Twitch is important in some athletic competitions as well.
They shouldn't be called atheletes because there is nothing athletic in what they are doing.
athleti 1. Of or befitting athletics or athletes. 2. Characterized by or involving physical activity or exertion; active: an athletic lifestyle; an athletic child.
This much should be obvious. But since the Olympic Games are giving out (or thinking of giving out) Gold Medals for Chess, I guess it comes down to who can win the technicalities battle with the best semantic argument - common sense be damned.
The props, from many different shows, went for far more than was estimated.
Appraisers working for auctions routinely set estimates lower than what they really expect the item will fetch at auction - both to encourage bidders to step up to the plate early on and so the auction can claim to get "much higher prices" than expected, thus enforcing the Christie's premium name to sellers/estates who are thinking of consigning items there. Afterall, they have to compete with Sothebys.
And if it turns out to be a very bad auction, at worst, they'll probably just hit estimates - and that doesn't sound as bad P/R wise than missing estimates entirely.
I'll add that Google should nevertheless add an opt-out program, like websites have with robots.txt, and let the authors/publishers who want to "protect" their copyright watch as their competition get the profits.
Traditionally, everytime Microsoft pushed a new OS out the door, it gets a windfall of cash.
There are People/Companies on the sidelines waiting for a new OS before they buy a new PC simply so get stuck with an old and thus now "obsolete" OS. Also, as the new OS ups the requirements to run, it will push new PCs on its own.
This is also why MS has been getting companies into yearly contracts for software, to get away from this cycle and go into a more steady subscription based cycle.
As you noticed, this story is about analysts making predictions. Analysts work for financial companies. Financial Companies only care about the economics of the situation in the end, not the technical issues and whether Visa will be better and all that.
You are correct. It is the People who have been tasked with the duty to keep the government in line, if all else fails.
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That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
While there is groupthink anywhere, having participated in both, I think something like Digg is more prone to groupthink than/. is.
I have seen/. consistently promote comments that went against standard group mentality, while at Digg comments I deem intelligent are shot down and many comments that I think are inane or at least plainly obvious get promoted to the heavens.
There, it doesn't even seem worth it to come up with anything more than a one sentence post (the other problem being the threads).
Part of it is that Digg doesn't have comments like "+1 Funny", "+1 Insightful", or "-1 Redundant" or any of that. Just points up and points down. Also, points up to infinity and down to negative infinity (or whatever the range is) gets ridiculous and really promotes group think I would say.
Don't get me wrong, there are things I like about Digg, hence I spend some time there. Things like group participation on articles bought to the front minus recent scandals and that there is not so much slowdown at night like on/. (get more international editors please, the world does not sleep when you do...)
I would think a blend of the two systems would be ideal, but/. has digg beat on moderation as far as I am concerned.
And note that is state law and local law, Federal Law does not get into this area.
And yes, you can modify your car as you like as long as you don't drive on public roads which the state controls and therefore can restrict use of (notice how bicycles are not allowed on highways in all/most/some areas). Modifying your house is based on local law, so one generalization is not good for the whole country.
Oftentimes, a building permit to add on to your house is just as much, if not more so, about collecting more property taxes as it is about safety.
What you describe in number 1 is conservatism, not necessarily the true ideals of the Repblican Party (besides election time propraganda) even though they might have genuinely held those values at one time.
If you look at the history of political parties, you will see that the values of longstanding parties change over time. This might be simply because of a changing of the guard, change in key individuals themselves as they grow older, but more often than not, they change to cater to and attract a new potential group of voters to join their ranks, which, once it happens, in turn reinforces the change.
President Kennedy, afterall, once espoused tax cuts as a way to stimulate the economy among a larger program that sounded remarkably like "trickle down" economics. This later term was made famous by President Reagan once a democrat. President Reagan mentioned of his switch that it wasn't his priorities that changed, but that of the party that he previously belonged to.
I humbly suggest you abstain looking at parties and start looking toward candidates that espouse similiar values as yourself, independent of their party membership, and have the voting/public record to prove it their words.
