I think you referred to a "pyrrhic" victory incorrectly. The idea with a pyrrhic victory is that you end up worse off then before. The people winning the victory here are the pirates and fair use crowd. The ones who would lose out from their victory are the third party home users who want nothing more than software playback and dont even try to circumvent the AACS.
How stupid are you? The WHOOOSH'ing sound is the joke going over your head. If you lived in seattle like me and the grandparent poster you would know that the seattle P-I has 2 giant "P"'s on its building. Its an iconic sign that everyone knows. Some of the locals call the newpaper the "pee-pee".
If you had a scoring system you would need to decide how many "point" a certain stufy would give. Who then decides what study is sound and what is not. Also how many MORE points do you give to studies that are done better than smaller scale and less effective studies. These are the type of things that statistics is for. Yes theoretically we could grade studies and theories but it would be rediculously inaccurate. We cant get scientists to agree on most new theories anyway so we would never get them to agree on what constitutes a good theory and bad theory.
There is no easy way around it unfortunatly. The reason why scientists' opinions are held highly is becuase they spend their life int he goal of being able to understand theories and decide which are good and which are not. Nobody yet has perfected it and so no system could ever be invented that does it perfect either.
We tried having the market determine the wage years ago and people starved to death. There was a big enough deal that we wanted a "new deal".
You only refer to the cost of living increase by taking into account inflation. Now 400% is too high but there are many factors involved. Housing and food costs have been increasing. Almost all consumer goods are increasing in price faster than inflation. Debt is a huge issue and although it may be a person's mistake that gets them into debt it is the nation's problem that debt is ruining our social fabric.
There is no easy way to determine if a theory is sound or not. That goal is the entire point of all of science. The only way to decide about a theory is with informed debate using hard facts and logic.
All science ever can be is "just" theories. Some moron will always say that something is "only" a theory and expect that means its probably wrong. Yes atomic theory is "just" a theory, therefore nuclear bombs don't exist. Medical knowledge is all just "guess'" about what people see, medicine must be the hand of god otherwise it wouldn't work. No reputable scientist will back up the last 2 claims but i used to same lines of logic that lead people to believe that global warming does not exist.
I think the biggest issue was the fact that the VHS tapes were cheaper for content producers to release on. The 2nd biggest issue was probably the lack of porn.
How exactly can you say betamax was a better technology if it cost more and you cant even watch any porn?
If the remote server is suposed to unlock the media after 100 years then that just leaves 100 years to reverse engineer the system. Im pretty sure no security in the world can last 100 years.
Actually i used to work as a chef in a french resturant where i served and ate raw steak every day. I never got sick once working at that job. The key to raw meat is that it is GENERALLY safe on its own but when left out it gets really bad really fast. Same with eggs. The key here is to NEVER eat chicken less than cooked. If you want ot try undercooked poultry (which i recommend) try duck. Duck does not have salmonella so it can be served rare to medium. I recommend more tender ducks to be served rare to medium rare where as more chewy and stringer duck (which will usually have more flavor) be served closer to medium well.
So back to steak, the best way to eat steak is sliced up carefully in small (1 millimeter) cubes. Tartare is one of the best things i have ever eaten but msot places do it all wrong. Many places grind the meat like hamburger but it really needs to be sliced to maintain the texture. Mix with capers, lemon juice (fresh), olive oil, mustard, onions, and parsley and it is one of the best flavors you can ever imagine.
Perfect. You illustracted how rediculous these argements are. Even though you state many technically true sentances they really don't form a coherant point.
Again preaching to the choir AND pointing out the obvious...
You make it seem as if gunshots really aren't dangerous despite the fact that we all know they are. You point out how inferior a quite superior gun is. This is logical fallacy at its prime. It is sad that when i watch a speach of Bush on TV i can often name off many different logical fallacies he uses and people follow him.
Is the planet warming at the moment? - we aren't sure This is just not true. Spreading FUD and lies will sure make people THINK we aren't sure but that doesn't mean that an informed and educated person can be as sure about climat change as they are about the "theories" of physics which we can safely rely on despite being "just a theory".
Is the planet hotter than at any point in the past? - certainly not. Your arguement is a textbook case of a fallacy of logic called the appeal to tradition, if i remember right. You try to make it seem like the fact that this is not THE HOTTEST it has ever been means that it's not getting any hotter.
