If Nokia hadn't killed their wonderful flagship Communicator platform to jump on the oh-so-dull Crapple rounded rectangle touchscreen bandwagon a lot of their hardcore fans in the western world might not have defected (myself included). The E90 was a beautiful phone and Maemo looked a promising OS for a successor (though the renaming to something as silly as MeeGo was asking for it to die LoL!). A contemporary clamshell phone with dual screens and full QWERTY running Linux or Android would be just lovely for me. The closest thing I could find was the HTC Desire Z (HTC Vision) which was a nice keyboarded smartphone but is now getting dated. I hope this dumb touchscreen only fad dies soon! Nokia were once an innovative icon. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
Then after that it'll be millions of corporately owned ad-drones hovering around, identifying you and chasing you continuously spouting targetted advertising. Then again, why go to all that trouble and energy usage if the ad could just be projected onto someone's glasses. What's that? You don't like Google Glass? Well you're required by law to wear these state mandated prescription glasses in public otherwise you could be endangering yourself and others with your fractionally less than perfect eyesight.
No, I wouldn't. I wrote your post's AC parent because I want to think about - and provoke thought about - the nature of consciousness and the first person experience. I agree with you. It's interesting that the continuity of your own experience seems to be more vividly and almost axiomatically real than anything - and yet it's almost impossible to reason about it logically or research it scientifically. It's only hypothetical experiments like TFA that I think would start to reveal more about it, if that's possible, but I suspect you'd have to perform the experiments on yourself to know if they worked - and then you'd only know if it did work.
This is myopic, and I bet you are not a parent. In fact I bet you're probably still a kid, with that attitude.
The clue is in his name, "PolygamousRanchKid"
But yeah giving your kids access to unlimited credit is insane. It's partly a matter of discipline as if they weren't doing that they might be phoning premium rate phone lines for similar gimmicks although I guess they'd have to be on the line for hours to run up these sorts of sums.
Just for completeness here, that started out as:
I'll just translate my writing from English to Finnish, through Russian and finally back to English again. Analyse that, software!
I'm out of mod points but how is this a Troll? It's taking an oversimplified view of things perhaps and is certainly vitriolic and provocative in its use of the term "whore", but it's also providing a lot of insight into the discussion and it's an opinion that needed expressing.
I'm sure it made very uncomfortable reading for those that do or have cheated - but that's not a valid reason for modding a post down guys / gals!
I personally think cheating is not excusable. If someone lets it happen then they are placing a low value on their existing relationship and largely invalidating the trust and commitment (often, though not always, irreperably) that was supposed to exist there. If it didn't exist, there was something seriously wrong with the relationship to begin with which I think is what the AC is getting at here.
Why ditch the best Windows version ever? Should have kept it alive with service packs. The UI thing, dialogs, cursors, menus, layouts, fonts... keep it intact.
Yeah and Find Files named X containing Y was a breeze and actually worked. I wish they'd put that interface back in Windows 7. I swear I've performed searches where it fails to find any results and I know files exist containing the search string, even though it's set to look everywhere. I end up resorting to findstr. I can't believe they thought it was a good idea to cripple such basic functionality. Anyone know what the search is like on Windows 8?
How about a Windows 8, Developer Edition? A version that doesn't have Metro, just the basic start menu and trimmed-down version of their operating system specifically designed for software developers and gamers who want power and efficiency, not pretty sliding menus. I would rather my computer's RAM be occupied by the far-odd blocks on Minecraft than a smooth windows frame for some gidget that I never wanted, nor will I ever use.
I like your thinking, but Microsoft want developers to code apps for Metro, so how would they test them if Metro wasn't included? They could have a sort of trimmed down test environment or even an emulator but I can't see them doing something like that either.
ps Santa Clause is not real either, please get a clue
What?! Don't believe in Santa, huh? I know someone who's getting a lump of coal in their Xmas stocking this year! (Which nowadays with the price of eting your home is a pretty good gift!)
It's a legal term. The Santa Clause permits Santa Claus to legally enter people's houses uninvited.
...and it's fun unless you expect a James Bond movie.
FTFY.
To give an explanation, I think Craig is so far from the Fleming character and when introducting him they shouldn't have thrown out the good bits of the existing film canon.
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If Nokia hadn't killed their wonderful flagship Communicator platform to jump on the oh-so-dull Crapple rounded rectangle touchscreen bandwagon a lot of their hardcore fans in the western world might not have defected (myself included). The E90 was a beautiful phone and Maemo looked a promising OS for a successor (though the renaming to something as silly as MeeGo was asking for it to die LoL!). A contemporary clamshell phone with dual screens and full QWERTY running Linux or Android would be just lovely for me. The closest thing I could find was the HTC Desire Z (HTC Vision) which was a nice keyboarded smartphone but is now getting dated. I hope this dumb touchscreen only fad dies soon! Nokia were once an innovative icon. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
Stop saying "poster child"!
