In theory, sure its very simple to hold a 30 lb child still. Now lets make the very accurate assumption that children don't sit still. Within minutes that child will want to get up and walk around. Now again, in theory you could restrain the child, forcing them to sit still in front of the computer. Hmm and you spoke of supervision, I suppose your idea of supervising is restraining the child so you can go about your day.
So lets skip that and assume we are now restraining a child that doesn't want to be. Anyone who has children or has been with children know that this will result in crying and screaming. So now you're having a skype call with your parents, whom you can't hear because your child is thrashing around screaming and I'm sure they enjoy seeing their little grandchild being physically restrained and screaming. Yaaaay fun video chat with Grams and Gramps!
Or maybe I'll just go on an internet forum and judge parents for being lazy because I have no experience with children at all.
This is anonymous because I really don't care enough to log in, but had to point out the judgmental nature of your character.
Its one thing to speak sarcastically against religion being taught in public schools. Its another thing when you use sarcasm to defend people rallying against consumer products on an internet forum.
A very positive read. I live in a small town and while I telecommute and get paid a good wage, I'm entirely burnt out on developing software and configuring off-the-shelf software. I daydream about going out on my own to something similar to your bakery, its very encouraging to me that you've been successful. Congratulations and continued success.
My cynicism knows no bounds, which gives me to think what the Democratic response to this might have been if a Bush Administration official had proposed it.
This same poster would have crucified the article simply because he is, as he stated, a "hardcore democrat". What do we think of when we hear hardcore? Hardcore sports fan, and a hardcore music fan. Neither would take too kindly to the other "team" coming up with something good.
So as a fairweather conservative, I'll say I hope the SoE can make it work! Seems like the cost would be minimal and maybe it will help. If nothing else it makes the hardcore people feel happy about the "team" with which they've so fully aligned themselves.
FBI: Okay. [Frank, turn that off] We've made a note of it. [seriously... no they're on the phone. yes the mpaa. What? No, they're on the phone right now!] Just one second. [Damn did you see him just rip that guy open... no, no let it play a bit now] Ahem, yes so we're on the case! [I can't wait to see what the effects are going to look like] We will umm, let you know when we find something.
>>Good god man what is your attention span like? If it's not good in 5 minutes you're giving up?
Why should I waste any of my time on bad entertainment when there is better entertainment just a channel away. Maybe you're a fanboy who will watch anything Wheddon makes, simply because its Wheddon making it. I, on the other hand, have good taste and free-will and will not waste my precious time on such trite crap.
What you're failing to grasp frutti_tuti is that I don't get anything out of tv other than entertainment. I studied (when i was in school) because I wanted to learn. Reading a novel is different because of the timescale but yes if a book hasn't entertained me in the first chapter or two I'll stop reading. I engage in foreplay because once you mature you too will realize there is just as much enjoyment in giving pleasure as there is in receiving...
Yeah I was basically going to say what your other replier said. I guess I could go and give it some more time... it just came off as so, ugh clubby? Is that word?
Fair enough though, good response, I'll give it another go.
Dammit I have to get an iphone. I live out in a rural area and can only get WISP internet which limits my bandwidth. I really should get an iphone and download everything i can with it... then use my WISP for work and movie downloads.
Okay you've convinced me. //runs off to check when my att contract is up for renewal.
You're exactly right with your "to each their own" statement. I had both services while they were separate. And they were different enough that most people would prefer one over the other.
Sirius seemed to group their music more by style... eg, you had an "alternative" channel that also played some hip-hop and metal, because that's what skaters listened to.
XM was always "too cool for the room" music. Lots of b-sides and lesser known music. I liked using satellite to turn into something i've heard before, so this didn't match, but exactly like you said, everyone has their own taste.
An interesting tidbit that I had heard was that XM started by really focusing on the tech. Their radios were smaller, and cooler, at the start because that was their focus. Sirius on the other hand focused on DJs. They hired DJs to "manage" stations, programming the channel with what their experience told them was the best fit. Both interesting ideas but its just such a niche market now with the widespread use of mp3 players.
I hope they find a way to make it work. The best radio show hosts are all owned by SiriusXM right now (Ron & Fez, Stern, Opie & Anthony) and I hope they find a way to use them productively.
DingDingDing... thats my biggest problem with this. I used to live in a suburb of DC, bandwidth was speedy and unlimited and I downloaded like crazy. But recently I moved out to the boonies to a horse farm; the only high-speed option I had was wireless with a local provider, and of course I'm limited to 10gigs a month. Most of that goes towards my work, so the idea of downloading "for free" doesn't really apply to me. Why download a game for the same price when I'll have to pay a couple extra bucks for bandwidth?
Now, given the option I'd rather stay on the couch and just download it...
why would anyone want to pay for proprietary hardware and a limited selection of a few hundred stations all controlled by one company?
