And it is better where exactly? It might be easier for companies to rip their customers a new one in the States but are you so naive to think that it is different in Europe?
No offense meant but when I read your first sentence I instantly thought about some nerd jacking off with one hand while touching 3D boobs with is other hand in a Sony RealFeel (TM) glove.;) I know I am sick but that picture is damn funny I think:).
While it is not a console but a handheld it actually sets the bar for such devices a notch higher.
Let me tell you that, in my opinion, Ridge Racer looks, sounds and feels as good as on a PS3. Nintendos equivalent to that would be the DS which would have to sport the same "environment" as the gamecube... which I actually cannot comment on.
I have yet to find a building popping into view from nowhere. I have yet to find lag and I have yet to find something that ought to be reflecting but isn't.
So in my opinion the PSP is just great. If I had a use for a handheld device I'd be impatiently waiting for its release in Europe right now. I just have to find a way to connect my friends PSP to my wireless network and I'll happily declare myself a PSP zealot;).
Yes. Firefox feels more like 'alternative', 'more options' and 'better look and feel'.
I still use IE in certain situations and that's okay. But Firefox is just... well I don't know IE is Pepsi and Firefox is Coke.... you can decide whether you are a coke-person or a pepsi-person yourself;).
That sounds great but are you taking into account that this leader might just as well strip away a few rights from you?
Honesty is great, but I'm not too sure whether it would work out in politics. Certainly, a lot of things could be gained by stating certain facts but in a political environment you meet a lot of different opinions. What would you do to change things that you yourself would consider as an enhancement of the current situation but most other people wouldn't?
A great leader also must be a dictator in certain aspects. If you try to make everyone happy all the time you're going to fail miserably.
Do you really think it matters that someone finally states what everyone knows?
I do not understand why "honesty" is something noone really cares for. The "candid" things a CEO might say is usually something everyone always knew. If Bill Gates said that Linux is a threat that must be watched closely... well d'uh.
For me the only real difference is the respect you gain by telling the truth. "Stupid Customers" that fall for those additional 5 GHz don't give a rats ass about such statements. Even if Linux was whooping MS's ass they would rather go petting a hedgehog than change what they have gotten used to.
But the respect you gain for someone that just tells the whole world the facts is worth a lot in my eyes. Because that will gain you attention from the people who will be advising their CEOs on whether that companies product will work reliably(!) and whether the support can be expected to be acceptable.
This is not about respect or whether they will listen or not. This is about profit. Be it either financial or other means.
No, China gives a damn about what the US wants or says. But they will give a lot of thought about technological and economical advantages the US will gain over them. Make a market for clean energy and they will want to participate.
No. We shouldn't be talking so they wouldn't have to be listening.
We should be a shining example with breathable air and water coming out of the tailpipes of our cars. And they will WANT to follow the example.
I do believe that clean energy will mean lots of cash in the future. If SOMEONE manages to make big bucks with it everyone else will follow. That is in the nature of humans. The problem is someone needs the cojones to INVEST first. And we really can't expect underdevelopped countries to do the investing, right?
Yes, but considering the state of their social system I'd say we cannot expect them to first look out for the environment before feeding their children.
We live in relatively stable countries... it is OUR duty to show them how it should be done by example. Then they will follow this example.
I'm having a flu right now so please excuse me if I don't get my math skills together right now... but 0.001%... doesn't that mean one in every 100'000 planes would crash? Damn right I am boarding that plane especially when you consider that the local mafia wants to shove some explosives up my arse. Never forget the threat cancer poses if you don't do anything about it.
If you were dying from cancer and had the chance of either solving the problem or a 0.001% chance that it might get worse... I don't know if all else fails you can still buy a gun and end your life if it really comes to this worst case scenario. If it comes to my life I'd probably take a 50/50 chance.
Well America is by far more predictable.... It's just that it's exactely that that makes me fear it at least as much as North Korea or China. Or did you think I'd prefeer an American Dictator to an asian one? Think again.
It's also known, by me, as a way to kill off unliked and, most importantly, unprepared victims... the amount of CO2 in that beverage has left me breathless the first time I drank it.
As stated above the specs aren't really state of the art... but the problem I had is written on a completely different piece of paper:
Clumsy as I am I managed to give my Zaurus SL-C700 flying lessons. Unfortunately I forgot to teach it how to land proberly. It crashed. Badly.
Now the funny thing is it still worked! For another five minutes:). The problem is it seems that the buttons are broken because sometimes it still runs normal and sometimes it doesn't. Don't get me wrong I loved the Zaurus and I miss it dearly even though I couldn't use it for more than one month but once something is deffective you have almost no chance of getting it fixed.
