward off law suits.
Ego as fuck? Flaws as shit? Go learn to speak English as fuck. Then I might give a fuck about your opinion. Educational programs don't need to be sensationalist nor do they have to be boring, but I guess you'd need some imagination to understand that. Want a good example. The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene. If I want to criticise something because I think it's awful I'll do that. Until you become dictator there's not much you can do about it. Oh yes, and I have a different career. THAT is why I don't do a science show.
Most of the cost of the Segway comes from the balancing act it has to do. Yes 2 wheeled transport in the form of bikes has been around for over a hundred years but they don't balance themselves, you learn to ride a bike and balance it the it's your fault as the user if you go ass over tit. So long as the Segway needs power and a computer to not make you fall on your ass, it'll be an expensive mistake to own. You're much better off with a bike than a scooter or this contraption.
Ego? Please. I didn't go off about how wonderful or accurate I am. I don't do a science show. You can be sure as fuck I wouldn't do it like that if I did. So which one of the Mythbusters do you fancy anyway?
These are no longer classified as planets. They do not orbit the sun. The recent stupid IAU definition of a planet says if it doesn't orbit the sun (not a sun or a star but the sun) it's not a planet. Same for 'dwarf planet'
I propose we call them extrasolar goobledygooks. Perhaps the IAU will vote that in too.
I know this will be unpopular and I promise I'm not trying to flame so please read through before modding.
Who knew one had a degree in Russian literature? They come across as arts students because they piss on the scientific method. (As an aside one of them worked on the starwars prequels. I'd try NOT to mentino that). Their show might be 'cool' and 'entertaining' and even have some element of thought but I always laugh at their back of the envelope scientific calculations because their very methods are awful. The most common things they seem to do are:
1) Take a tiny sample size of 1 or 2 of an item and then come to conclusions about myths that involve life and death.
e.g. mobile phones - try two and a wide band transmitter, take 1 aircraft, and one dodgy as shit cobbled together frankensteined cockpit, and conclude that mobile phones don't interfeer but the FAA is playing it safe. I agree with the conclusion but the method is laughable.
which brings us to...
2) Take a crude as fuck model or experiment and draw conclusions based on that. If there's a scientific study refer to it in a footnote at the end of the show. If your rough results agree pat self on back.
I'd be fine if they presented it as entertainment but they're pretence that there's any real sciece going on pisses me off. They're like Steve Irwin for risk adverse tech nerds who like to blow things up. Thankfully they don't harass animals doing it. It just ain't science and it rots the brain to present it as anything but entertainment. I'm not saying they're stupid or incapable people, just that the sensationalist nature of the show is rot.
I love it when rich hypocrits criticise the very source of their wealth. The minute he gets a movie deal he'll spout about how wonderful it is and he'll take the money happily. Hollywood will market it as Hollywood does, and he'll justify his work as art.
Inconvenience isn't an issue. If I was screened an extra 10 minutes per trip I'd not be complaining as loudly. However there's every indication that these measures are NOT temporary. When exactly will the US plan to stop fingerprinting non-US citizens for example.
As an aside, information gathering isn't just an inconvenience, you now have authorities with more power. As an extreme example if there's corruption people can pin a crime on someone that hasn't committed a crime. Then there's privacy leaks. (Fingerprinting isn't a good example for that because there's limited use to fingerprints unless you're talking biometric passwords). What's more the more fingerprints you collect the more chance of data error (ie prints associated with a crime incorrectly matched to random citizen). What's more it does nothing for security. A jihad terrorists doesn't care what information you gather on him in the final stages of the plot.
There's also very real over-reactions by law enforcement to silly situations. Do you really want to stop a plane because everytime some schmuck drops his Ipod down the toilet or leaves his mobile phone behind? That's one unlucky SOaB if he fits the terrorist profile. Lets not wait for terrorist, lets scare ourselves to death, and to hell with the innocent.
No it's not just about an extra few minutes inconvenience per trip. I could live with that.
In short, why don't you learn to be respectful of other people's opinions?
I don't speak for the parent, but for myself I stop respecting other people's opinions when they start to do me serious harm.
Unfortunately I believe despite all this BS security theatre, one day a terrorist will detonate a nuke or other WMD. I think the only way to prevent that is to dismantle the weapons making facilities and place even tighter controls on WMD materials world wide, and perhaps limit the number of nukes on the planet even further. Bukes aren't the only weapon that could be employeed (and they're hard to make). That still doesn't mean you sacrifice your freedoms to your fears. You'll wind up living, but living in a police state and that's no way to live. Do you want your children to grow up unable to travel, with their finger prints and DNA catalogued and controlled, and the state determining their level of education (controlling the information), jobs and possibly even who they marry. That's what happens when you move further and further away from freedom, and it certainly can happen slowly and one cut at a time.
I do disagree 100% and I think the first time "the full treatment" sees you detained for days, cavity searched, or worse, you'll think differently. Or when your freedoms are so eroded that do actually have to present papers to move from city to city or state to state.
It's not new. Terrorists have had the means and motivation to kill you since before you were born. Same goes for every human being alive.