The phrase poster child is unsustainable!
I prefer the term $92 billiard.
I know, the Long Scale is seen as very archaic these days but the short scale just seems to run out of puff too quick. Quadrillion, indeed!
Then after that it'll be millions of corporately owned ad-drones hovering around, identifying you and chasing you continuously spouting targetted advertising. Then again, why go to all that trouble and energy usage if the ad could just be projected onto someone's glasses. What's that? You don't like Google Glass? Well you're required by law to wear these state mandated prescription glasses in public otherwise you could be endangering yourself and others with your fractionally less than perfect eyesight.
Oh here comes that cannonball guy. He's cool.
Are you being sarcastic, dude?
(Hangs head) I don't even know anymore.
Next they'll be blocking access to sites that discuss news articles like thi_________5%#@___________ NO CARRIER
No, I wouldn't. I wrote your post's AC parent because I want to think about - and provoke thought about - the nature of consciousness and the first person experience. I agree with you. It's interesting that the continuity of your own experience seems to be more vividly and almost axiomatically real than anything - and yet it's almost impossible to reason about it logically or research it scientifically. It's only hypothetical experiments like TFA that I think would start to reveal more about it, if that's possible, but I suspect you'd have to perform the experiments on yourself to know if they worked - and then you'd only know if it did work.
In Soviet Russia, if here must not be you, this saw YOU not coming!
This is myopic, and I bet you are not a parent. In fact I bet you're probably still a kid, with that attitude.
The clue is in his name, "PolygamousRanchKid"
But yeah giving your kids access to unlimited credit is insane. It's partly a matter of discipline as if they weren't doing that they might be phoning premium rate phone lines for similar gimmicks although I guess they'd have to be on the line for hours to run up these sorts of sums.
or vagina.
It's the only way to be sure...
57 Varieties - of vulnerability!
or vagina.
or vagina.
Just for completeness here, that started out as: I'll just translate my writing from English to Finnish, through Russian and finally back to English again. Analyse that, software!
I just have to turn my writing English Finnish, Russian, and, finally, through the back to English again. Analysis software!
or vagina.
I think the PC is the most obvious and needs no explanation: it is the Troll.
A fisherman wouldn't be my first analogy for the PC, but I guess it works. Peaceful, hard working and responsible.
Peaceful? Tell that to all the fish.
Mike Hunt
or vagina.
I'm out of mod points but how is this a Troll? It's taking an oversimplified view of things perhaps and is certainly vitriolic and provocative in its use of the term "whore", but it's also providing a lot of insight into the discussion and it's an opinion that needed expressing. I'm sure it made very uncomfortable reading for those that do or have cheated - but that's not a valid reason for modding a post down guys / gals! I personally think cheating is not excusable. If someone lets it happen then they are placing a low value on their existing relationship and largely invalidating the trust and commitment (often, though not always, irreperably) that was supposed to exist there. If it didn't exist, there was something seriously wrong with the relationship to begin with which I think is what the AC is getting at here.
Why ditch the best Windows version ever? Should have kept it alive with service packs. The UI thing, dialogs, cursors, menus, layouts, fonts... keep it intact.
Yeah and Find Files named X containing Y was a breeze and actually worked. I wish they'd put that interface back in Windows 7. I swear I've performed searches where it fails to find any results and I know files exist containing the search string, even though it's set to look everywhere. I end up resorting to findstr. I can't believe they thought it was a good idea to cripple such basic functionality. Anyone know what the search is like on Windows 8?
How about a Windows 8, Developer Edition? A version that doesn't have Metro, just the basic start menu and trimmed-down version of their operating system specifically designed for software developers and gamers who want power and efficiency, not pretty sliding menus. I would rather my computer's RAM be occupied by the far-odd blocks on Minecraft than a smooth windows frame for some gidget that I never wanted, nor will I ever use.
I like your thinking, but Microsoft want developers to code apps for Metro, so how would they test them if Metro wasn't included? They could have a sort of trimmed down test environment or even an emulator but I can't see them doing something like that either.
Forget the artificial womb, who's working on an artificial vagina?
or vagina - No! Wait.....!
ps Santa Clause is not real either, please get a clue
What?! Don't believe in Santa, huh? I know someone who's getting a lump of coal in their Xmas stocking this year! (Which nowadays with the price of eting your home is a pretty good gift!)
It's a legal term. The Santa Clause permits Santa Claus to legally enter people's houses uninvited.
Google tells me it was also a Tim Allen film.
...and it's fun unless you expect a James Bond movie.
FTFY.
To give an explanation, I think Craig is so far from the Fleming character and when introducting him they shouldn't have thrown out the good bits of the existing film canon.