Actually, I don't know of anybody who owns an Xbox period, but that's because I pretty much stopped playing games after the Super Nintendo, though I did buy a PS1 for FF7 and Metal Gear Solid (having been a big fan of the games from the NES days).
Though I'm getting back in with the Wii.
However, because of Fair Use and my own experience with CDs that just die, I can see why someone would want to mod their box so they can back up their games to a hard drive. And because of regioning in DVDs, why someone would want to simply mod their box to play Japanese games rather than having to buy a whole new nearly identical console.
Also, I imagine a few mod chips act like the cheating systems of a few years back, allowing the player to get any power-up - like the game genie of years back.
These firms are being punished in the same way a lockpicking tool company is being punished in that the tools they sell can be used for evil.
However, modding has not started with computers, people have always modded. They modded cars, their houses, their radios, their tools, and anything else they have bought. And all of these mods have potentially illegal uses.
Imagine if Honda struck back against Aftermarket makers, using the DMCA, and telling people that only "Honda certified" parts are allowed in the vehicles honda bought.
I can't help but think that electronics companies are getting a free ride from the government here.
Now, I will be branded a liberal, since I admitted watching "The Daily Show" last night, but in one of the clips at the end, in the moment of zen segment, Bush described his job, among a million other things, as confronting the problems of the country head on and not leaving them to future administrations/generations to deal with.
Can anyone say he has left office leaving the future with less problems than, about equal, or more? I am not talking about pre-existing problems like the budget or healthcare, or even 9/11 terrorism. But with Iraq, with no real terrorist connections, with our spending billions each years, probably trillions over the lifetime of that campaign, will we be safer? Will the Middle East be more stable? Will our deficit be better off? Is our standing to face other threats secured?
Now, I agree with the decision to invade Afghanistan. But, still today, we have never been shown a clear connection to terrorism against the US and Iraq, nor any good motivations besides perhaps revenge in that Saddam was his father's enemy, (and once a "friend" of the US, under Reagan or earlier I think).
I only hope that in the 2008 elections, we have a return to moderates and realistic people like John McCain or Joe Biden or perhaps, gasp, some votes for Independent around the country in different positions.
I think it does say something that geeks are anticipating the Wii. It was MS/Sony's expectation that us geeks, being more hardcore, would welcome the PS3 or perhaps the Xbox with welcome arms due to the horsepower alone.
And then we would spread the gospel to the Muggles in turn, providing free advertising/sale's drive to their consoles.
I know enough people still anticipate those systems, but it seems the Xbox 360 reception has been lukewarm and the Wii has turn the industry on it's head by not trying to compete in the areas Sony is exceedingly strong in, but rather playing to their own strengths.
In part, I see the PS3, with its Bluray encumbered/enable device, heading somewhat in the same direction as the Nintendo Gameboy VR and Sega Saturn, of years past. It will have success, however, but right now it seems Sony has to initiate most of its own hype, the PS3 will fail to launch Blu-ray as a defacto video standard, and probably fall short of the PS2 in terms of market domination.
I think Sony & MS have jumped the gun too earl
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It seems they went in and produced HD capable consoles one generation too early, the increase in price seems to be giving Nintendo a big boost come launch time. I only hope the actual launch lives up to the speculation.
Nintendo won't have to live up to the graphic expectations of Sony, Xbox, but for that, the gameplay will have higher expectations.
This is of course good for the average consumer, because, by the merits of mass production, HD capable consoles will be the minimum/default the next generation, and it might even boost HD TV sales more than they are, and drive down the price in that area by the time the next console wars come.
Hell, I don't even mind if the 35+ people interact with the 35- crowd, we are such an age conscious society. I'm surprised we don't segregrate people based on their birthdates yet.
Sure, Olympic Runners can run fast, but what is the point? Any car made in the last 100 years can go faster.
Sure, in the days of hunting/gathering, it was a vital skill. Transportation, for me, is a means to an end, but if you have no place to go, why even bother with it at all?
Sadly, that may not be a bad idea, there would be more public outrage if the diebold scandal was linked to fraudulent votes on American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, etcetera.