Or do you know someone who can fix such gadgets? I don't and sending it in to Sharp is no option because local sharp branches will not take it (being a Japan only release) and sending it in to Sharp Japan is quite another problem because Japanese companies usually don't accept such things from other countries. You need to supply a japanese address.
Even though I really like Zauruses I guess I won't buy another one. They cost so much to import or to have them fixed that they're just not worth the effort anymore.
Of course that will not keep me from trying to find someone who is capable of fixing it:).
Well, do you need a system that allows you to slow down the whole vehicle just to correct a course? In an event of getting off course they could just turn off the power of the beam and the vehicle could use much smaller propulsion systems to make small changes to its course. Like Satelites. Once they're back on course they just turn on the beam again on the journey goes.
Why do we want choice? Why do we want to be able to choose our job? Why do we want to be different yet accepted by society? I think the answer is easy:
We want the choice of job to be able to get the job that will make us happy. We want to be able to be ourselves even if we are different and still have the community's support. Because that makes us happy and content.
It all somehow drops back on us wanting to be happy. But people in BNW ARE happy. I'm not too sure if I'd resist such a world. Because right now I'm very individualistic yet I am not really happy.
Our individualism comes from remembering how we were slaves of kings, despots and dictators. But is a dictator something bad? Is it bad to be told what to do? Yes it is... unless you are told to do what you love to do. And in this book people can do exactely what they like. They couldn't choose what they like and what not but what good does choice if the outcome is killing poverty and overall unhappyness?
Being a long time critic of Bushs politics (while not bveing American, I admit) I say the real problem was that he lied from the start.
Had he just said "Look people, we gonna kick that ass once and for all because right now we have troops down there and he is overdue" then we'd have been a bit pissed but most of us would have said "Oh, well. Hussein is an ass so WTF why not." eventually.
Bush basically pissed on everything positive democracy has managed to spit out over the last few decades and THAT will return to you a hundred fold. Europe doesn't like you. It likes you even less than before (but before it was mostly jealousy). And while you might argue that Amercia can do quite well on its own: That's right but it's a lonely and expensive world if you have to do everything on your own.
For all it's worth I hope that Kerry wins and actually corrects some mistakes. He won't be perfect. Nobody is perfect. But at least he could TRY to get closer to Europe again. Be a dependable partner and you'll have dependable partners.
I still don't see what exactely is so new and great about this thing. Did I miss something or is it still just another search engine? What does it do that others don't? Well, except combining results of other engines, as far as I understood it. Is that such a great thing?
I'd like to know at what temperatures those thing still work... They'd come in handy as GPS screens in cars. But cars usually get very cold/hot during the seasons.
Hey, if they came in the right size I'd put them in my KARR (yes the one from Knight Rider) once it's finished.
Having such plants would be an expensive hobby... have you never felt the need to strangle your coworker or that one know-it-all kid in class who used to let everyone know that he or she knew all the answers to the test you were writing while you were sweating over the question "Name:" by humming contently?
On the other hand... this is/.
You probably WERE that kid;).
Now don't tell me our countries are any better. The US and Europe are trying to spy on us every day. This is a common problem.
What I don't quite understand is why did nobody invent a telephone receiver which digitalizes, encrypts and sends the data as pulse tones over the telephone net? Just hit a button and big brother receives just gibberish.
I'd say companies as well as any average Joe would be a potential customer the more things like Echelon are discussed.
Is one IM client supporting all widely used standards while NOT taking 5 minutes to start up like my ICQ:). I'd be willing to pay money for such a thing.
Is there an IM client that supports ICQ functions like server hosted friends lists? Preferrably one that is available under linux and windows.
When will firefox allow me to save my tab settings? Or have I just missed the function? That's what keeps me with Opera. Opera remembers the tabs I used last time so I don't have to reopen every single messageboard everytime I go online.
Another thing is the speed under linux... Is there a way to make that thing load quicker? I don't like to wait a dozen seconds just for the browser to appear.
Why do you say often? That's how it works. You just don't feel really bad about it because as long as you are "normal" yo ualways get a few things voted in your favor.
How that is supposed to be different in a republic doesn't quite settle in my brain right now so I'll be reading on the sytem of a republic for a while.:)
Even though you have a troll rating at the moment I write this I'd like to answer this question because I think it isn't trolling what you're doing... just a bit of missing the point;).
The Simpsons are funny if you are the kind of person to understand and like the jokes. You don't have to like them. But others do for the humor, for the political and social critics na dfor many more reasons. Sure, it's fictional. But what is not ficitonal in one or another way today? The Simpsons bring fans together and make them DO something together. So you can define this work as a way to waste your time or you can see it as a way to honor a piece of work that has brought and continues to bring people together.
That is the reason why I think this project is plain cool.
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And it is better where exactly? It might be easier for companies to rip their customers a new one in the States but are you so naive to think that it is different in Europe?
