This is stupid. Life expectancy has gone up mostly because of infant mortality rates; actual life expectancy of adults has barely changed over the past 2000 years. There are many reasons for the change in infant mortality rates, but refrigeration is not the big one, and much of the change pre-dates refrigeration.
Also, yeah, you are implying a massive utility industry conspiracy to keep solar expensive, when that simply does not exist.
Because Android game emulators lack proper controls and fucking suck, and Nintendo is in the business of selling games for their specific hardware instead of releasing shitty ports?
Please lurk more. The phenomenon of PCs that are powerful enough to play games is hardly anything new, what the heck are you talking about? Anyway this wouldn't be a radical new move or somehow break with Japanese traditions (consoles are Japanese tradition?). Sega did much the same, and there's plenty of developers that started on console and now develop for PC/Android/whatever.
There's hundreds/thousands of developers that develop for whatever console. Why would Nintendo be better at it than EA? Part of what makes Nintendo be Nintendo and not a generic game developer is that they control the entire experience, not having to work around what other hardware developers happen to include.
Nintendo made hella money from the Wii and from the 3DS, just because the latest console seems to be bombing doesn't offer conclusive proof that there's no more money to be made from hardware.
Spinning this as a national issue is like saying "California has far more car accidents than Rhode Island." Of course it's true, but the US is far larger than (say) Germany, and has the largest hosting providers in the world. It would be a great surprise if the US wasn't in the lead.
I think it's still safe to assume people want to have one home PC. A steambox is always going to be a second PC, not a true replacement to a Windows PC. It doesn't replace Windows on the desktop, it gives people $500+ more of computer they have to buy
Wow, by any chance did you read "Born to Run"??? Because long distance runners are the ones saying persistence hunting is a thing. Most scientists aren't.
Persistence hunting is impossible in anything but big open fields, and precludes the idea of humans working together in camps (nobody's dragging an antelope back 20 miles). Humans get foot injuries easily.
Ouya launched with 104 indie titles, way more than XBone or PS4, and nobody cares because 90% of gamers only care about AAA titles, and 9% of gamers mostly care about AAA titles. Bully for Steam if this does take off, but as it is currently it would be a very poor choice as your principle gaming system, and it doesn't show particularly much promise to develop into something larger than the Ouya. Maybe if they can get a box out for $200, and a selection of popular games, non-nerds would be interested. Until then, it's a solution in search of a problem, where the principle attraction is old-ass games you could play on a laptop, but still costs a lot of money and is a bear to set up.
Also, "long term thinking" is basically how the console industry works, with consoles sold at a loss to corner the market over the long term. Even a very successful console isn't expected to earn money for a few years.
US companies shouldn't be able to shirk tax laws just by going to an overseas bank. This posits a false dichotomoy, where either you're in favor of the NSA, or you think multi-national companies should be able to avoid laws and regulations they don't like by doing all their extra-legal business in Canada or the Cayman islands or where tax laws/regulations are most convenient.
I don't even watch TV! I am too sophisticated for that. Indeed, I don't even know what "Duck Dynasty" is. I just have a dumb terminal connected to a Dreamcast.
The study conclusively proves that it's not a good idea to starve yourself on 1500 calories/day of low-grade carbohydrates. Considering their diet was also devoid of vitamins, fats, and proteins, you can't just say: "a ha! A diet composed entirely of pasta, potatoes, and rutabagas gave bad results - therefore, diets don't work!" It comes across as more of a rationalization than anything. There's also a lot of evidence than eating a diet of nothing but empty calories is bad for you, even if you get in plenty of food.
It's easy to imagine that the subjects would have had much better results if they were allowed to eat some fruits or vegetables with their experiment. Or eggs, or dairy, or meat. The experiment really bore very little relation to the expected diet of a person who wanted to lose weight.