"The U. S. Constitution contains no express right to privacy. The Bill of Rights, however, reflects the concern of James Madison and other framers for protecting specific aspects of privacy, such as the privacy of beliefs (1st Amendment), privacy of the home against demands that it be used to house soldiers (3rd Amendment), privacy of the person and possessions as against unreasonable searches (4th Amendment), and the 5th Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination, which provides protection for the privacy of personal information. In addition, the Ninth Amendment states that the "enumeration of certain rights" in the Bill of Rights "shall not be construed to deny or disparage other rights retained by the people." The meaning of......"
that will ask me if I want a 2 year warranty extension on the files at only 40% on top of the actual purchase price and while I am playing the music it will......... streaming...... streaming...... have....... streaming....... some....... streaming..... problems.
The correct saying is a "900 pound gorilla and a chair", to be used in humor, even though 500 pounds is closer to his actual weight. But that's only because he's been dancing around, sweating to the oldies.
That stagnancy was built into many shows because a gimmick was the bait to watch a show. For instance, Gilligan's Island or I Dream of Jeanie.
I Dream of Jeanie died in the rating after Jeannie and the Captain were married, even though it represented character development. This type of thing happened often enough that characters avoided changing the show because they learned not to mess with a successful formula - that's why relatively recent shows like Married with Children and Cheers are essentially the same thing week after week.
Some may scoff at these as old time and simpleton shows, but are things like CSI or House any less formulaic? It seems that the main Dr. in house always has a dying patient, with some never-before-seen-case or incurable disease, a few twists, and saves him in the end of the day, 99% of the time. A little bit of background allowing character development/drama is thrown in, as well as a few subplots.
I would even say South Park does this to an extent but they are better off as the creators/writers feel no need to keep any real longterm continuity.
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Twitch is important in some athletic competitions as well.
They shouldn't be called atheletes because there is nothing athletic in what they are doing.
athleti
1. Of or befitting athletics or athletes. 2. Characterized by or involving physical activity or exertion; active: an athletic lifestyle; an athletic child.
This much should be obvious. But since the Olympic Games are giving out (or thinking of giving out) Gold Medals for Chess, I guess it comes down to who can win the technicalities battle with the best semantic argument - common sense be damned.
Appraisers working for auctions routinely set estimates lower than what they really expect the item will fetch at auction - both to encourage bidders to step up to the plate early on and so the auction can claim to get "much higher prices" than expected, thus enforcing the Christie's premium name to sellers/estates who are thinking of consigning items there. Afterall, they have to compete with Sothebys.
And if it turns out to be a very bad auction, at worst, they'll probably just hit estimates - and that doesn't sound as bad P/R wise than missing estimates entirely.
Thank you for stating my view.
I'll add that Google should nevertheless add an opt-out program, like websites have with robots.txt, and let the authors/publishers who want to "protect" their copyright watch as their competition get the profits.
I run MS less and less every year.
Or maybe I should also say, I have to run MS less and less every year.
Traditionally, everytime Microsoft pushed a new OS out the door, it gets a windfall of cash.
There are People/Companies on the sidelines waiting for a new OS before they buy a new PC simply so get stuck with an old and thus now "obsolete" OS. Also, as the new OS ups the requirements to run, it will push new PCs on its own.
This is also why MS has been getting companies into yearly contracts for software, to get away from this cycle and go into a more steady subscription based cycle.
As you noticed, this story is about analysts making predictions. Analysts work for financial companies. Financial Companies only care about the economics of the situation in the end, not the technical issues and whether Visa will be better and all that.
While there is groupthink anywhere, having participated in both, I think something like Digg is more prone to groupthink than /. is.
/. consistently promote comments that went against standard group mentality, while at Digg comments I deem intelligent are shot down and many comments that I think are inane or at least plainly obvious get promoted to the heavens.
/. (get more international editors please, the world does not sleep when you do...)
/. has digg beat on moderation as far as I am concerned.
I have seen
There, it doesn't even seem worth it to come up with anything more than a one sentence post (the other problem being the threads).
