"You know, I wonder about that....what if the theater just puts a good Farraday cage around the actual screening area?"
I have a car alarm with a 2-way remote. That means if the alarm goes off, my keychain goes off. I'd be pissed if I left a movie to discover my car was stolen. heh.
"I predict that it will quickly surpass Windows in popularity."
Linux has had 10 years to do that. It hasn't even made a scratch.
(Note: I'm only referring to desktops, servers are kicking Windows' butt thankfully.)
"Yes, they are too technically ignorant to install a decent OS."
A 'decent OS' does not matter. People buy computers to do stuff. If the computer does its job, then it is a reasonable decision.
Frankly, Linux makes it too hard to do stuff like surf the net and get your email. Some of that has to do with support of Windows due to it being the de-facto standard. Some of it has to do with the fact that Windows was designed to be useful on the net. Linux is being geared towards catching up with Windows.
"I thought this was a discussion board. Hmm. I guess discussion is ONLY valid if you all agree?"
Understanding is a requirment for discussion. He did not say 'everybody has to agree', he said 'contribute'. That means "say something meaningful", not "express your opinion that everything you don't like sucks."
"Wow, this is one DVD I wouldn't mind seeing bastardized via DRM. The fewer people who see this the better."
Actually, DRM wouldn't affect watching the movie, just copying.
You know what'll happen, right? They'll put some heavy copy restriction stuff on the DVD, and when it never appears on Kazaa, they'll claim DRM will stop piracy. Then, when the DVD's don't exactly fly off the shelves, they'll claim that customers are thieves and won't pay for stuff.
Hrmm.. when I wrote that it was meant to sound funny in a charicaturish kind of way... Unfortunately, I don't think I exaggerated enough.
And why do they think making it live action would be worthwhile? You don't buy anything by going that way, despite popular belief. If anything, you put more strain on the audience.
Look at Inspector Gadget, for example. A cartoon man with a telescoping neck is quite acceptable. But when you do that in live action, like in the Inspector Gadget movie, it's DISTURBING. It doesn't even look right! You start asking questions like "How can a hat possibly contain a helicopter?"
While I'm on the subject, let's talk about Video Game to Movie licensing: Any game brought to the screen should be ANIMATED. Nobody has ever wondered what Mario would look like as a live human. And now that we know that, we regret having that question answered.
"notice a pattern? if everyone is biased against microsoft, maybe there is a good reason."
I doubt he'd be arguing that point if he thought there was a good reason. It's 'cool to hate Microsoft'. "Look at me, I'm a masochistic Linux user. I don't need no stinking Windows."
So let me ask you this: If, by far, the vast majority of people are running Windows, then doesn't that mean there's something horribly deficient with Linux? I mean, it's free. You can go get it if you want it. Yet... well gee, Windows seems to be doing its job.
So using your own logic, wouldn't the much larger number of people using Microsoft have a good reason that the anti-MS zealots are too narrow-minded to see?
"You can't prove this without the source. Do you have it? Uh-huh. I counter that it cannot be ported, and in the same vein, you can't prove that statement to be false."
So, you negated your own rebuttal? Brilliant debate technique. Heh.
"Microsoft did something in the best interests of the consumer. Isn't that a sign of the apocalypse?"
Don't worry, the conspirists will come up with a way to spin-doctor this article to sound like MS has found a new way to screw people. It's already happening on Slashdot.
It does make me curious: which distros of Linux provide similar PVR support. Mmmm?
Unfortunately, upon further thought, the Nintendo example wasn't so good because I was a little too focused on a particular aspect of how they rebuilt the game market. I doubt I could argue it to anybody's satisfaction so I retract it.
Okay, I'm going to render a bunch of future posts Redundant. Moderators, your job is to read my post, then go down the line and mod the following ones down as -1, Redundant. Ready?
- It's running Linux! That's great! This means that people will be able to reprogram it! - Good thing it's not running Windows, then the truck would crash. *Giggle giggle snort snort.* - Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these! - Why would anybody want something like this? All it is is a lump of plastic and some computery bits. - Wow, imagine the cool things you could do with this! - 1.) Make Robotic Cars, 2.) Use Linux as the OS, 3.) Place sensors on them, 4.) Support 802.11, 5.) ????, 6.) Profit!!! - Heh, it'd be funny if I used this in a bizarre way. - Oh c'mon, the site's already Slashdotted? Good thing I'm around to let other people know!
There, now you loot know what has already been said. Now you can think about a more interesting point to make!
