" one of the few things stopping me from purchasing a phone is the fact that I do not want to pay for hundreds of features that I will never use. All I want is an address book and a way to make calls."
Anybody else read this and feel like the dude's being way too picky?
a.) Avoiding use of the extra features is not a chore.
b.) You're not going to find a phone without those features and have it be so much cheaper that it's worth the time to find it.
c.) Has he tried any of those features? I thought games on my phone would be stupid until I ran out of reading material in the bathroom.
Maybe I just don't like people being righetously close minded.
"Um, if they did this wouldn't you just have a PC in a fancy box?"
Yes, but not in the sense that you're thinking.
1.) The games would be much better graphically as each of these machines would be identical in spec. No more "Let's make sure it'll play on 486's!!!!" watered-down graphics. You'd finally have optimized games.
2.) No more driver BS.
3.) You can have a console that plays both console style games and pc style games.
So would you have a PC in a fancy box? Sure. Would you have just a PC in a fancy box? No.
*sigh* I hate when people turn off their brain for the sake of arguing.
Fine, I'll explain it to you:
Despite all the television depicted murders out there, kids/teens aren't likely to go out and shoot anybody in the head and kill them. However, some people have correlated the increase with sexually explicit images on TV with an increase in sex amongst teenagers. Now whether that is true or not is irrelevant, it's simply a matter of percpetion. Most people would prefer that their offspring save themselves for marriage. They fear that seeing erotica on TV will cause them to indulge in their fantasies at an inrresponsible age. This creates unwanted family members and broken families.
That's why, in general, Janet Jackson's breast is more upsetting than Dr. Romano's unfortunate involvement with a helicopter blade.
" Many of the games required the hard drive--- like Halo. So, if MS gets rid of both of those features, the system will lose before it leaves the gates."
It would be simple enough to just emulate the HD with a RAM drive.
" As an example in the article, most people want cell phones that do one thing - make calls"
The first cell phones did this. It wasn't until their popularity made the product so successful that now they're searching for new ways to get a new wave of customers buying new phones. (Notice I used the word 'new' a lot? That was on purpose.) They're searching, and when they find that must-have feature, things will calm down back to simplicity.
I think their point is valid, I just thought this was a dumb example. Cell phones won't go extinct over this. If the had a similar story for say TabletPCs, I'd agree. It's for similar reasons to what CNN mentioned that the Palm mopped the floor with the Newton.
"I mean - Cinderella2? PeterPan2 LionKing2 Aladdin2&3."
Those were straight to video releases for those kids who couldn't get enough. Though this doesn't deteriorate your point a whole lot, it is a little misleading.
Sadly, I've never read any of Tolkien's books, so I can't really say anything insightful about this article. But I can share my experiences with the Nitpicker's guide to Star Trek the Next Generation. Though some of the nitpicks were quite valid, there were also a few that really bothered me. For eaxmple, the author of the book didn't like the idea that a sub-warp Shuttle would be sent from the Enterprise on a 6-hour cruise to a planet. He went on and on, even doing the math of how quickly the Enterprise could get there at warp speed. For all of the observation skills this guy had, he just never noticed that they avoid going to warp within a solar system. So why expend the fuel to send a humungous ship when you can expend just the bare minimum via shuttle?
So I haveta ask, are some of the nitpicks on this site (or others...) kind of in that vicinity? The nitpicker just didn't get it? I guess you all have a good idea why I'm not a big fan of reading nitpicks. I'm curious if any of you have similar stories to share about nitpicking the nitpickers.
"I mean, c'mon, there is at least dozen other things to do instead of movie forensics. "
What do you expect people to do when they really care about something? I mean seriously, you do 100 things a day that lots of other people would call a waste of time. (Such as bitching about people discussing this topic.) So what? People are thinking. That's a good thing. Heck, the more that comes out about why things were done the way they were, the more we learn about the movie-making process. What's wrong with that?
You'll pardon me for not finding your post "+4, Interesting". I'm sick of people telling other people they're wasting their time by pursuing an interest that doesn't quite line up with your own.
"I suppose this was bound to happen but frankly, the movies are long enough already, if they added in all this other crap you'd need a damned diaper to make it thru 1 movie."
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"We will go on to IBM; then we're going on to Novell then on to Finland to take back UNIX! YEEEAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH"
Linux does not belong to Rush Limbaugh!
Not trying to make a +3 funny meaningless pop culture reference. Just interesting how similar Darl and Dean are sometimes. Heh.
I thought I had Mono once for an entire year, turns out I was just really bored.
" one of the few things stopping me from purchasing a phone is the fact that I do not want to pay for hundreds of features that I will never use. All I want is an address book and a way to make calls."
Anybody else read this and feel like the dude's being way too picky?
a.) Avoiding use of the extra features is not a chore.
b.) You're not going to find a phone without those features and have it be so much cheaper that it's worth the time to find it.
c.) Has he tried any of those features? I thought games on my phone would be stupid until I ran out of reading material in the bathroom.
Maybe I just don't like people being righetously close minded.
"Exactly. This way, it'll just be a Mac in a fancy box. :)" ...and you'll have games to play too!
"Um, if they did this wouldn't you just have a PC in a fancy box?"