His basic assertion that if people eat less calories than they expend they will lose weight is 100% correct. Saying "it's a complex disease and the body wants to store fat and there's different metabolic pathways" is irrelevant - if you eat less, you will lose weight.
I guess because I think walking through a metal detector to board an airplane isn't unreasonable. Some kids do that just to get into their schools!
Treated like a criminal? I've never been to jail but I understand it's quite a bit worse treatment than having to take off your shoes and put them through a conveyer belt. If you want to convince anybody who doesn't already have to agree with you, you can't speak in hyperbola and cliche.
Yeah I have, many times, I travel internationally a lot for work and have family in a different state and enjoy foreign vacations. I have to put my keys and coins in a basket and then I walk through a metal detector. Totally painless and a minor inconvenience, understandable in the light of things. Not any worse, better, or different, in foreign countries than in the US. I don't understand why the lunatic fringe of Slashdot treats this short procedure as some unconscionable violation of basic human rights.
Good points, but not quite 100% true - first of all, this was just recently implemented, before the testing time. Secondly, it's not as simple as "you don't need a hukou." There's a system of qualification where college graduates qualify, people working in certain vital industries may qualify, but the working man or the guy selling you noodles doesn't qualify.
More than that, Shanghai's hukou system ensures that the children of poor residents from other parts of China aren't even a part of the Shanghai school system. It's more than half the population, and probably more than that by children (poor people and ethnic minorities either aren't subject to, or ignore, the single-child rule). So this is comparing the wealthiest portion of a single city, the city with the best school system in China, to the population of the US as a whole.
Slashdot Mirror
This is stupid. Life expectancy has gone up mostly because of infant mortality rates; actual life expectancy of adults has barely changed over the past 2000 years. There are many reasons for the change in infant mortality rates, but refrigeration is not the big one, and much of the change pre-dates refrigeration.
Also, yeah, you are implying a massive utility industry conspiracy to keep solar expensive, when that simply does not exist.
Cool story, bro. Thanks for sharing.
Because Android game emulators lack proper controls and fucking suck, and Nintendo is in the business of selling games for their specific hardware instead of releasing shitty ports?
Please lurk more. The phenomenon of PCs that are powerful enough to play games is hardly anything new, what the heck are you talking about? Anyway this wouldn't be a radical new move or somehow break with Japanese traditions (consoles are Japanese tradition?). Sega did much the same, and there's plenty of developers that started on console and now develop for PC/Android/whatever.
There's hundreds/thousands of developers that develop for whatever console. Why would Nintendo be better at it than EA? Part of what makes Nintendo be Nintendo and not a generic game developer is that they control the entire experience, not having to work around what other hardware developers happen to include.
Nintendo made hella money from the Wii and from the 3DS, just because the latest console seems to be bombing doesn't offer conclusive proof that there's no more money to be made from hardware.
What the fuck? A boycot in Sand Francisco? Does Samzenpus even read this stuff?
Yes!
--
Sent from my XBox360
Spinning this as a national issue is like saying "California has far more car accidents than Rhode Island." Of course it's true, but the US is far larger than (say) Germany, and has the largest hosting providers in the world. It would be a great surprise if the US wasn't in the lead.
I think it's still safe to assume people want to have one home PC. A steambox is always going to be a second PC, not a true replacement to a Windows PC. It doesn't replace Windows on the desktop, it gives people $500+ more of computer they have to buy
Wow, by any chance did you read "Born to Run"??? Because long distance runners are the ones saying persistence hunting is a thing. Most scientists aren't.
Persistence hunting is impossible in anything but big open fields, and precludes the idea of humans working together in camps (nobody's dragging an antelope back 20 miles). Humans get foot injuries easily.
I have 3x 27" 2560 x 1440 (combined resolution 7680 x 4320), the center one is rotated 90 deg for coding.
Let me guess, your coding is full of bugs...
Right after this I expect an update about Orkut or Friendster.