Content, content, content. The same reason people pay for HBO when they can rent the movies from Netflix... their original-series. Opie and Anthony, Ron and Fez, Howard Stern, and just about every sports game for people who drive a lot I suppose.
Now for me it doesn't work. I'd like to hear O&A and Stern but not enough to pay that amount for them. But I can understand why some people would.
My guess is that the niche market is the truckers. People in their vehicles most of the day, driving long distances.
The problem for me as a site developer is that my company self-signs a lot of certificates for our test servers as several of our clients have requested that the test server behave exactly like the production server (which, in fact it probably should if you want to get into it).
So, now that Firefox has made it extremely painful for me to test my SSL test sites; I don't. Just think about that when you complain that a site looks like s in firefox.
You've changed my mind. I'm voting for McCain simply to piss you off. I wish I could vote for someone else but as it stands now my desire to annoy you greatly outweighs my desire to vote for the President I want.
Is this really the test/standard for self-awareness? I mean I guess its all a semantics debate at some level but I've always thought of self-awareness as being able to understand your (the self's) place in the grand scheme of society, Earth, and the Universe.
For instance, aren't robots at the level by now that they could be programmed to recognize their self in a mirror but perhaps not a similar model? Wouldn't that mean that robots are self-aware according to this definition?
Or maybe I'm missing something... like there is self-aware (recognize yourself in a mirror) and Self-Aware (realizing your place in the Universe).
I definitely agree with you that most people probably don't know what the actual differences are. They don't care so why should they. They see a $399 player, and a $100 dvd player that says 1080 and...
Then there are those of us who do know the difference, except we bought HD-DVD players ($100 for me as well! w00t) and now I'm not going to switch to blu-ray until prices come down a good deal and I get a 1080p tv.
THEN, how many people are actually left at this point that already have a HDTV and don't already own some sort of BR player. I mean, I have no numbers here but it can't be that large.
I am out in more rural area of Virginia and had to decide between WiMAX and Satellite. I went with WiMAX because it had higher bandwidth limits and apparently the latency was better than satellite.
So far I'm disappointed compared to my previous cable connection. The speeds are significantly slower. I'm paying about double what I used to. And I consistently go over my bandwidth limit and have to shell out a few extra bucks.
On the other side of things, at least I have an internet connection that allows me to work from home. Also there have been hardly any connection issues. Its always on, and the only time I've had to call about an outage was when something county wide happened, they got in back within an hour or two, and thats only happened twice in about 6 months.
I have also been told by my company (VaBB) that they can offer higher speeds...
I always like when higher-than-thou's make this point, it tickles me in a way. This guy falls into an especially large trap since the whole point of his post is that one method of delivery is better than another method.
TV, books, radio, newspapers, magazines, email, forums, websites... they are all media. They are all information. Only the delivery method is different. I watch very little news on tv, mostly get my news online or from the radio. My parents only get their news from tv and we can both communicate the same points to each other having garnered it from very different sources. Of course the spin and bias is applied differently in different mediums but the basic transmitted message is the same.
Saying TV is of little value is like saying books are of little value. HaHa! You read books?!? Like the romance novels with the long haired muscle men? HaHa you suck. Oooooh wait a minute maybe there are numerous types of books/tv shows/radio programs/websites/forums... OOOOH and maybe different topics interest different people.
I read the title to mean that MS would stop making 360s.
What the article said is that there isn't going to be a slim version of the 360 or a 360 with a Blu-Ray drive.
Quite a big difference, I think.
How so? They've already got at least 3 versions of the console. How is it that further confusing the market is their only possible means of success?
I think you misunderstood the OP's point. He wasn't passing judgement on whether or not a new version was viable, rather in their mind the title of the/. article did not match the point of the article itself.
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In theory, sure its very simple to hold a 30 lb child still. Now lets make the very accurate assumption that children don't sit still. Within minutes that child will want to get up and walk around. Now again, in theory you could restrain the child, forcing them to sit still in front of the computer. Hmm and you spoke of supervision, I suppose your idea of supervising is restraining the child so you can go about your day. So lets skip that and assume we are now restraining a child that doesn't want to be. Anyone who has children or has been with children know that this will result in crying and screaming. So now you're having a skype call with your parents, whom you can't hear because your child is thrashing around screaming and I'm sure they enjoy seeing their little grandchild being physically restrained and screaming. Yaaaay fun video chat with Grams and Gramps! Or maybe I'll just go on an internet forum and judge parents for being lazy because I have no experience with children at all. This is anonymous because I really don't care enough to log in, but had to point out the judgmental nature of your character.
Its one thing to speak sarcastically against religion being taught in public schools. Its another thing when you use sarcasm to defend people rallying against consumer products on an internet forum.