No offense meant but when I read your first sentence I instantly thought about some nerd jacking off with one hand while touching 3D boobs with is other hand in a Sony RealFeel (TM) glove. ;) I know I am sick but that picture is damn funny I think :).
Why kind of?
;).
While it is not a console but a handheld it actually sets the bar for such devices a notch higher.
Let me tell you that, in my opinion, Ridge Racer looks, sounds and feels as good as on a PS3. Nintendos equivalent to that would be the DS which would have to sport the same "environment" as the gamecube... which I actually cannot comment on.
I have yet to find a building popping into view from nowhere. I have yet to find lag and I have yet to find something that ought to be reflecting but isn't.
So in my opinion the PSP is just great. If I had a use for a handheld device I'd be impatiently waiting for its release in Europe right now. I just have to find a way to connect my friends PSP to my wireless network and I'll happily declare myself a PSP zealot
Okay now enogh offtopic gibberish...
Yes. Firefox feels more like 'alternative', 'more options' and 'better look and feel'.
;).
I still use IE in certain situations and that's okay. But Firefox is just... well I don't know IE is Pepsi and Firefox is Coke.... you can decide whether you are a coke-person or a pepsi-person yourself
That sounds great but are you taking into account that this leader might just as well strip away a few rights from you?
Honesty is great, but I'm not too sure whether it would work out in politics. Certainly, a lot of things could be gained by stating certain facts but in a political environment you meet a lot of different opinions. What would you do to change things that you yourself would consider as an enhancement of the current situation but most other people wouldn't?
A great leader also must be a dictator in certain aspects. If you try to make everyone happy all the time you're going to fail miserably.
Do you really think it matters that someone finally states what everyone knows?
I do not understand why "honesty" is something noone really cares for. The "candid" things a CEO might say is usually something everyone always knew. If Bill Gates said that Linux is a threat that must be watched closely... well d'uh.
For me the only real difference is the respect you gain by telling the truth. "Stupid Customers" that fall for those additional 5 GHz don't give a rats ass about such statements. Even if Linux was whooping MS's ass they would rather go petting a hedgehog than change what they have gotten used to.
But the respect you gain for someone that just tells the whole world the facts is worth a lot in my eyes. Because that will gain you attention from the people who will be advising their CEOs on whether that companies product will work reliably(!) and whether the support can be expected to be acceptable.
But that's just my opinion of course.
As I stated in my answer to another poster above:
This is not about respect or whether they will listen or not. This is about profit. Be it either financial or other means.
No, China gives a damn about what the US wants or says. But they will give a lot of thought about technological and economical advantages the US will gain over them. Make a market for clean energy and they will want to participate.
No. We shouldn't be talking so they wouldn't have to be listening.
We should be a shining example with breathable air and water coming out of the tailpipes of our cars. And they will WANT to follow the example.
I do believe that clean energy will mean lots of cash in the future. If SOMEONE manages to make big bucks with it everyone else will follow. That is in the nature of humans. The problem is someone needs the cojones to INVEST first. And we really can't expect underdevelopped countries to do the investing, right?
Yes, but considering the state of their social system I'd say we cannot expect them to first look out for the environment before feeding their children.
We live in relatively stable countries... it is OUR duty to show them how it should be done by example. Then they will follow this example.
I'm having a flu right now so please excuse me if I don't get my math skills together right now... but 0.001%... doesn't that mean one in every 100'000 planes would crash? Damn right I am boarding that plane especially when you consider that the local mafia wants to shove some explosives up my arse. Never forget the threat cancer poses if you don't do anything about it. If you were dying from cancer and had the chance of either solving the problem or a 0.001% chance that it might get worse... I don't know if all else fails you can still buy a gun and end your life if it really comes to this worst case scenario. If it comes to my life I'd probably take a 50/50 chance.
Well America is by far more predictable.... It's just that it's exactely that that makes me fear it at least as much as North Korea or China. Or did you think I'd prefeer an American Dictator to an asian one? Think again.
It's also known, by me, as a way to kill off unliked and, most importantly, unprepared victims... the amount of CO2 in that beverage has left me breathless the first time I drank it.
As stated above the specs aren't really state of the art... but the problem I had is written on a completely different piece of paper:
:). The problem is it seems that the buttons are broken because sometimes it still runs normal and sometimes it doesn't. Don't get me wrong I loved the Zaurus and I miss it dearly even though I couldn't use it for more than one month but once something is deffective you have almost no chance of getting it fixed.
:).
Clumsy as I am I managed to give my Zaurus SL-C700 flying lessons. Unfortunately I forgot to teach it how to land proberly. It crashed. Badly.
Now the funny thing is it still worked! For another five minutes
Or do you know someone who can fix such gadgets? I don't and sending it in to Sharp is no option because local sharp branches will not take it (being a Japan only release) and sending it in to Sharp Japan is quite another problem because Japanese companies usually don't accept such things from other countries. You need to supply a japanese address.