Isn't that how all DRM seems to work: Give us your money now. You might be able to watch the movie right after you do that. You may even be able to watch it again at a later date. Then again we may just charge you for it again next time you decide you want to see it, or if the format changes, or if it's a new moon, or... By the way you might want to check out these other movies you may get to watch. Seeya. Have a nice day. Come again (*but not if you have a complaint)
Ah this brings back memory of the wonder you have as a kid discovering that writing on paper with lemon juice it disappears and dries until you iron it and the lemon trail browns. Of course you couldn't erase it afterwards and reuse the paper, so it's not the same. Then again I didn't have to spend millions on research.
The possibilities abound. Documents that honour privacy legislation and erase themselves in 7 years. Historians and investigators rejoice! Your work load is about to decrease dramatically. You see the key problem is that instead of treating the paper as disposable, you treat your information as disposable.
Hmmm....I see lots of memory leaks but don't seem to see the CPU hogging...
I agree there are problems with FF. I agree the team needs to address them and aren't doing so well at that at the moment. But I've used FF on a number of machines and not seen this particular problem (as opposed to memory leaks which I've seen on every machine) so I do wonder if there's something unique about your machine.
One is a dangerous thing that will rip out your heart with a poisonous barb given half a chance, and the other is a harmless-if-not-provoked sea creature.
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Well enjoy buying them each time your DRM fails to validate, your computer or iPod crashes etc. People should just stop buying DRM shite now and save us about 20 years of bullshit because I guarantee people aren't stupid enough to continually rebuy the same thing with DRM after they've had 1 or 2 crashes or computer system changes that wipe out their collection.
I love receiving advice to lighten up from someone so anal as to point out IQs comprise averages despite knowing perfectly well exactly what I mean.
Fun is fun, but when fun is presented as science and fools like yourself start calling their redneck special effects pseudoscientific testing "clever approaches to problem solving" they're encouraging stupidity and helping lower the average IQ more than most reality TV.
You're living in a fantasy. They're very clear about what they have and haven't tested and the fact they have a week to do it. They use crude methods for cool factor. This is not how real science is done and if you think otherwise the education system has failed you. I could go through one show at a time and show you that there are plenty of examples of small sample sizes, or ill thought out experiments - some of which they even admit to.
Like rewiring the shell of an old cockpit with unshielded uncertified cable, mounting it on a pickup truck to simulate motion and wondering why they can't get a solid reading even without mobile phones going. That's just obtuse. Then they settle for testing in a single aircraft on the ground (due to regulations), and pick a plane with a new computerised glass cockpit (nothing like the first old Cessna cockpit). This is all literally just for show. You can't conclude anything based on this.
Yes wonderful redneck special effects. About as much science as a soapie though.
They most certainly don't teach doing science! They teach that a sample size of 1 is acceptable. They teach that an experiment does not need a control. They teach that you can draw generalisations from crude experiments. They don't teach that real science takes years and statistical analysis. They don't teach the scientific method at all.
Now they may expose people to how every day objects work, but that's just a side thing while they continue to blow things up and do special effects. Any kid learning their science from this will grow up to be a red neck retard scientist.
I find your "don't try this at home" argument laughable. Kids don't understand danger and they want to be cool like the people they watch on TV. When they say they're professionals the kids say I could be a professional too. "Don't try this at home" is just to ward off law suits.
Ego as fuck? Flaws as shit? Go learn to speak English as fuck. Then I might give a fuck about your opinion. Educational programs don't need to be sensationalist nor do they have to be boring, but I guess you'd need some imagination to understand that. Want a good example. The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene. If I want to criticise something because I think it's awful I'll do that. Until you become dictator there's not much you can do about it. Oh yes, and I have a different career. THAT is why I don't do a science show.
Most of the cost of the Segway comes from the balancing act it has to do. Yes 2 wheeled transport in the form of bikes has been around for over a hundred years but they don't balance themselves, you learn to ride a bike and balance it the it's your fault as the user if you go ass over tit. So long as the Segway needs power and a computer to not make you fall on your ass, it'll be an expensive mistake to own. You're much better off with a bike than a scooter or this contraption.
I guess its not idiot proof yet.
Ego? Please. I didn't go off about how wonderful or accurate I am. I don't do a science show. You can be sure as fuck I wouldn't do it like that if I did. So which one of the Mythbusters do you fancy anyway?
These are no longer classified as planets. They do not orbit the sun. The recent stupid IAU definition of a planet says if it doesn't orbit the sun (not a sun or a star but the sun) it's not a planet. Same for 'dwarf planet'
I propose we call them extrasolar goobledygooks. Perhaps the IAU will vote that in too.
You're the sort of person that thinks a good way to pay programmers is how many kloc they write aren't you?
You idiot! You left out the logic for the bribery! :-)
I'm told that "Plays for sure" will be released in some European markets as "Sure it plays?" :-)
The US GOVERNMENT is warning other governments against too much regulation?
:-)
Yes, how is the US govt. suppose to control/restrict things if everyone else is already controlling things?
I know this will be unpopular and I promise I'm not trying to flame so please read through before modding.