Is there anything we can do about it? - this is the biggie. The only way we won't be able to do anyhting about it is if enough people are stalled with partisan rhetoric about how this is a polical issue that people need to take sides on based about political values. The energy companies managed to exploit the fact that we are a divided country and they simply chose a side to be against (liberals) and they got the other half of the country aon their side becuase of it.
You are half-correct (maybe more than half). Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the onyl way to solve the problme but we cant feel helpless and give up takign any measures becuase the problem is too big. Kyoto is flawed becuase it won't SOLVE the problem but it is a step that is crucial for our future. The CO2 is not a zero sum system. Not only the oceans absorb CO2. Plant growth and other "natural" CCS system are working for us but at the same time that we are removing rainforest we are burning the trees which releases the CO2 theyb absorbed to grow and replacing the trees with most often cattle. The cattle create methane which is 23 times more powerful than CO2 as a green house gas.
As i said before Kyoto is not the solution and neither is the saving the rainforest. There is no magic solution here, the only possible way we can pull out is by taking care of the environment everywhere. We cant seperate the important of different life support systems on earth and think we can do away with some of them.
First of all $400 is not what it costs. You need to account for the HDTV that is needed to take advantage of the new hardware you have.
Second a $400 computer wont be able to keep up with your 360 but thats not how you should look at it. A computer is a multi-purpose system. Think of it this way. You spend $1000 for a computer that is no good for games but has a decent CPU and ram. $1000 is not an unreasonable price to get a computer that is up to the specs of a 360 not including the video card. So lets say you have this computer in your house and you want to play video games. Your options are spend $400 on a 360 or $400 on a video card for your computer. A $400 video card will be much faster that the video card in the 360. Also your computer will benefit in other ways from having a good video card.
I think your original comparison was kind of an apples and oranges arguement but when you consider the full cost of a 360 and the full benefit of a nice PC you can see why 360's are not that great.
Also i should mention that i used to work for microsoft on the 360. I have played almsot every game to ever be released for it and i can say that most are junk. The "best" games for consoles are the sports and racing games which are not something i enjoy. I much prefer RTS and FPS games which is where the PC blows consoles out of the water.
I think game selection should be the most important criteria in chosing a PC or console. As i stated above $400 will get you nearly the same PC or console gaming hardware (i think PC wins but not by very much). However if you are someone who is a big racing or sports fan and like to have friends come over and play Madden or Gran Turismo then a PC is something you shouldn't even consider.
That was an argueing point years ago. Before this was widely studied nobody honestly knew if it was our fault or not. The jury is in, we know what is causing climat change and its us. Now to be fair there is a real and measurable increase in global temperature that is natural but that barely accounts for the *ahem* tip of the iceburg of climate change. The natural "cyclical" climate chance is blown out of the water by the unnatural, unhealthy, and unexpected speed of human caused climat change.
The Elegant Universe was a terribly dumbed down version. I wanted to poke my eyes out when i watched the PBS show. I have read the book and other by B. Greene and hes a very smart guy with some good books out. The problem was the show was trying to make people understand something that is fundementally not-understandable. Humans simlply cannot visualize the possibly 13 dimensional space that string theory seems to call for. They also tried to show quantum effects at a macro level that was borderline incorrect. I felt really sorry for the people who watched it becuase it seemed to make the uneducated watcher think they understood but really the info they got was far too vague.
Actually it is a tourist attraction making 4 millions euros a year in profit. Thats almost $8 million a year. The only people who are gonig to buy it are people who are going to run it as an attraction.
The labels are pretty rediculous but they are for the parents not the kids. Nobody thinks a 4 year old is going to read the labels and to make it sounds like thats what the company thinks is going to happen is silly. You don't need to be deceptive to make your point that the label to not put people in the washer is silly.
Yes actualy your ecstasy defense would be a pretty solid one in court. You never had any intention of breaking the law and someone went out of their way to lie to you and deceive you in order to make you break the law. I doubt a judge and hury will look very harshly at your actions there.
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I think you referred to a "pyrrhic" victory incorrectly. The idea with a pyrrhic victory is that you end up worse off then before. The people winning the victory here are the pirates and fair use crowd. The ones who would lose out from their victory are the third party home users who want nothing more than software playback and dont even try to circumvent the AACS.
