This is a generalization based upon my experiences with friends who are also female. All of them, when they were younger, dated men who were just awful, useless individuals. They all gave the same reason for it also- so that they would be able to appreciate "Mr. Right" when they found him. Granted I think logic like that's just stupid, but there you go. The offshoot is that by the time a woman is ready to settle down with a guy, she's looking for the traits that nerds have; stable, monogomous, dedicated, etc. Even though the nerds are rewarded in the end, its still going to be the same useless men who get all the women in high school and college.
That way, when a hacker trying to find a UFO cover-up stumbles across the treasure trove of smoking guns, the DHS can simply wipe their servers and say, "Due to lack of funding we were unable to afford back-ups. That's why, if you want to be safe, you need to give us more money." Thereby shifting the debate safely away from UFOs and back onto funding.
Ideally they would be able to do a trade with those shifty HUD bastards whereby they trade funding for storage of embarrising documents;-)
Maybe dumping everything into a single area makes sense for some folks, but I shudder to think about it. I work in the legal field and every attorney and paralegal in the office saves documents in case specific folders. This becomes especially helpful when, two years after the fact, you're asked to track down some obscure brief, correspondence, or the like.
That plus there is still a large group of folks in the business world for whom computers are still fairly recent (the managers and partners who have been working since the 70's and 80's). Granted their numbers are starting to thin, but there are still a great many folks, in relatively high positions, who like the folder system because it replicates a filing cabinet- they get it. Trying to educate the entire generation on a "whole new way" of doing something "easier and faster" will frighten them off.
I can assure you that what my girlfriend's cat leaves in the litterbox is more valuable than Time Warner
Value is in the eye of the beholder. For instance, a lot of dogs value your girlfriend's kittybrittle a lot more highly than they do Time/Warner. Which is also one of the many reasons why banks don't extend credit to dogs. That plus their tails always give them way in loan negotiaions.
Any word on whether or not they were interested in the script?
On a more serious note, I wonder well this will fly in Hollywood. As much as there is money to be made, Hollywood types have their own massive egos and control issues. Being told, "Here's a script we want you to make, and a bible you have to adhere to while doing it" might not get the results they are interested in.
LotR and the Harry Potter movies have been successful even though they don't capture the true canon of the books. I think in the long run they' be better off breaking canon, but having a good movie. The flip side, is that MS has enough money to pay the production costs themselves. Get someone who is good, produce it yourself, and only use Hollywood for the distribution. That way you maintain total control throughoutand you can make sure your investment is wisely spent.
This is one of those/. discussions in which every post, excepting the first, can be justly modded Redundant. Since we all had the same exact same thought, what can we actually discuss?
I don't think you're alone. If it were easier to describe we wouldn't use a term as vague as "feel" to describe it. I loved the feel of AmigaOS and have found Windows in most of its incarnations to be tolerable. I'm getting used to Linux at home, and have never liked the feel of Apple's various OS's. I've tried several different versions of it (starting around '93) and it just doesn't feel right.
Its a lot like cars. Even though sedans might look alike, indeed might only be a few years apart from the same company, they can have very different feels. At the end of the day, it all comes down to taste and personal preference.
example, when I had an Amiga, I just switched off the computer.
I still have an A1200 up in the closet that I busted out to play with a little bit ago. After reminiscing about Amigas and college (which was its glory days for me) I went to turn it off. After looking around the menus for a bit looking for the shut-down option I smacked myself in the head when I remembered that all you have to do is turn it off;-) At the present rate, I wonder if someday you'll have to use a menu otpion to "safely" turn off your TV.
When it comes to OS's I judge them by the "feel" part of "look and feel." Win2K feels a whole not nicer than XP to me, and is closer in feel to 98, which I didn't mind, than to NT, which I hated. I wonder if some of the success just has to do with MS striking a better chord with the feel of Win2K than with their other offerings?
Me too. Now that that's taken care I continue researching FPU and GPU. I think that there might be a connection between them, but so far its still up in the air- like my work in figuring out APU...
I was actually trying to take a specific to make a general argument. The idea that some production that operates at a fraction of theirs could suddenly boom because of a means of distibution which doesn't genreate any revenue for them is pretty scary. Especially as the cost of basic production continues to decline. Like the kids who did their own version of Raiders of the Lost Ark or the ST fans who made their own episode in the Original Series Universe. Its the fear that amateurs will acheive a level of marketshare to where they can compete with the professionals- only they are doing it for free. It is the same logic that scares the proprietary software companies.