Who knew one had a degree in Russian literature? They come across as arts students because they piss on the scientific method. (As an aside one of them worked on the starwars prequels. I'd try NOT to mentino that). Their show might be 'cool' and 'entertaining' and even have some element of thought but I always laugh at their back of the envelope scientific calculations because their very methods are awful. The most common things they seem to do are:
1) Take a tiny sample size of 1 or 2 of an item and then come to conclusions about myths that involve life and death.
e.g. mobile phones - try two and a wide band transmitter, take 1 aircraft, and one dodgy as shit cobbled together frankensteined cockpit, and conclude that mobile phones don't interfeer but the FAA is playing it safe. I agree with the conclusion but the method is laughable.
which brings us to...
2) Take a crude as fuck model or experiment and draw conclusions based on that. If there's a scientific study refer to it in a footnote at the end of the show. If your rough results agree pat self on back.
I'd be fine if they presented it as entertainment but they're pretence that there's any real sciece going on pisses me off. They're like Steve Irwin for risk adverse tech nerds who like to blow things up. Thankfully they don't harass animals doing it. It just ain't science and it rots the brain to present it as anything but entertainment. I'm not saying they're stupid or incapable people, just that the sensationalist nature of the show is rot.
I don't trust Microsoft products anyway
Then why do you even care about Vista?
I love it when rich hypocrits criticise the very source of their wealth. The minute he gets a movie deal he'll spout about how wonderful it is and he'll take the money happily. Hollywood will market it as Hollywood does, and he'll justify his work as art.
http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0731/kidmann.html
Inconvenience isn't an issue. If I was screened an extra 10 minutes per trip I'd not be complaining as loudly. However there's every indication that these measures are NOT temporary. When exactly will the US plan to stop fingerprinting non-US citizens for example.
As an aside, information gathering isn't just an inconvenience, you now have authorities with more power. As an extreme example if there's corruption people can pin a crime on someone that hasn't committed a crime. Then there's privacy leaks. (Fingerprinting isn't a good example for that because there's limited use to fingerprints unless you're talking biometric passwords). What's more the more fingerprints you collect the more chance of data error (ie prints associated with a crime incorrectly matched to random citizen). What's more it does nothing for security. A jihad terrorists doesn't care what information you gather on him in the final stages of the plot.
There's also very real over-reactions by law enforcement to silly situations. Do you really want to stop a plane because everytime some schmuck drops his Ipod down the toilet or leaves his mobile phone behind? That's one unlucky SOaB if he fits the terrorist profile. Lets not wait for terrorist, lets scare ourselves to death, and to hell with the innocent.
No it's not just about an extra few minutes inconvenience per trip. I could live with that.
In short, why don't you learn to be respectful of other people's opinions?
I don't speak for the parent, but for myself I stop respecting other people's opinions when they start to do me serious harm.
Unfortunately I believe despite all this BS security theatre, one day a terrorist will detonate a nuke or other WMD. I think the only way to prevent that is to dismantle the weapons making facilities and place even tighter controls on WMD materials world wide, and perhaps limit the number of nukes on the planet even further. Bukes aren't the only weapon that could be employeed (and they're hard to make). That still doesn't mean you sacrifice your freedoms to your fears. You'll wind up living, but living in a police state and that's no way to live. Do you want your children to grow up unable to travel, with their finger prints and DNA catalogued and controlled, and the state determining their level of education (controlling the information), jobs and possibly even who they marry. That's what happens when you move further and further away from freedom, and it certainly can happen slowly and one cut at a time.
I do disagree 100% and I think the first time "the full treatment" sees you detained for days, cavity searched, or worse, you'll think differently. Or when your freedoms are so eroded that do actually have to present papers to move from city to city or state to state.
It's not new. Terrorists have had the means and motivation to kill you since before you were born. Same goes for every human being alive.
Isn't that how all DRM seems to work: Give us your money now. You might be able to watch the movie right after you do that. You may even be able to watch it again at a later date. Then again we may just charge you for it again next time you decide you want to see it, or if the format changes, or if it's a new moon, or... By the way you might want to check out these other movies you may get to watch. Seeya. Have a nice day. Come again (*but not if you have a complaint)
Ah this brings back memory of the wonder you have as a kid discovering that writing on paper with lemon juice it disappears and dries until you iron it and the lemon trail browns. Of course you couldn't erase it afterwards and reuse the paper, so it's not the same. Then again I didn't have to spend millions on research.
The possibilities abound. Documents that honour privacy legislation and erase themselves in 7 years. Historians and investigators rejoice! Your work load is about to decrease dramatically. You see the key problem is that instead of treating the paper as disposable, you treat your information as disposable.
Hmmm....I see lots of memory leaks but don't seem to see the CPU hogging...
I agree there are problems with FF. I agree the team needs to address them and aren't doing so well at that at the moment. But I've used FF on a number of machines and not seen this particular problem (as opposed to memory leaks which I've seen on every machine) so I do wonder if there's something unique about your machine.
No you've got it confused. BluRay vs Sting Ray.
One is a dangerous thing that will rip out your heart with a poisonous barb given half a chance, and the other is a harmless-if-not-provoked sea creature.