Part of it is that Digg doesn't have comments like "+1 Funny", "+1 Insightful", or "-1 Redundant" or any of that. Just points up and points down. Also, points up to infinity and down to negative infinity (or whatever the range is) gets ridiculous and really promotes group think I would say.
Don't get me wrong, there are things I like about Digg, hence I spend some time there. Things like group participation on articles bought to the front minus recent scandals and that there is not so much slowdown at night like on
I would think a blend of the two systems would be ideal, but
And note that is state law and local law, Federal Law does not get into this area.
And yes, you can modify your car as you like as long as you don't drive on public roads which the state controls and therefore can restrict use of (notice how bicycles are not allowed on highways in all/most/some areas). Modifying your house is based on local law, so one generalization is not good for the whole country.
Oftentimes, a building permit to add on to your house is just as much, if not more so, about collecting more property taxes as it is about safety.
I think there is a difference.
What you describe in number 1 is conservatism, not necessarily the true ideals of the Repblican Party (besides election time propraganda) even though they might have genuinely held those values at one time.
If you look at the history of political parties, you will see that the values of longstanding parties change over time. This might be simply because of a changing of the guard, change in key individuals themselves as they grow older, but more often than not, they change to cater to and attract a new potential group of voters to join their ranks, which, once it happens, in turn reinforces the change.
President Kennedy, afterall, once espoused tax cuts as a way to stimulate the economy among a larger program that sounded remarkably like "trickle down" economics. This later term was made famous by President Reagan once a democrat. President Reagan mentioned of his switch that it wasn't his priorities that changed, but that of the party that he previously belonged to.
I humbly suggest you abstain looking at parties and start looking toward candidates that espouse similiar values as yourself, independent of their party membership, and have the voting/public record to prove it their words.
These devices are actually plausible.
I think we should call them....... dehumidifiers? Maybe:)
Actually, I don't know of anybody who owns an Xbox period, but that's because I pretty much stopped playing games after the Super Nintendo, though I did buy a PS1 for FF7 and Metal Gear Solid (having been a big fan of the games from the NES days).
Though I'm getting back in with the Wii.
However, because of Fair Use and my own experience with CDs that just die, I can see why someone would want to mod their box so they can back up their games to a hard drive. And because of regioning in DVDs, why someone would want to simply mod their box to play Japanese games rather than having to buy a whole new nearly identical console.
Also, I imagine a few mod chips act like the cheating systems of a few years back, allowing the player to get any power-up - like the game genie of years back.
I can think of quite a few legitimate uses.
These firms are being punished in the same way a lockpicking tool company is being punished in that the tools they sell can be used for evil.
However, modding has not started with computers, people have always modded. They modded cars, their houses, their radios, their tools, and anything else they have bought. And all of these mods have potentially illegal uses.
Imagine if Honda struck back against Aftermarket makers, using the DMCA, and telling people that only "Honda certified" parts are allowed in the vehicles honda bought.
I can't help but think that electronics companies are getting a free ride from the government here.
I am an independent.
Now, I will be branded a liberal, since I admitted watching "The Daily Show" last night, but in one of the clips at the end, in the moment of zen segment, Bush described his job, among a million other things, as confronting the problems of the country head on and not leaving them to future administrations/generations to deal with.
Can anyone say he has left office leaving the future with less problems than, about equal, or more? I am not talking about pre-existing problems like the budget or healthcare, or even 9/11 terrorism. But with Iraq, with no real terrorist connections, with our spending billions each years, probably trillions over the lifetime of that campaign, will we be safer? Will the Middle East be more stable? Will our deficit be better off? Is our standing to face other threats secured?
Now, I agree with the decision to invade Afghanistan. But, still today, we have never been shown a clear connection to terrorism against the US and Iraq, nor any good motivations besides perhaps revenge in that Saddam was his father's enemy, (and once a "friend" of the US, under Reagan or earlier I think).
I only hope that in the 2008 elections, we have a return to moderates and realistic people like John McCain or Joe Biden or perhaps, gasp, some votes for Independent around the country in different positions.
