But there are still some old games people like playing. I just bought my first Mac (iBook) last year, and didn't want to have to stop playing Alpha Centauri. Luckily the iBook came with OS 9 and Classic support in OS X lets me keep enjoying Alpha Centauri. I just had to buy the mac version of the game.
But nothing lasts forever; eventually I'll upgrade to an intel-based mac in a few years, and it won't be able to run the mac classic version of Alpha Centauri. Then again, maybe some ingenious people will get OS X running Windows software (or even x86 linux software) without much fuss. Then, Alpha Centauri, here I come, because I own both the Linux and Windows versions...
Except Tivo isn't a solution or a technology, it's a brand. Aside from early adoptors and enthusiasts, most people buy Tivo because they heard about "that Tivo thing" from other people they know and trust.
"...experts' opinions are going to be the most well-informed, and therefore the most valuable."
"Experts" are also generally going to be biased towards wanting to play with the new toys they thought up. They are also generally going to being paid by companies who seek to make a profit out of their investments because they've invested so darn much they don't want to lose the money. This is why the "public" needs to be involved.
I'd rather a mob of people go off half-cocked and hold back a bit of progress for a little while than a mob of corporations go off half-cocked and thrust something onto an unprepared world dangerously fast.
The public's opinion can easily be swayed by corporations with hidden agendas, and somehow I doubt that human advancement will win out against massive profits and sensationalism.
"Earned" authority? I earned mine, too. I'm a citizen. If there really is nothing dangerous, we'll be educated in the long run and the benefits will win out over the fears.
Don't worry, most Dems aren't really interested in her running for Pres. In fact, the only people who seem to spend any time talking about it are Republicans and the media...
Sorry, but blog evangelists have no credibility among those who like to use their brain when viewing news.
Aaahhh ha ha ha ha! I would have almost believed you if you'd written "no better credibility", but by implying that non-blog news has any sort of credibility you gave away your joke.
Well, there is value to the location of real estate that is created by the people who live there already. Midtown Manhattan has a lot of value because it has become an entertainment/tourist mecca. The Village has a lot of history/art value. These things are created by people, and could go away at any time.
You could argue that they are an expected extension of the fact that New York is a good harbor location, and so cultural value is linked to solid geological and economic value. But I would only agree in the broad sense. In the specific sense, buying real estate in Manhattan may be better than, say, Tulsa, but why Midtown versus the far north of Manhattan? Why the Village versus the meat packing district? And some of these places become more valuable as the poor people who moved in out of necessity create cultural value that others then want to flock to.
My only point in all of this is that I think location does have an ephemeral quality beyond the physical that is hard to predict or know in advance.
The worrying thing about Dean and the Democratic party in general is that they've misunderstood the power of the internet and decentralized organization. They see it in terms of collecting money and volunteers to send to campaign in other states. But that's a foolish plan--people are alienated by out of staters coming to convince them to change their minds, as Dean should have learned in Iowa and Kerry should have learned in Ohio. Instead, internet resources should be aimed at getting people engaged in their own communities--whether its just getting people to volunteer in their own neighborhoods or even encourage people to run for local offices.
Hmm... haven't noticed DFA, have you? Because that's exactly what they're doing.
Actually, only poor workers pay that much. Wealthier "workers" don't have to pay much at all, percentage-wise. If they paid more, poorer workers could pay less...
Also, Social Security is supposed to be rock-solid, guaranteed retirement security. What would happen if workers put that money into a "wealth generating" (ie, investment) account? Well, they'd be gambling their money on the stock market. Which is totally fine, but the risk inherent in that is exactly what Social Security is supposed to insure against.
As far as inheritance goes, I think my first point about how regressive Social Security currently is addresses that adequately. If the wealthier segements of society (think rich hollywood liberals, NBA thugs and trial lawyers, to use some of a certain conservative radio personality's favorite wealthy demographics) contributed their fair share to social security, some of the wealth they leech off the lower classes would trickle back down to said classes upon retirement, and allow the lower classes to participate more in inheritance by lowering the amount the lower classes have to pay into Social Security in the first place.
I won't be buying one, but it sounds like a good idea and a good experiment. Heck, just a couple years ago I got my first cell phone - a basic job with a basic, basic plan. Cheap, worked like a charm. The same features existed 10 years previously, but were more expensive, difficult, etc. So I love hearing about new ideas and gadgets like this, because I know it means about 10 years down the line they'll be ready for primetime, ubiquitous, and they'll make my life easier.
This definitely doesn't belong on Slashdot's front page. It barely belongs on Mac Rumors sites. Heck, this sort of typo doesn't even belong on low-level personal blogs like mine: Adam Piontek
Just because a product flops or isn't the mainstream flagship product of its type doesn't mean it's wrong.
