You're assuming that everyone complaining is prudish, but you are making a horrible stereotype. Just because someone isn't a prude, that does not mean they would enjoy having someone else's puerile concept of sexuality shoved down their throat at what is supposed to be a professional event.
My experience was just the opposite. I've used only Netflix for years now and never got cable. Tens of thousands of videos, compelling content. The financee is moving in so she wanted cable. I got Verizon's package with about 300 channels. Not a damn thing on that's worth watching...all pedestrian shit.
So whenever I read about people that can't find anything to watch on Netflix, but seem happy with dead common shows with commercials (and are paying more), I question the veracity of their statements.
Calling bullshit on this one. Just had Verizon's "Extreme" something FiOS TV service installed. Literally over 300 channels and maybe two mediocre shows with commercials were on. I can hop onto iTunes, Amazon, Netflix or Zune Marketplace and lots of content instantly.
And all that lost revenue means there were fewer expenses for the studios to charge against the cost of the film to screw over the writers, director and actors. So, not only did they suffer from lost revenue, they suffered from lost losses!!! This is how movie studios (and record companies) actually think.
That's not being lazy; it's being inefficient. The exact same information is also disseminated for free on Google Finance and a million other web sites where you can look up the financial data of publicly traded companies.
Where to start, where to start... I've been using Office since Office 95 (and Slashdot since 1998) and the ribbon is the greatest improvement to the suite. The ribbon can be hidden by pressing control-F1 if you're worried about screen space. It completely exposes the functionality of Office, where as menus hid it. In other words, the ribbon makes the Office interface more inviting and makes it easier to explore new functionality. This also means co-workers no longer ask you how to do things with Office because it's easy to figure it out themselves. Shortcut keys only have material value when commands are hidden in a menu system. You can right-click any button in Office and add it to a quick access toolbar. You can also customize the ribbon if you like. There is one computer in our office using Office 2003, the last version before the ribbon. It's now considered a pain to use because it's stuck with the menu instead of the ribbon.
Motion-based commands would be incredibly awkward for a game as complex as Skyrim. The game was not designed with a gesture metaphor in mind. It would just be incredibly tedious and flaky given current technology. Voice command is really where it's at for this game.
I know you're joking, but technically scotch ages in the barrel, not the bottle. Assuming you have access to the same recipe, water conditions, ingredients, etc., you'll get the same basic result.
I run into incredibly unusual and arcane investments in my line of work, yet my clients don't seem to have any problems that haven't been tackled before. What are you investing in that multiple tax preparers cannot figure out?
Al Jazeera's English channel streams live 24/7. I find it comparable to what you would get from the BBC. It's one of the built-in channels on any Roku box.
That's not the sole target audience because that's not a viable business model. There are only so many people like that. I think the video was crap because they only portrayed one very narrow application of a really incredible technology.
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The one common thread in all of these videos with smartphones, smart glasses, etc. is an ADD-hyperactive 20-ish person who is *always* portrayed as living in a bustling city with a million different things happening at once...and never working at a job. While people in this type of environment really do exist (Strand Books is a family book store in NYC, btw), that is not how the majority of the US and the rest of the world lives.
I think a more exciting and relate-able way of introducing this technology is to show how it could be used some sort of work or industrial environment. For example, I found a lot more ways to use and relate to a smartphone at work before I could begin to integrate one into my non-work life.
The myth of the flying car is one of the prime examples of an undue sense of entitlement in Western culture. Any alleged problem these devices claim to solve are better served with more efficient mass transit running on alternative energy sources.
You're allowed to sell stock or debt in your company as long as you are able to meet certain reporting standards, such that it is harder to rip-off investors. This lowers the bar for disclosure and makes it easier to scam people.
Hulu + a computer? Even that is too old school. Try a $50 Roku box, along with Hulu, Amazon, Netflix, tons of sports and specialty/international channels.
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You're assuming that everyone complaining is prudish, but you are making a horrible stereotype. Just because someone isn't a prude, that does not mean they would enjoy having someone else's puerile concept of sexuality shoved down their throat at what is supposed to be a professional event.
Ass Plunderers? You mean they're a tree service and don't provide door-to-door sodomy?
I can clearly see that it's hunter2.