In the end, however, there will always be those who will pay for somehting to be "professionally" done. It does not mean no profits, it means less profits.
The relatively obscure program has spawned a global following in online forums, internet relay chat channels and fan sites.
Considering how much the big conglomerates (TV and Movies) spend to secure your attention, a show capturing everyone's attention through somehting like BitTorrent scares the bejeebers ought of them. It means that they can't just slap something together and, "since its the only thing on..." expect to keep an audience. It means that in order to be successful they are going to have to take risks and provide a high level of quality in what they do. I think the pirating card they keep playing is more mcguffin (sp?) than anything. What they really want to avoid is having to be creative, innovative, and responsible to their audience.
Who read eval.google.com as evil.google.com? I figured they had taken the "be good" option to a new level and had locked all their evil stuff away to its own site;-)
Now it says a teraflop machine takes a room? From the pictures it seems like the xbox and ps3 are both well under 1 ft^3.
It might turn out that Sony and Microsoft's numbers were more marketing than machine. Remember, its not a lie if you think its true. That's why marketing droids are programmed to be callous, aggressive, and gullible.
MD - Marketing Droid
HE - Hardware Engineer
MD: So how many Terrafowls will it do?
HE: Terra-whats?
MD: You know, how many libraries of congess can it process?
HE: Twenty. No really. Twenty.
MD: How many terrafools is that.
HE: Just one big one...
MD: Right, now I can submit my press release.
We have done a really poor job of doing ethical/moral analysis of past technologies, and I don't see any reason to think that we'll do a good job in the near future.
How true that is. I don't remember who said it, but we are often more interested in if we can do something than whether we should do something.
Some of that has to do with the polarity of our culture and the seeming instiable need of so many people to "be right." It's simply not enough to hold an opinion anymore. You also have to get everyone else to admit that they are wrong. Then, when they don't, vitriolic arguments erupt and the polarity increases. I used to be like this (back when I was around 20) but it has become such a foreign concept to me that I can't even remember what my thought processes were. At the end of the day I think it comes down to mental laziness. It's easier to do and not think about it than to understand yourself, your actions, and their consequences.
I used to live with an English major who did her darndest to help out my grammar skills and the like. "Its" and "It's" would always throw me. I'm pretty sure that you drop the apostrophe for possession, "Its Ryan's bike," and leave it there for the contraction "it is" (ie "It's Ryan's bike"). As you can see from my examples, however, it still confuses the hell out of me. So, since I figure half the time you need the apostrophe and half the time you don't, I make sure to throw the apostrophe in there about every other "It's." That way, overall, there is a roughly correct corrolation between the two.
I mean, really, why? If you like what someone has to say, read their blog. If you don't, then don't- its really not all that difficult. This really should have had the "Its Funny, Laugh" tag.
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This is a generalization based upon my experiences with friends who are also female. All of them, when they were younger, dated men who were just awful, useless individuals. They all gave the same reason for it also- so that they would be able to appreciate "Mr. Right" when they found him. Granted I think logic like that's just stupid, but there you go. The offshoot is that by the time a woman is ready to settle down with a guy, she's looking for the traits that nerds have; stable, monogomous, dedicated, etc. Even though the nerds are rewarded in the end, its still going to be the same useless men who get all the women in high school and college.
Ideally they would be able to do a trade with those shifty HUD bastards whereby they trade funding for storage of embarrising documents;-)
That plus there is still a large group of folks in the business world for whom computers are still fairly recent (the managers and partners who have been working since the 70's and 80's). Granted their numbers are starting to thin, but there are still a great many folks, in relatively high positions, who like the folder system because it replicates a filing cabinet- they get it. Trying to educate the entire generation on a "whole new way" of doing something "easier and faster" will frighten them off.
When it's juggling a molecule, a bowling ball, and a chainsaw, then I'll be impressed;-)
Value is in the eye of the beholder. For instance, a lot of dogs value your girlfriend's kittybrittle a lot more highly than they do Time/Warner. Which is also one of the many reasons why banks don't extend credit to dogs. That plus their tails always give them way in loan negotiaions.
On a more serious note, I wonder well this will fly in Hollywood. As much as there is money to be made, Hollywood types have their own massive egos and control issues. Being told, "Here's a script we want you to make, and a bible you have to adhere to while doing it" might not get the results they are interested in.