Ouya launched with 104 indie titles, way more than XBone or PS4, and nobody cares because 90% of gamers only care about AAA titles, and 9% of gamers mostly care about AAA titles. Bully for Steam if this does take off, but as it is currently it would be a very poor choice as your principle gaming system, and it doesn't show particularly much promise to develop into something larger than the Ouya. Maybe if they can get a box out for $200, and a selection of popular games, non-nerds would be interested. Until then, it's a solution in search of a problem, where the principle attraction is old-ass games you could play on a laptop, but still costs a lot of money and is a bear to set up.
Also, "long term thinking" is basically how the console industry works, with consoles sold at a loss to corner the market over the long term. Even a very successful console isn't expected to earn money for a few years.
US companies shouldn't be able to shirk tax laws just by going to an overseas bank. This posits a false dichotomoy, where either you're in favor of the NSA, or you think multi-national companies should be able to avoid laws and regulations they don't like by doing all their extra-legal business in Canada or the Cayman islands or where tax laws/regulations are most convenient.
I don't even watch TV! I am too sophisticated for that. Indeed, I don't even know what "Duck Dynasty" is. I just have a dumb terminal connected to a Dreamcast.
Solitary confinement in a Danish prison - doesn't that just mean he gets the jacuzzi all to himself?
The study conclusively proves that it's not a good idea to starve yourself on 1500 calories/day of low-grade carbohydrates. Considering their diet was also devoid of vitamins, fats, and proteins, you can't just say: "a ha! A diet composed entirely of pasta, potatoes, and rutabagas gave bad results - therefore, diets don't work!" It comes across as more of a rationalization than anything. There's also a lot of evidence than eating a diet of nothing but empty calories is bad for you, even if you get in plenty of food.
It's easy to imagine that the subjects would have had much better results if they were allowed to eat some fruits or vegetables with their experiment. Or eggs, or dairy, or meat. The experiment really bore very little relation to the expected diet of a person who wanted to lose weight.
You need to eat less
Did you miss the part about my knees not working?
Yeah, it's safe to say you're just making excuses.
Trained as in a professional athlete. A guy who jogs regularly isn't burning 15 calories/minute for an extended period.
His basic assertion that if people eat less calories than they expend they will lose weight is 100% correct. Saying "it's a complex disease and the body wants to store fat and there's different metabolic pathways" is irrelevant - if you eat less, you will lose weight.
Holy shit, that's nearly 7%!
I guess because I think walking through a metal detector to board an airplane isn't unreasonable. Some kids do that just to get into their schools!
Treated like a criminal? I've never been to jail but I understand it's quite a bit worse treatment than having to take off your shoes and put them through a conveyer belt. If you want to convince anybody who doesn't already have to agree with you, you can't speak in hyperbola and cliche.
Yeah I have, many times, I travel internationally a lot for work and have family in a different state and enjoy foreign vacations. I have to put my keys and coins in a basket and then I walk through a metal detector. Totally painless and a minor inconvenience, understandable in the light of things. Not any worse, better, or different, in foreign countries than in the US. I don't understand why the lunatic fringe of Slashdot treats this short procedure as some unconscionable violation of basic human rights.
If this was really true half the people who leave comments on Yahoo News stories or Youtube would be in prison.
Number would be up to 98% if they also imprisoned people who wrote anti-homosexual comments.
Good points, but not quite 100% true - first of all, this was just recently implemented, before the testing time. Secondly, it's not as simple as "you don't need a hukou." There's a system of qualification where college graduates qualify, people working in certain vital industries may qualify, but the working man or the guy selling you noodles doesn't qualify.
More than that, Shanghai's hukou system ensures that the children of poor residents from other parts of China aren't even a part of the Shanghai school system. It's more than half the population, and probably more than that by children (poor people and ethnic minorities either aren't subject to, or ignore, the single-child rule). So this is comparing the wealthiest portion of a single city, the city with the best school system in China, to the population of the US as a whole.