My experience was just the opposite. I've used only Netflix for years now and never got cable. Tens of thousands of videos, compelling content. The financee is moving in so she wanted cable. I got Verizon's package with about 300 channels. Not a damn thing on that's worth watching...all pedestrian shit.
So whenever I read about people that can't find anything to watch on Netflix, but seem happy with dead common shows with commercials (and are paying more), I question the veracity of their statements.
Calling bullshit on this one. Just had Verizon's "Extreme" something FiOS TV service installed. Literally over 300 channels and maybe two mediocre shows with commercials were on. I can hop onto iTunes, Amazon, Netflix or Zune Marketplace and lots of content instantly.
The first 4 words that came to my mind when I read this proposal were yourself, Elizabeth, fuck, & go.
Pretty much the same contents, only saltier.
And all that lost revenue means there were fewer expenses for the studios to charge against the cost of the film to screw over the writers, director and actors. So, not only did they suffer from lost revenue, they suffered from lost losses!!! This is how movie studios (and record companies) actually think.
That's not being lazy; it's being inefficient. The exact same information is also disseminated for free on Google Finance and a million other web sites where you can look up the financial data of publicly traded companies.
I remember when the term web log (blog) was first used to describe Slashdot in the late 1990s.
There is more to Office than word processing. Even then, there is more to word processing than typing.
Where to start, where to start...
I've been using Office since Office 95 (and Slashdot since 1998) and the ribbon is the greatest improvement to the suite. The ribbon can be hidden by pressing control-F1 if you're worried about screen space. It completely exposes the functionality of Office, where as menus hid it. In other words, the ribbon makes the Office interface more inviting and makes it easier to explore new functionality. This also means co-workers no longer ask you how to do things with Office because it's easy to figure it out themselves. Shortcut keys only have material value when commands are hidden in a menu system. You can right-click any button in Office and add it to a quick access toolbar. You can also customize the ribbon if you like.
There is one computer in our office using Office 2003, the last version before the ribbon. It's now considered a pain to use because it's stuck with the menu instead of the ribbon.
American here. I am by no means a prude, but holy fuck that is creepy in the Pedobear kind of way.
Motion-based commands would be incredibly awkward for a game as complex as Skyrim. The game was not designed with a gesture metaphor in mind. It would just be incredibly tedious and flaky given current technology. Voice command is really where it's at for this game.
I know you're joking, but technically scotch ages in the barrel, not the bottle. Assuming you have access to the same recipe, water conditions, ingredients, etc., you'll get the same basic result.
Rock 'n Roll came here over 400 years ago in chains.
The fact that The Simpsons is still on the air probably proves this out...because where else can the dream of the 90s be alive?
I run into incredibly unusual and arcane investments in my line of work, yet my clients don't seem to have any problems that haven't been tackled before. What are you investing in that multiple tax preparers cannot figure out?
Or a tiny little Roku box for less than $100. Since this is Slashdot, yes, it runs Linux.
Al Jazeera's English channel streams live 24/7. I find it comparable to what you would get from the BBC. It's one of the built-in channels on any Roku box.
That's not the sole target audience because that's not a viable business model. There are only so many people like that. I think the video was crap because they only portrayed one very narrow application of a really incredible technology.
The one common thread in all of these videos with smartphones, smart glasses, etc. is an ADD-hyperactive 20-ish person who is *always* portrayed as living in a bustling city with a million different things happening at once...and never working at a job. While people in this type of environment really do exist (Strand Books is a family book store in NYC, btw), that is not how the majority of the US and the rest of the world lives.
I think a more exciting and relate-able way of introducing this technology is to show how it could be used some sort of work or industrial environment. For example, I found a lot more ways to use and relate to a smartphone at work before I could begin to integrate one into my non-work life.
The myth of the flying car is one of the prime examples of an undue sense of entitlement in Western culture. Any alleged problem these devices claim to solve are better served with more efficient mass transit running on alternative energy sources.
You're allowed to sell stock or debt in your company as long as you are able to meet certain reporting standards, such that it is harder to rip-off investors. This lowers the bar for disclosure and makes it easier to scam people.
Hulu + a computer? Even that is too old school. Try a $50 Roku box, along with Hulu, Amazon, Netflix, tons of sports and specialty/international channels.