How stupid are you? The WHOOOSH'ing sound is the joke going over your head. If you lived in seattle like me and the grandparent poster you would know that the seattle P-I has 2 giant "P"'s on its building. Its an iconic sign that everyone knows. Some of the locals call the newpaper the "pee-pee".
Im not a shaman either but I understand the need for them.
If you had a scoring system you would need to decide how many "point" a certain stufy would give. Who then decides what study is sound and what is not. Also how many MORE points do you give to studies that are done better than smaller scale and less effective studies. These are the type of things that statistics is for. Yes theoretically we could grade studies and theories but it would be rediculously inaccurate. We cant get scientists to agree on most new theories anyway so we would never get them to agree on what constitutes a good theory and bad theory.
There is no easy way around it unfortunatly. The reason why scientists' opinions are held highly is becuase they spend their life int he goal of being able to understand theories and decide which are good and which are not. Nobody yet has perfected it and so no system could ever be invented that does it perfect either.
Your social darmwinism wil get you nowhere.
We tried having the market determine the wage years ago and people starved to death. There was a big enough deal that we wanted a "new deal".
You only refer to the cost of living increase by taking into account inflation. Now 400% is too high but there are many factors involved. Housing and food costs have been increasing. Almost all consumer goods are increasing in price faster than inflation. Debt is a huge issue and although it may be a person's mistake that gets them into debt it is the nation's problem that debt is ruining our social fabric.
There is no easy way to determine if a theory is sound or not. That goal is the entire point of all of science. The only way to decide about a theory is with informed debate using hard facts and logic.
He is jsut happy he wont burn with the gays and muslims. The 7 kids is becuase of his command from god not to use condoms.
"only a theory"...
All science ever can be is "just" theories. Some moron will always say that something is "only" a theory and expect that means its probably wrong. Yes atomic theory is "just" a theory, therefore nuclear bombs don't exist. Medical knowledge is all just "guess'" about what people see, medicine must be the hand of god otherwise it wouldn't work. No reputable scientist will back up the last 2 claims but i used to same lines of logic that lead people to believe that global warming does not exist.
I think the biggest issue was the fact that the VHS tapes were cheaper for content producers to release on. The 2nd biggest issue was probably the lack of porn.
How exactly can you say betamax was a better technology if it cost more and you cant even watch any porn?
If the remote server is suposed to unlock the media after 100 years then that just leaves 100 years to reverse engineer the system. Im pretty sure no security in the world can last 100 years.
I am sure i am not the only one who wished i was being respresented by someone sensible on topics like this.
Actually i used to work as a chef in a french resturant where i served and ate raw steak every day. I never got sick once working at that job. The key to raw meat is that it is GENERALLY safe on its own but when left out it gets really bad really fast. Same with eggs. The key here is to NEVER eat chicken less than cooked. If you want ot try undercooked poultry (which i recommend) try duck. Duck does not have salmonella so it can be served rare to medium. I recommend more tender ducks to be served rare to medium rare where as more chewy and stringer duck (which will usually have more flavor) be served closer to medium well.
So back to steak, the best way to eat steak is sliced up carefully in small (1 millimeter) cubes. Tartare is one of the best things i have ever eaten but msot places do it all wrong. Many places grind the meat like hamburger but it really needs to be sliced to maintain the texture. Mix with capers, lemon juice (fresh), olive oil, mustard, onions, and parsley and it is one of the best flavors you can ever imagine.
Perfect. You illustracted how rediculous these argements are. Even though you state many technically true sentances they really don't form a coherant point.
Again preaching to the choir AND pointing out the obvious...
You make it seem as if gunshots really aren't dangerous despite the fact that we all know they are. You point out how inferior a quite superior gun is. This is logical fallacy at its prime. It is sad that when i watch a speach of Bush on TV i can often name off many different logical fallacies he uses and people follow him.
Is the planet warming at the moment? - we aren't sure
This is just not true. Spreading FUD and lies will sure make people THINK we aren't sure but that doesn't mean that an informed and educated person can be as sure about climat change as they are about the "theories" of physics which we can safely rely on despite being "just a theory".
Is the planet hotter than at any point in the past? - certainly not.
Your arguement is a textbook case of a fallacy of logic called the appeal to tradition, if i remember right. You try to make it seem like the fact that this is not THE HOTTEST it has ever been means that it's not getting any hotter.