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It's easy to take a look at the disadvantages or the odds of something and paint a grim picture. I think the moon landing is a good example. After factoring in all the problems with going to the moon (radiation, fuel, impact with small objects, equipment failure, all the math that had to be correct, etc) the odds of safely landing a man on the moon were worse than 1:1000. Yet, somehow, gee, we did it.
I don't really understand why humans overweigh negatives. Bizarre rationalizations show up. "I dunno... If I take this new job that pays me 20% more, I may have to drive further to work." I'm not immune to this. I don't like my job, yet I won't quit because "Id miss my friends."
With that said, I don't find this article very interesting. They're using the "History always repeats itself" method of persuasion. They're omitting other examples like.. oh... Nintendo. McDonald's. Even Walmart, at least in a sense.
"It is too sad that this is what MOST of the internet is. There is a lot of good content, but there is 30 metric assloads of pr0n and spam. It is too bad we have to be weary about what we click on, especially at work."
If it wasn't for 30 metric assloads of pr0n, I don't think my dad would have been so eager to get my computer 'on-line'.
I bet that somewhere there's a list that looks like this:
Poodle: Cooked meat. Goldfish: Popped. Cat: Incomplete, hard to catch. Pickle: Glows. (?!) Beer: No way. Cousin Ellie: Incomplete, won't talk to me now. Bug: Zap.... and so on.
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"You know, I wonder about that....what if the theater just puts a good Farraday cage around the actual screening area?"
I have a car alarm with a 2-way remote. That means if the alarm goes off, my keychain goes off. I'd be pissed if I left a movie to discover my car was stolen. heh.
Hey, at least I have a registerred nick so I can face the people I flame.
"You're a true-to-life idiot, aren't you? I mean, "hamdingers"? What the hell? Did you wash down the paint chips with draino when you were a kid?"
Actually, that's a reference to a rather popular TV show. Didn't intend to blow your mind with it, sorry. You should get out more.
I see you're still hiding behind AC. Chicken. "I can call you names, but I won't let you know who I am!"
What are you afraid of? *Bawk bawk bawk*
"I am as shocked as you are to find this blanant sexism in Street Fighter, Soulcalibur, Dead or Alive, and others!"
... uh.. elongated Dhalsim can get? You just know that guy can.. well.. uh.. you know... from across the room...
Ever notice how
"Not to nitpick, but would that be a sequal or a sequel?"
Yeah, that typo made my question really confusing.
Not to nitpick, but was that a sequal or a remake?
Windows doesn't crash every day, particularly Windows 2000 or XP.
You hate something you don't even know about.
"I think he was just proving the futility of your point."
Using the strategy of "compare it to Nazis"?
Desperate at best.
"I predict that it will quickly surpass Windows in popularity."
::eyeroll::
Linux has had 10 years to do that. It hasn't even made a scratch.
(Note: I'm only referring to desktops, servers are kicking Windows' butt thankfully.)
"Yes, they are too technically ignorant to install a decent OS."
A 'decent OS' does not matter. People buy computers to do stuff. If the computer does its job, then it is a reasonable decision.
Frankly, Linux makes it too hard to do stuff like surf the net and get your email. Some of that has to do with support of Windows due to it being the de-facto standard. Some of it has to do with the fact that Windows was designed to be useful on the net. Linux is being geared towards catching up with Windows.
So yeah. Fun debate.
"I thought this was a discussion board. Hmm. I guess discussion is ONLY valid if you all agree?"
Understanding is a requirment for discussion. He did not say 'everybody has to agree', he said 'contribute'. That means "say something meaningful", not "express your opinion that everything you don't like sucks."
"Wow, this is one DVD I wouldn't mind seeing bastardized via DRM. The fewer people who see this the better."
Actually, DRM wouldn't affect watching the movie, just copying.
You know what'll happen, right? They'll put some heavy copy restriction stuff on the DVD, and when it never appears on Kazaa, they'll claim DRM will stop piracy. Then, when the DVD's don't exactly fly off the shelves, they'll claim that customers are thieves and won't pay for stuff.
Hrmm.. when I wrote that it was meant to sound funny in a charicaturish kind of way... Unfortunately, I don't think I exaggerated enough.
And why do they think making it live action would be worthwhile? You don't buy anything by going that way, despite popular belief. If anything, you put more strain on the audience.
Look at Inspector Gadget, for example. A cartoon man with a telescoping neck is quite acceptable. But when you do that in live action, like in the Inspector Gadget movie, it's DISTURBING. It doesn't even look right! You start asking questions like "How can a hat possibly contain a helicopter?"
While I'm on the subject, let's talk about Video Game to Movie licensing: Any game brought to the screen should be ANIMATED. Nobody has ever wondered what Mario would look like as a live human. And now that we know that, we regret having that question answered.
