I won't speak to the grandparent, but I am doing similar (though with less 'tude). It has nothing to do with disposable income, it has to do with the fact that $40 (though around here it's closer to $60) a month for something I don't use very much is stupid. When I cancelled cable it was because I only watched 3 weekly hour-long shows, and they were all on (free) Hulu. I also watched 2 daily half-hour shows that were also on Hulu.
The 3 weekly shows have since been canceled, so now all I watch on Hulu are the daily shows (hint: one of them is actually named "The Daily Show").
The only new show that has caught my eye is the SHIELD show, and if they think I'll pay $20/episode (assuming about 3 episodes a month) they're crazy.
They're forgetting the single most important part of a space elevator: It needs to actually be useful.
What are we going to do with a space elevator on the moon? We don't go there for a very good reason: Its expensive as hell. Making the cheap and easy part a little cheaper an easier isn't going to change the fact that the entire rest of the trip is prohibitively expensive.
It's like your friend moving across town to be closer to you, but he lives in Seattle and you live in London.
Considering they're making them and people are buying them, I'd say the answer is "yes."
I know I do. If my phone fits in my pocket, it's small enough. My current phone (Droid 4) fits with some extra room. So, I'd happily buy a larger phone when my time's up on this one, and I probably will. I have a bluetooth headset so the occasions where I hold the phone to my face are rare.
If Apple made a toaster that could only make 8 slices at a time, would you buy it and complain, or buy someone else's toaster that could make 1-4 slices?
And when you were buying it, would you complain about toaster fragmentation?
Am I the only one that thinks that the interpretation of free speech is overly broad?
No, you're not the only one. Burning the flag is also free speech, but burning the flag in violation of fire codes doesn't magically become protected. We also have freedom of religion, but when your religion conflicts with the laws the laws take precedent.
I hate to be that guy, but the laws take precedence. "Precedent" is a completely different word that happens to relate to laws, but not in the way you meant.
There is pretty much no way to do it right enough to cut down on gas delivery. Because you will always have some reason to go out driving and normally you would of picked up stuff at the same time, and instead you have huge gas guzzling delivery trucks making special tricks to your house.
You seem to think that truck is coming to my house directly from Amazon. If it makes long, intelligently thought out routes and starts full, it can easily consume FAR less gas than you would anyway.
I don't always have a reason to go out driving. Usually my reason is to buy something.
a negligence claim... doesn't have to involve nukes, and usually it doesn't.
[citation needed]
/Actually, I don't need one for that. Seems pretty likely. //In fact, I bet you could add "it usually doesn't involve nukes" after almost every statement humans have ever made and it'd be true.
I was thinking exactly the same thing. I know people who use "ossim" instead of "awesome" for similar reasons, however I really hate "ossim" and don't want to start something that others feel as strongly about.
But I think I'll test drive it for a week and see how it feels.
I cobbled together my own solution. I bought a $200 government auction pc (nothing special and this was 3 years ago so you can probably do it better or cheaper today. The only thing it had that a regular PC doesn't is DVI, which is nice) and a 1TB drive (which isn't even half full after 3 years of ripping my paid-for DVDs). I then installed XBMC to watch those DVDs and Hulu Desktop to watch free Hulu on my TV. All of these are controlled by a USB-UART device that allows me to watch both with a remote that I was able to configure to work exactly like I wanted it. I control Hulu and XBMC via EventGhost (which is also free, in all forms of the word)
I also watch Netflix via the browser, thanks to a cheap wireless keyboard and mouse.
All told I spent maybe $400 on the hardware, and in about 5 months it paid for itself. I can't see everything but I've never had the problem where I had time to watch TV but nothing to watch. In fact, I have SEASONS of tv shows I'm behind on without time to catch up.
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Mine worked great so long as I otherwise kept an immaculate apartment. Immaculate included no chairs or cat toys.
Speaking of cats, cat hair... Oh my god the cat hair.
Mine's about 4 years old now, and I haven't used it in about 3 years. I spend less time vacuuming than I did cleaning the Roomba.
I know a dude who did it in 12.
I would guess that he works for SanRio, the company that makes Hello Kitty products.
Not to be a complete smartass, but what day doesn't end with a 'y'?
Not to be a complete smartass, but that's the joke.
I won't speak to the grandparent, but I am doing similar (though with less 'tude). It has nothing to do with disposable income, it has to do with the fact that $40 (though around here it's closer to $60) a month for something I don't use very much is stupid. When I cancelled cable it was because I only watched 3 weekly hour-long shows, and they were all on (free) Hulu. I also watched 2 daily half-hour shows that were also on Hulu.
The 3 weekly shows have since been canceled, so now all I watch on Hulu are the daily shows (hint: one of them is actually named "The Daily Show").
The only new show that has caught my eye is the SHIELD show, and if they think I'll pay $20/episode (assuming about 3 episodes a month) they're crazy.