I think it does say something that geeks are anticipating the Wii. It was MS/Sony's expectation that us geeks, being more hardcore, would welcome the PS3 or perhaps the Xbox with welcome arms due to the horsepower alone.
And then we would spread the gospel to the Muggles in turn, providing free advertising/sale's drive to their consoles.
I know enough people still anticipate those systems, but it seems the Xbox 360 reception has been lukewarm and the Wii has turn the industry on it's head by not trying to compete in the areas Sony is exceedingly strong in, but rather playing to their own strengths.
In part, I see the PS3, with its Bluray encumbered/enable device, heading somewhat in the same direction as the Nintendo Gameboy VR and Sega Saturn, of years past. It will have success, however, but right now it seems Sony has to initiate most of its own hype, the PS3 will fail to launch Blu-ray as a defacto video standard, and probably fall short of the PS2 in terms of market domination.
It seems they went in and produced HD capable consoles one generation too early, the increase in price seems to be giving Nintendo a big boost come launch time. I only hope the actual launch lives up to the speculation.
Nintendo won't have to live up to the graphic expectations of Sony, Xbox, but for that, the gameplay will have higher expectations.
This is of course good for the average consumer, because, by the merits of mass production, HD capable consoles will be the minimum/default the next generation, and it might even boost HD TV sales more than they are, and drive down the price in that area by the time the next console wars come.
Hell, I don't even mind if the 35+ people interact with the 35- crowd, we are such an age conscious society. I'm surprised we don't segregrate people based on their birthdates yet.
Even then, margins of error in other areas will kill the precision of anything past the 100th digit....... (and I'm probably overestimating)
Sure, Olympic Runners can run fast, but what is the point? Any car made in the last 100 years can go faster.
Sure, in the days of hunting/gathering, it was a vital skill. Transportation, for me, is a means to an end, but if you have no place to go, why even bother with it at all?
Sadly, that may not be a bad idea, there would be more public outrage if the diebold scandal was linked to fraudulent votes on American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, etcetera.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/c onlaw/rightofprivacy.html
It starts off:
"The U. S. Constitution contains no express right to privacy. The Bill of Rights, however, reflects the concern of James Madison and other framers for protecting specific aspects of privacy, such as the privacy of beliefs (1st Amendment), privacy of the home against demands that it be used to house soldiers (3rd Amendment), privacy of the person and possessions as against unreasonable searches (4th Amendment), and the 5th Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination, which provides protection for the privacy of personal information. In addition, the Ninth Amendment states that the "enumeration of certain rights" in the Bill of Rights "shall not be construed to deny or disparage other rights retained by the people." The meaning of......"
You might want to add the brain to that as well.
And the mouth and the hand that holds a pen or types on a keyboard, for communicating potentially subversive thoughts.
that will ask me if I want a 2 year warranty extension on the files at only 40% on top of the actual purchase price and while I am playing the music it will......... streaming...... streaming...... have....... streaming....... some....... streaming..... problems.
No no no.
The correct saying is a "900 pound gorilla and a chair", to be used in humor, even though 500 pounds is closer to his actual weight. But that's only because he's been dancing around, sweating to the oldies.
He said he was willing to look up Windows, Mac, AND Linux solutions in the body, even if the title makes it more pro-Linux than it is.
That stagnancy was built into many shows because a gimmick was the bait to watch a show. For instance, Gilligan's Island or I Dream of Jeanie.
I Dream of Jeanie died in the rating after Jeannie and the Captain were married, even though it represented character development. This type of thing happened often enough that characters avoided changing the show because they learned not to mess with a successful formula - that's why relatively recent shows like Married with Children and Cheers are essentially the same thing week after week.
Some may scoff at these as old time and simpleton shows, but are things like CSI or House any less formulaic? It seems that the main Dr. in house always has a dying patient, with some never-before-seen-case or incurable disease, a few twists, and saves him in the end of the day, 99% of the time. A little bit of background allowing character development/drama is thrown in, as well as a few subplots.
I would even say South Park does this to an extent but they are better off as the creators/writers feel no need to keep any real longterm continuity.