Even though I really like Zauruses I guess I won't buy another one. They cost so much to import or to have them fixed that they're just not worth the effort anymore.
Of course that will not keep me from trying to find someone who is capable of fixing it
Well, do you need a system that allows you to slow down the whole vehicle just to correct a course? In an event of getting off course they could just turn off the power of the beam and the vehicle could use much smaller propulsion systems to make small changes to its course. Like Satelites. Once they're back on course they just turn on the beam again on the journey goes.
I agree from a different POV this book IS utopia.
Why do we want choice? Why do we want to be able to choose our job? Why do we want to be different yet accepted by society? I think the answer is easy:
We want the choice of job to be able to get the job that will make us happy. We want to be able to be ourselves even if we are different and still have the community's support. Because that makes us happy and content.
It all somehow drops back on us wanting to be happy. But people in BNW ARE happy. I'm not too sure if I'd resist such a world. Because right now I'm very individualistic yet I am not really happy.
Our individualism comes from remembering how we were slaves of kings, despots and dictators. But is a dictator something bad? Is it bad to be told what to do? Yes it is... unless you are told to do what you love to do. And in this book people can do exactely what they like. They couldn't choose what they like and what not but what good does choice if the outcome is killing poverty and overall unhappyness?
Being a long time critic of Bushs politics (while not bveing American, I admit) I say the real problem was that he lied from the start.
Had he just said "Look people, we gonna kick that ass once and for all because right now we have troops down there and he is overdue" then we'd have been a bit pissed but most of us would have said "Oh, well. Hussein is an ass so WTF why not." eventually.
Bush basically pissed on everything positive democracy has managed to spit out over the last few decades and THAT will return to you a hundred fold. Europe doesn't like you. It likes you even less than before (but before it was mostly jealousy). And while you might argue that Amercia can do quite well on its own: That's right but it's a lonely and expensive world if you have to do everything on your own.
For all it's worth I hope that Kerry wins and actually corrects some mistakes. He won't be perfect. Nobody is perfect. But at least he could TRY to get closer to Europe again. Be a dependable partner and you'll have dependable partners.
I still don't see what exactely is so new and great about this thing. Did I miss something or is it still just another search engine? What does it do that others don't? Well, except combining results of other engines, as far as I understood it. Is that such a great thing?
I'd like to know at what temperatures those thing still work... They'd come in handy as GPS screens in cars. But cars usually get very cold/hot during the seasons.
Hey, if they came in the right size I'd put them in my KARR (yes the one from Knight Rider) once it's finished.
Having such plants would be an expensive hobby... have you never felt the need to strangle your coworker or that one know-it-all kid in class who used to let everyone know that he or she knew all the answers to the test you were writing while you were sweating over the question "Name:" by humming contently?
/.
You probably WERE that kid ;).
On the other hand... this is
Now don't tell me our countries are any better. The US and Europe are trying to spy on us every day. This is a common problem. What I don't quite understand is why did nobody invent a telephone receiver which digitalizes, encrypts and sends the data as pulse tones over the telephone net? Just hit a button and big brother receives just gibberish. I'd say companies as well as any average Joe would be a potential customer the more things like Echelon are discussed.
I know I should be very embarrassed now :).
:)
I read the word so often and never took the time to look into it. Thanks!
Is one IM client supporting all widely used standards while NOT taking 5 minutes to start up like my ICQ :). I'd be willing to pay money for such a thing.
Is there an IM client that supports ICQ functions like server hosted friends lists? Preferrably one that is available under linux and windows.
When will firefox allow me to save my tab settings? Or have I just missed the function? That's what keeps me with Opera. Opera remembers the tabs I used last time so I don't have to reopen every single messageboard everytime I go online.
Another thing is the speed under linux... Is there a way to make that thing load quicker? I don't like to wait a dozen seconds just for the browser to appear.
Why do you say often? That's how it works. You just don't feel really bad about it because as long as you are "normal" yo ualways get a few things voted in your favor. How that is supposed to be different in a republic doesn't quite settle in my brain right now so I'll be reading on the sytem of a republic for a while. :)
Even though you have a troll rating at the moment I write this I'd like to answer this question because I think it isn't trolling what you're doing... just a bit of missing the point ;).
The Simpsons are funny if you are the kind of person to understand and like the jokes. You don't have to like them. But others do for the humor, for the political and social critics na dfor many more reasons. Sure, it's fictional. But what is not ficitonal in one or another way today? The Simpsons bring fans together and make them DO something together.
So you can define this work as a way to waste your time or you can see it as a way to honor a piece of work that has brought and continues to bring people together.
That is the reason why I think this project is plain cool.