LotR and the Harry Potter movies have been successful even though they don't capture the true canon of the books. I think in the long run they' be better off breaking canon, but having a good movie. The flip side, is that MS has enough money to pay the production costs themselves. Get someone who is good, produce it yourself, and only use Hollywood for the distribution. That way you maintain total control throughoutand you can make sure your investment is wisely spent.
This is one of those /. discussions in which every post, excepting the first, can be justly modded Redundant. Since we all had the same exact same thought, what can we actually discuss?
Its a lot like cars. Even though sedans might look alike, indeed might only be a few years apart from the same company, they can have very different feels. At the end of the day, it all comes down to taste and personal preference.
I still have an A1200 up in the closet that I busted out to play with a little bit ago. After reminiscing about Amigas and college (which was its glory days for me) I went to turn it off. After looking around the menus for a bit looking for the shut-down option I smacked myself in the head when I remembered that all you have to do is turn it off;-) At the present rate, I wonder if someday you'll have to use a menu otpion to "safely" turn off your TV.
When it comes to OS's I judge them by the "feel" part of "look and feel." Win2K feels a whole not nicer than XP to me, and is closer in feel to 98, which I didn't mind, than to NT, which I hated. I wonder if some of the success just has to do with MS striking a better chord with the feel of Win2K than with their other offerings?
Deep breath? No.
Total avoidance? Yes, yes indeed.
APU: Auxiliary Power Unit Apu: Kwik-E-Mart proprietor and Squishy peddler.
That is all.
Me too. Now that that's taken care I continue researching FPU and GPU. I think that there might be a connection between them, but so far its still up in the air- like my work in figuring out APU...
I should have, a friend actually bought an engagement ring through the recovery of copper wire from a defunct factory;-)
In the end, however, there will always be those who will pay for somehting to be "professionally" done. It does not mean no profits, it means less profits.
You grab the code, I'll get the servers.
Considering how much the big conglomerates (TV and Movies) spend to secure your attention, a show capturing everyone's attention through somehting like BitTorrent scares the bejeebers ought of them. It means that they can't just slap something together and, "since its the only thing on..." expect to keep an audience. It means that in order to be successful they are going to have to take risks and provide a high level of quality in what they do. I think the pirating card they keep playing is more mcguffin (sp?) than anything. What they really want to avoid is having to be creative, innovative, and responsible to their audience.
Who read eval.google.com as evil.google.com? I figured they had taken the "be good" option to a new level and had locked all their evil stuff away to its own site;-)
It might turn out that Sony and Microsoft's numbers were more marketing than machine. Remember, its not a lie if you think its true. That's why marketing droids are programmed to be callous, aggressive, and gullible.
MD - Marketing Droid
HE - Hardware Engineer
MD: So how many Terrafowls will it do?
HE: Terra-whats?
MD: You know, how many libraries of congess can it process?
HE: Twenty. No really. Twenty.
MD: How many terrafools is that.
HE: Just one big one...
MD: Right, now I can submit my press release.
Since the hand of human civilzation is turning up the thermostat on ol' Mother Earth?
How true that is. I don't remember who said it, but we are often more interested in if we can do something than whether we should do something.
Some of that has to do with the polarity of our culture and the seeming instiable need of so many people to "be right." It's simply not enough to hold an opinion anymore. You also have to get everyone else to admit that they are wrong. Then, when they don't, vitriolic arguments erupt and the polarity increases. I used to be like this (back when I was around 20) but it has become such a foreign concept to me that I can't even remember what my thought processes were. At the end of the day I think it comes down to mental laziness. It's easier to do and not think about it than to understand yourself, your actions, and their consequences.
Not only do I know you're right, I also know that at some fundamental level my brain will figure out a way to fcsk it up;-)
Even when Netcraft confirms it?
I used to live with an English major who did her darndest to help out my grammar skills and the like. "Its" and "It's" would always throw me. I'm pretty sure that you drop the apostrophe for possession, "Its Ryan's bike," and leave it there for the contraction "it is" (ie "It's Ryan's bike"). As you can see from my examples, however, it still confuses the hell out of me. So, since I figure half the time you need the apostrophe and half the time you don't, I make sure to throw the apostrophe in there about every other "It's." That way, overall, there is a roughly correct corrolation between the two.
I mean, really, why? If you like what someone has to say, read their blog. If you don't, then don't- its really not all that difficult. This really should have had the "Its Funny, Laugh" tag.