Yes, but not in the sense that you're thinking.
1.) The games would be much better graphically as each of these machines would be identical in spec. No more "Let's make sure it'll play on 486's!!!!" watered-down graphics. You'd finally have optimized games.
2.) No more driver BS.
3.) You can have a console that plays both console style games and pc style games.
So would you have a PC in a fancy box? Sure. Would you have just a PC in a fancy box? No.
.. maybe between the two we'll finally find the people who care about Will and Grace.
"I mean after all look at the tabacco companies... they did not force people to smoke yet they are held responsible for the people that smoke."
Betcha can't go a month without cola and coffee.
"And water is wet, what is your point?"
*sigh* I hate when people turn off their brain for the sake of arguing.
Fine, I'll explain it to you:
Despite all the television depicted murders out there, kids/teens aren't likely to go out and shoot anybody in the head and kill them. However, some people have correlated the increase with sexually explicit images on TV with an increase in sex amongst teenagers. Now whether that is true or not is irrelevant, it's simply a matter of percpetion. Most people would prefer that their offspring save themselves for marriage. They fear that seeing erotica on TV will cause them to indulge in their fantasies at an inrresponsible age. This creates unwanted family members and broken families.
That's why, in general, Janet Jackson's breast is more upsetting than Dr. Romano's unfortunate involvement with a helicopter blade.
"Isn't that WORSE than a breast?"
In most cases, premarital sex is far more likely than cold blooded murder.
"And yeah, I posted this anonymously for a reason. :)"
Mr Hat gave you away.
"there is much more to life than watching a piece of furniture."
Why isn't life interesting enough for you to distract you from stupid posts like this?
They can now measure the size of your...
Man I wish I could think of something more original than that. MORE COFFEE!
"To what extent, we don't know."
Picutre Mulder holding a PocketPC instead of a file. Considering his porn habit, I'd say he'd be an early adopter.
" Many of the games required the hard drive--- like Halo. So, if MS gets rid of both of those features, the system will lose before it leaves the gates."
It would be simple enough to just emulate the HD with a RAM drive.
"How come this guy has a girlfriend and I don't?"
He has a better imagination.
" As an example in the article, most people want cell phones that do one thing - make calls"
The first cell phones did this. It wasn't until their popularity made the product so successful that now they're searching for new ways to get a new wave of customers buying new phones. (Notice I used the word 'new' a lot? That was on purpose.) They're searching, and when they find that must-have feature, things will calm down back to simplicity.
I think their point is valid, I just thought this was a dumb example. Cell phones won't go extinct over this. If the had a similar story for say TabletPCs, I'd agree. It's for similar reasons to what CNN mentioned that the Palm mopped the floor with the Newton.
"These people DO exist, though I've yet to meet one."
Try going to the John Edwards show.
"He specifically stated that he would like to see the Mozilla project+Netscape+Others have a 'leg up' on Microsoft."
I'd say that too. "Uh I'm working for the greater good." You'll pardon me for not having a lot of faith on that.
"This is a fucking stupid ruling. If it were called Licrosoft Lindows, then they would have a legitimate case."
Doesn't matter, they still made their name sound like the MS product intentionally.
"I mean - Cinderella2? PeterPan2 LionKing2 Aladdin2&3."
Those were straight to video releases for those kids who couldn't get enough. Though this doesn't deteriorate your point a whole lot, it is a little misleading.
"Then why isn't it iPixar? "
Because there's a company called 'iPix'.
"Not everyone has read the book, Egghead."
They've had 30 years to read a really popular book, doo doo breath.
Sadly, I've never read any of Tolkien's books, so I can't really say anything insightful about this article. But I can share my experiences with the Nitpicker's guide to Star Trek the Next Generation. Though some of the nitpicks were quite valid, there were also a few that really bothered me. For eaxmple, the author of the book didn't like the idea that a sub-warp Shuttle would be sent from the Enterprise on a 6-hour cruise to a planet. He went on and on, even doing the math of how quickly the Enterprise could get there at warp speed. For all of the observation skills this guy had, he just never noticed that they avoid going to warp within a solar system. So why expend the fuel to send a humungous ship when you can expend just the bare minimum via shuttle?
So I haveta ask, are some of the nitpicks on this site (or others...) kind of in that vicinity? The nitpicker just didn't get it? I guess you all have a good idea why I'm not a big fan of reading nitpicks. I'm curious if any of you have similar stories to share about nitpicking the nitpickers.
"I mean, c'mon, there is at least dozen other things to do instead of movie forensics. "
What do you expect people to do when they really care about something? I mean seriously, you do 100 things a day that lots of other people would call a waste of time. (Such as bitching about people discussing this topic.) So what? People are thinking. That's a good thing. Heck, the more that comes out about why things were done the way they were, the more we learn about the movie-making process. What's wrong with that?
You'll pardon me for not finding your post "+4, Interesting". I'm sick of people telling other people they're wasting their time by pursuing an interest that doesn't quite line up with your own.
"I suppose this was bound to happen but frankly, the movies are long enough already, if they added in all this other crap you'd need a damned diaper to make it thru 1 movie."
They'd charge admission just for the teaser.