Arguably, Apple was right with the Newton and the Cube - they were just a few years early on both counts. Arguably, Apple is right with the one-button mouse; just not right for everybody.
Within the context of pushing paradigm shifts, you could argue that these three were unsuccessful, but you can hardly argue they were "wrong."
1) Who knows... worst case forecasts trumped up to guarantee continued funding for one's research projects are over-excited at best and morally bankrupt at worst.
Um, yeah. How about: "best case forecasts trumped up to guarantee continued comfortable consumption levels for one's oil-based products are over-cautious at best and morallly bankrupt at worst."
I can't reply to the rest of your post since that first bit tipped me off that you really have nothing useful to add to the discussion. Somebody always pipes up with that energy industry talking point every time Slashdot has anything related to global warming. Nobody who says this ever seems to realize: the energy peeps be playin' you, yo. The irony is they're playin' you by convincing you the scientists are playin' you. But hey, what do we care? They got that wealth you lust after, so bully for them!
I'm genuinely glad your wife's Creative player is working for her. In light of other reviews I've read around here, it sounds like she got lucky. Me, I'd rather not gamble. Unless something goes horribly wrong at Apple in the next year or so, my future replacement for my current iPod will be another iPod. But y'all can gamble all you want. Me, I'm hooked on iTunes & Apple's reliability. I don't think I'd be willing to save evena couple hundred bucks to chance less capable software and a less reliable player.
So you're happy with a flawed system, and don't want any attempts to fix it to be allowed. Why would that be? The only reason I can think of is fear that a fix might be worse than the flaw it's trying to fix. But if we never tried to fix flawed systems, there would be no engineers, and we'd still be bart of the British Commonwealth...
The important information you're missing is that the CEO of CNN who said that was only recently (end of November) appointed CEO of CNN. So, in fact, the evidence (cancelling of crossfire & some other shows) suggests that he really does think what he said he thinks.
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Um, yeah. And your point would be...?
But there are still some old games people like playing. I just bought my first Mac (iBook) last year, and didn't want to have to stop playing Alpha Centauri. Luckily the iBook came with OS 9 and Classic support in OS X lets me keep enjoying Alpha Centauri. I just had to buy the mac version of the game.
But nothing lasts forever; eventually I'll upgrade to an intel-based mac in a few years, and it won't be able to run the mac classic version of Alpha Centauri. Then again, maybe some ingenious people will get OS X running Windows software (or even x86 linux software) without much fuss. Then, Alpha Centauri, here I come, because I own both the Linux and Windows versions...
"dong well in the server end"
Man, I hit that line and I just got stuck for some reason. I forgot everything else you wrote. sorry...
It was false, but now it's true?
Brain... melting...
Except Tivo isn't a solution or a technology, it's a brand. Aside from early adoptors and enthusiasts, most people buy Tivo because they heard about "that Tivo thing" from other people they know and trust.
Just make sure you don't make the doors *sigh* every time they open and close, please.
New study determines criminals exhibit criminal behavior...
Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! ... um, yeah. Guess you had to see that horrible Sealab.
Just about the only person I know in New York City who was for the smoking ban was Mayor Bloomberg himself. And he ran as a Republican.
"...experts' opinions are going to be the most well-informed, and therefore the most valuable."
"Experts" are also generally going to be biased towards wanting to play with the new toys they thought up. They are also generally going to being paid by companies who seek to make a profit out of their investments because they've invested so darn much they don't want to lose the money. This is why the "public" needs to be involved.
I'd rather a mob of people go off half-cocked and hold back a bit of progress for a little while than a mob of corporations go off half-cocked and thrust something onto an unprepared world dangerously fast.
The public's opinion can easily be swayed by corporations with hidden agendas, and somehow I doubt that human advancement will win out against massive profits and sensationalism.
"Earned" authority? I earned mine, too. I'm a citizen. If there really is nothing dangerous, we'll be educated in the long run and the benefits will win out over the fears.
Don't worry, most Dems aren't really interested in her running for Pres. In fact, the only people who seem to spend any time talking about it are Republicans and the media...
Sorry, but blog evangelists have no credibility among those who like to use their brain when viewing news.
Aaahhh ha ha ha ha! I would have almost believed you if you'd written "no better credibility", but by implying that non-blog news has any sort of credibility you gave away your joke.
Wow, someone actually reads restate.org? That's a laugh!
Sounds like an effort to create a new "hip" advertising trend.
No thanks.
Well, there is value to the location of real estate that is created by the people who live there already. Midtown Manhattan has a lot of value because it has become an entertainment/tourist mecca. The Village has a lot of history/art value. These things are created by people, and could go away at any time.