"notice a pattern? if everyone is biased against microsoft, maybe there is a good reason."
I doubt he'd be arguing that point if he thought there was a good reason. It's 'cool to hate Microsoft'. "Look at me, I'm a masochistic Linux user. I don't need no stinking Windows."
So let me ask you this: If, by far, the vast majority of people are running Windows, then doesn't that mean there's something horribly deficient with Linux? I mean, it's free. You can go get it if you want it. Yet... well gee, Windows seems to be doing its job.
So using your own logic, wouldn't the much larger number of people using Microsoft have a good reason that the anti-MS zealots are too narrow-minded to see?
"You can't prove this without the source. Do you have it? Uh-huh. I counter that it cannot be ported, and in the same vein, you can't prove that statement to be false."
So, you negated your own rebuttal? Brilliant debate technique. Heh.
"Of course they don't get the benefit of the doubt, after all the shit they've pulled do they honestly deserve it? "
Who's to judge that? Dude pointed out that the articles are biased to begin with. If they're biased, how could they fairly 'punish' MS?
No dice.
Figures, I had something interesting to say but I was carded.
Heh you must have a real stick up your ass to take such offense at a benign mistake. Don't get much chance to one-up people in reality, do ya?
So are you only this brave when you're anonymous? What's the matter? Afraid of what I'd do if I found out what your registerred name is? Chicken. Heh.
"Haven't you ever had water go "down the wrong pipe"?"
Once, shortly after hearing "ARMAGEDDON!"
ooooooookay. Wouldn't assessing somebody based on one or two extremely vague details make you a dumbass? Or just an ass maybe?
"Microsoft did something in the best interests of the consumer. Isn't that a sign of the apocalypse?"
Don't worry, the conspirists will come up with a way to spin-doctor this article to sound like MS has found a new way to screw people. It's already happening on Slashdot.
It does make me curious: which distros of Linux provide similar PVR support. Mmmm?
I had a feeling I was being too vague.
Unfortunately, upon further thought, the Nintendo example wasn't so good because I was a little too focused on a particular aspect of how they rebuilt the game market. I doubt I could argue it to anybody's satisfaction so I retract it.
Okay, I'm going to render a bunch of future posts Redundant. Moderators, your job is to read my post, then go down the line and mod the following ones down as -1, Redundant. Ready?
- It's running Linux! That's great! This means that people will be able to reprogram it!
- Good thing it's not running Windows, then the truck would crash. *Giggle giggle snort snort.*
- Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these!
- Why would anybody want something like this? All it is is a lump of plastic and some computery bits.
- Wow, imagine the cool things you could do with this!
- 1.) Make Robotic Cars, 2.) Use Linux as the OS, 3.) Place sensors on them, 4.) Support 802.11, 5.) ????, 6.) Profit!!!
- Heh, it'd be funny if I used this in a bizarre way.
- Oh c'mon, the site's already Slashdotted? Good thing I'm around to let other people know!
There, now you loot know what has already been said. Now you can think about a more interesting point to make!
This service has been proudly provided to you by Anonvmous Coward.
It's easy to take a look at the disadvantages or the odds of something and paint a grim picture. I think the moon landing is a good example. After factoring in all the problems with going to the moon (radiation, fuel, impact with small objects, equipment failure, all the math that had to be correct, etc) the odds of safely landing a man on the moon were worse than 1:1000. Yet, somehow, gee, we did it.
I don't really understand why humans overweigh negatives. Bizarre rationalizations show up. "I dunno... If I take this new job that pays me 20% more, I may have to drive further to work." I'm not immune to this. I don't like my job, yet I won't quit because "Id miss my friends."
With that said, I don't find this article very interesting. They're using the "History always repeats itself" method of persuasion. They're omitting other examples like.. oh... Nintendo. McDonald's. Even Walmart, at least in a sense.
Oh well.
"It is too sad that this is what MOST of the internet is. There is a lot of good content, but there is 30 metric assloads of pr0n and spam. It is too bad we have to be weary about what we click on, especially at work."
If it wasn't for 30 metric assloads of pr0n, I don't think my dad would have been so eager to get my computer 'on-line'.
I bet that somewhere there's a list that looks like this:
... and so on.
Poodle: Cooked meat.
Goldfish: Popped.
Cat: Incomplete, hard to catch.
Pickle: Glows. (?!)
Beer: No way.
Cousin Ellie: Incomplete, won't talk to me now.
Bug: Zap.
"We cannot accept that the universe does plenty all by itself, and doesn't really care about whether we're watching or not."
Uh... what?