Is there anything we can do about it? - this is the biggie.
The only way we won't be able to do anyhting about it is if enough people are stalled with partisan rhetoric about how this is a polical issue that people need to take sides on based about political values. The energy companies managed to exploit the fact that we are a divided country and they simply chose a side to be against (liberals) and they got the other half of the country aon their side becuase of it.
You are half-correct (maybe more than half). Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the onyl way to solve the problme but we cant feel helpless and give up takign any measures becuase the problem is too big. Kyoto is flawed becuase it won't SOLVE the problem but it is a step that is crucial for our future. The CO2 is not a zero sum system. Not only the oceans absorb CO2. Plant growth and other "natural" CCS system are working for us but at the same time that we are removing rainforest we are burning the trees which releases the CO2 theyb absorbed to grow and replacing the trees with most often cattle. The cattle create methane which is 23 times more powerful than CO2 as a green house gas.
As i said before Kyoto is not the solution and neither is the saving the rainforest. There is no magic solution here, the only possible way we can pull out is by taking care of the environment everywhere. We cant seperate the important of different life support systems on earth and think we can do away with some of them.
First of all $400 is not what it costs. You need to account for the HDTV that is needed to take advantage of the new hardware you have.
Second a $400 computer wont be able to keep up with your 360 but thats not how you should look at it. A computer is a multi-purpose system. Think of it this way. You spend $1000 for a computer that is no good for games but has a decent CPU and ram. $1000 is not an unreasonable price to get a computer that is up to the specs of a 360 not including the video card. So lets say you have this computer in your house and you want to play video games. Your options are spend $400 on a 360 or $400 on a video card for your computer. A $400 video card will be much faster that the video card in the 360. Also your computer will benefit in other ways from having a good video card.
I think your original comparison was kind of an apples and oranges arguement but when you consider the full cost of a 360 and the full benefit of a nice PC you can see why 360's are not that great.
Also i should mention that i used to work for microsoft on the 360. I have played almsot every game to ever be released for it and i can say that most are junk. The "best" games for consoles are the sports and racing games which are not something i enjoy. I much prefer RTS and FPS games which is where the PC blows consoles out of the water.
I think game selection should be the most important criteria in chosing a PC or console. As i stated above $400 will get you nearly the same PC or console gaming hardware (i think PC wins but not by very much). However if you are someone who is a big racing or sports fan and like to have friends come over and play Madden or Gran Turismo then a PC is something you shouldn't even consider.
That was an argueing point years ago. Before this was widely studied nobody honestly knew if it was our fault or not. The jury is in, we know what is causing climat change and its us. Now to be fair there is a real and measurable increase in global temperature that is natural but that barely accounts for the *ahem* tip of the iceburg of climate change. The natural "cyclical" climate chance is blown out of the water by the unnatural, unhealthy, and unexpected speed of human caused climat change.
PC's are not fighting to keep up. They are keeping up just fine if your willing to spend the money.
The Elegant Universe was a terribly dumbed down version. I wanted to poke my eyes out when i watched the PBS show. I have read the book and other by B. Greene and hes a very smart guy with some good books out. The problem was the show was trying to make people understand something that is fundementally not-understandable. Humans simlply cannot visualize the possibly 13 dimensional space that string theory seems to call for. They also tried to show quantum effects at a macro level that was borderline incorrect. I felt really sorry for the people who watched it becuase it seemed to make the uneducated watcher think they understood but really the info they got was far too vague.
Actually it is a tourist attraction making 4 millions euros a year in profit. Thats almost $8 million a year. The only people who are gonig to buy it are people who are going to run it as an attraction.
But he did make it harder to buy fertiizer.
The author orf the story helped write Takedown (the Kevin Mitnick book that was HORRIBLE). Thats a -10 in my book anyday.
The labels are pretty rediculous but they are for the parents not the kids. Nobody thinks a 4 year old is going to read the labels and to make it sounds like thats what the company thinks is going to happen is silly. You don't need to be deceptive to make your point that the label to not put people in the washer is silly.
Vegetable oil will eventually go bad and stink all on its own. Use mineral oil.
Yes actualy your ecstasy defense would be a pretty solid one in court. You never had any intention of breaking the law and someone went out of their way to lie to you and deceive you in order to make you break the law. I doubt a judge and hury will look very harshly at your actions there.