You could argue that they are an expected extension of the fact that New York is a good harbor location, and so cultural value is linked to solid geological and economic value. But I would only agree in the broad sense. In the specific sense, buying real estate in Manhattan may be better than, say, Tulsa, but why Midtown versus the far north of Manhattan? Why the Village versus the meat packing district? And some of these places become more valuable as the poor people who moved in out of necessity create cultural value that others then want to flock to.
My only point in all of this is that I think location does have an ephemeral quality beyond the physical that is hard to predict or know in advance.
The worrying thing about Dean and the Democratic party in general is that they've misunderstood the power of the internet and decentralized organization. They see it in terms of collecting money and volunteers to send to campaign in other states. But that's a foolish plan--people are alienated by out of staters coming to convince them to change their minds, as Dean should have learned in Iowa and Kerry should have learned in Ohio. Instead, internet resources should be aimed at getting people engaged in their own communities--whether its just getting people to volunteer in their own neighborhoods or even encourage people to run for local offices.
Hmm... haven't noticed DFA, have you? Because that's exactly what they're doing.
Actually, only poor workers pay that much. Wealthier "workers" don't have to pay much at all, percentage-wise. If they paid more, poorer workers could pay less...
Also, Social Security is supposed to be rock-solid, guaranteed retirement security. What would happen if workers put that money into a "wealth generating" (ie, investment) account? Well, they'd be gambling their money on the stock market. Which is totally fine, but the risk inherent in that is exactly what Social Security is supposed to insure against.
As far as inheritance goes, I think my first point about how regressive Social Security currently is addresses that adequately. If the wealthier segements of society (think rich hollywood liberals, NBA thugs and trial lawyers, to use some of a certain conservative radio personality's favorite wealthy demographics) contributed their fair share to social security, some of the wealth they leech off the lower classes would trickle back down to said classes upon retirement, and allow the lower classes to participate more in inheritance by lowering the amount the lower classes have to pay into Social Security in the first place.
I won't be buying one, but it sounds like a good idea and a good experiment. Heck, just a couple years ago I got my first cell phone - a basic job with a basic, basic plan. Cheap, worked like a charm. The same features existed 10 years previously, but were more expensive, difficult, etc. So I love hearing about new ideas and gadgets like this, because I know it means about 10 years down the line they'll be ready for primetime, ubiquitous, and they'll make my life easier.
This definitely doesn't belong on Slashdot's front page. It barely belongs on Mac Rumors sites. Heck, this sort of typo doesn't even belong on low-level personal blogs like mine: Adam Piontek
Just because a product flops or isn't the mainstream flagship product of its type doesn't mean it's wrong.
Arguably, Apple was right with the Newton and the Cube - they were just a few years early on both counts. Arguably, Apple is right with the one-button mouse; just not right for everybody.
Within the context of pushing paradigm shifts, you could argue that these three were unsuccessful, but you can hardly argue they were "wrong."
1) Who knows... worst case forecasts trumped up to guarantee continued funding for one's research projects are over-excited at best and morally bankrupt at worst.
Um, yeah. How about: "best case forecasts trumped up to guarantee continued comfortable consumption levels for one's oil-based products are over-cautious at best and morallly bankrupt at worst."
I can't reply to the rest of your post since that first bit tipped me off that you really have nothing useful to add to the discussion. Somebody always pipes up with that energy industry talking point every time Slashdot has anything related to global warming. Nobody who says this ever seems to realize: the energy peeps be playin' you, yo. The irony is they're playin' you by convincing you the scientists are playin' you. But hey, what do we care? They got that wealth you lust after, so bully for them!
No, no, no, no, no.
No.
I'm genuinely glad your wife's Creative player is working for her. In light of other reviews I've read around here, it sounds like she got lucky. Me, I'd rather not gamble. Unless something goes horribly wrong at Apple in the next year or so, my future replacement for my current iPod will be another iPod. But y'all can gamble all you want. Me, I'm hooked on iTunes & Apple's reliability. I don't think I'd be willing to save evena couple hundred bucks to chance less capable software and a less reliable player.
So you're happy with a flawed system, and don't want any attempts to fix it to be allowed. Why would that be? The only reason I can think of is fear that a fix might be worse than the flaw it's trying to fix. But if we never tried to fix flawed systems, there would be no engineers, and we'd still be bart of the British Commonwealth...
The important information you're missing is that the CEO of CNN who said that was only recently (end of November) appointed CEO of CNN. So, in fact, the evidence (cancelling of crossfire & some other shows) suggests that he really does think what he said he thinks.