They're forgetting the single most important part of a space elevator: It needs to actually be useful.
What are we going to do with a space elevator on the moon? We don't go there for a very good reason: Its expensive as hell. Making the cheap and easy part a little cheaper an easier isn't going to change the fact that the entire rest of the trip is prohibitively expensive.
It's like your friend moving across town to be closer to you, but he lives in Seattle and you live in London.
How does your laptop computer calculate remaining battery life?
Algebra.
How does your browser calculate remaining download time?
Algebra.
How does your tablet distinguish between gestures?
A large lookup table.
"I'm an experienced automobile driver and I don't think that pistons and piston rings exist, because I have never seen them."
I don't know what this has to do with anything mentioned here so will disregard it.
It should be a pretty typical month in London, so their test should get accurate results.
Considering they're making them and people are buying them, I'd say the answer is "yes."
I know I do. If my phone fits in my pocket, it's small enough. My current phone (Droid 4) fits with some extra room. So, I'd happily buy a larger phone when my time's up on this one, and I probably will. I have a bluetooth headset so the occasions where I hold the phone to my face are rare.
...then don't buy an Apple phone?
If Apple made a toaster that could only make 8 slices at a time, would you buy it and complain, or buy someone else's toaster that could make 1-4 slices?
And when you were buying it, would you complain about toaster fragmentation?
Am I the only one that thinks that the interpretation of free speech is overly broad?
No, you're not the only one. Burning the flag is also free speech, but burning the flag in violation of fire codes doesn't magically become protected. We also have freedom of religion, but when your religion conflicts with the laws the laws take precedent.
I hate to be that guy, but the laws take precedence. "Precedent" is a completely different word that happens to relate to laws, but not in the way you meant.
I wonder if it'll run on the Ouya, or Oooh-yah. Or whatever that new console is named.
There is pretty much no way to do it right enough to cut down on gas delivery.
Because you will always have some reason to go out driving and normally you would of picked up stuff at the same time, and instead you have huge gas guzzling delivery trucks making special tricks to your house.
You seem to think that truck is coming to my house directly from Amazon. If it makes long, intelligently thought out routes and starts full, it can easily consume FAR less gas than you would anyway.
I don't always have a reason to go out driving. Usually my reason is to buy something.
“THE FUTURE IS HERE, LIVE LIKE THE JETSONS IN 5 YEARS!”
That headline will never fly. We can't just tell a bold-faced lie on THIS web site. We've got standards!
Here, I rewrote it for you. Run this so our publication can keep its integrity intact.
THE FUTURE IS HERE, LIVE LIKE THE JETSONS IN 5 YEARS?
a negligence claim ... doesn't have to involve nukes, and usually it doesn't.
[citation needed]
/Actually, I don't need one for that. Seems pretty likely.
//In fact, I bet you could add "it usually doesn't involve nukes" after almost every statement humans have ever made and it'd be true.
You shameless shill!
I was thinking exactly the same thing. I know people who use "ossim" instead of "awesome" for similar reasons, however I really hate "ossim" and don't want to start something that others feel as strongly about.
But I think I'll test drive it for a week and see how it feels.
I wonder if they were thinking minutes but programming in seconds.
All they needed to fix it was a bunch of people dancing around really fast. Nobody'd notice.
I'd rather have Mplayer and prefer it over both VLC and QuickTime.
You're in luck.
FTS:
They say self-driving cars will be here within just five years, and that the tech to do so is available already
I refuse to believe THAT one until I see one driving around Nevada with a Google sticker on it.
While Flash on a phone is dumb now, it wasn't so dumb back when the iPhone came out and you couldn't watch 99% of the videos on the Internet.
I think the big story here is Adobe telling people their product sucks and forcing them to use something else.
"What can we do with the Start menu to revive it, to give it some new identity, give it some new power?"
Kill it!
...assuming you can remember the name of the program, and not simply its function.
Also, sometimes it's nice to browse around the start menu and see what you've installed.
I just right click, View, and uncheck Show Desktop Icons.
I just unchecked it now and it gave me a seizure until I checked it again.
I cobbled together my own solution. I bought a $200 government auction pc (nothing special and this was 3 years ago so you can probably do it better or cheaper today. The only thing it had that a regular PC doesn't is DVI, which is nice) and a 1TB drive (which isn't even half full after 3 years of ripping my paid-for DVDs). I then installed XBMC to watch those DVDs and Hulu Desktop to watch free Hulu on my TV. All of these are controlled by a USB-UART device that allows me to watch both with a remote that I was able to configure to work exactly like I wanted it. I control Hulu and XBMC via EventGhost (which is also free, in all forms of the word)
I also watch Netflix via the browser, thanks to a cheap wireless keyboard and mouse.
All told I spent maybe $400 on the hardware, and in about 5 months it paid for itself. I can't see everything but I've never had the problem where I had time to watch TV but nothing to watch. In fact, I have SEASONS of tv shows I'm behind on without time to catch up.