A very positive read. I live in a small town and while I telecommute and get paid a good wage, I'm entirely burnt out on developing software and configuring off-the-shelf software. I daydream about going out on my own to something similar to your bakery, its very encouraging to me that you've been successful. Congratulations and continued success.
My cynicism knows no bounds, which gives me to think what the Democratic response to this might have been if a Bush Administration official had proposed it.
This same poster would have crucified the article simply because he is, as he stated, a "hardcore democrat". What do we think of when we hear hardcore? Hardcore sports fan, and a hardcore music fan. Neither would take too kindly to the other "team" coming up with something good.
So as a fairweather conservative, I'll say I hope the SoE can make it work! Seems like the cost would be minimal and maybe it will help. If nothing else it makes the hardcore people feel happy about the "team" with which they've so fully aligned themselves.
I'd like to introduce you to my unmarried sister Maude.
Hehe, I like to think it went down like this...
MPAA: THE NEW WOLVERINE FILM HAS BEEN LEAKED!!!
FBI: Okay. [Frank, turn that off] We've made a note of it. [seriously... no they're on the phone. yes the mpaa. What? No, they're on the phone right now!] Just one second. [Damn did you see him just rip that guy open... no, no let it play a bit now] Ahem, yes so we're on the case! [I can't wait to see what the effects are going to look like] We will umm, let you know when we find something.
>>Good god man what is your attention span like? If it's not good in 5 minutes you're giving up?
Why should I waste any of my time on bad entertainment when there is better entertainment just a channel away. Maybe you're a fanboy who will watch anything Wheddon makes, simply because its Wheddon making it. I, on the other hand, have good taste and free-will and will not waste my precious time on such trite crap.
What you're failing to grasp frutti_tuti is that I don't get anything out of tv other than entertainment. I studied (when i was in school) because I wanted to learn. Reading a novel is different because of the timescale but yes if a book hasn't entertained me in the first chapter or two I'll stop reading. I engage in foreplay because once you mature you too will realize there is just as much enjoyment in giving pleasure as there is in receiving...
Yeah I was basically going to say what your other replier said. I guess I could go and give it some more time... it just came off as so, ugh clubby? Is that word?
Fair enough though, good response, I'll give it another go.
I lasted 5 minutes into Dollhouse. I recall there being a line like "Who cares, lets dance!" Allllright Wheddon that's where I check out.
Only in America would anyone consider mourning the closing of a retail store.
Fucking pathetic really...
Dammit I have to get an iphone. I live out in a rural area and can only get WISP internet which limits my bandwidth. I really should get an iphone and download everything i can with it... then use my WISP for work and movie downloads.
//runs off to check when my att contract is up for renewal.
Okay you've convinced me.
You're exactly right with your "to each their own" statement. I had both services while they were separate. And they were different enough that most people would prefer one over the other.
Sirius seemed to group their music more by style... eg, you had an "alternative" channel that also played some hip-hop and metal, because that's what skaters listened to.
XM was always "too cool for the room" music. Lots of b-sides and lesser known music. I liked using satellite to turn into something i've heard before, so this didn't match, but exactly like you said, everyone has their own taste.
An interesting tidbit that I had heard was that XM started by really focusing on the tech. Their radios were smaller, and cooler, at the start because that was their focus. Sirius on the other hand focused on DJs. They hired DJs to "manage" stations, programming the channel with what their experience told them was the best fit. Both interesting ideas but its just such a niche market now with the widespread use of mp3 players.
I hope they find a way to make it work. The best radio show hosts are all owned by SiriusXM right now (Ron & Fez, Stern, Opie & Anthony) and I hope they find a way to use them productively.
"Well we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherfuckin' Titanoboa Cerrejonensis."
DingDingDing... thats my biggest problem with this. I used to live in a suburb of DC, bandwidth was speedy and unlimited and I downloaded like crazy. But recently I moved out to the boonies to a horse farm; the only high-speed option I had was wireless with a local provider, and of course I'm limited to 10gigs a month. Most of that goes towards my work, so the idea of downloading "for free" doesn't really apply to me. Why download a game for the same price when I'll have to pay a couple extra bucks for bandwidth?
Now, given the option I'd rather stay on the couch and just download it...
why would anyone want to pay for proprietary hardware and a limited selection of a few hundred stations all controlled by one company?
Content, content, content. The same reason people pay for HBO when they can rent the movies from Netflix... their original-series. Opie and Anthony, Ron and Fez, Howard Stern, and just about every sports game for people who drive a lot I suppose.
Now for me it doesn't work. I'd like to hear O&A and Stern but not enough to pay that amount for them. But I can understand why some people would. My guess is that the niche market is the truckers. People in their vehicles most of the day, driving long distances.
The problem for me as a site developer is that my company self-signs a lot of certificates for our test servers as several of our clients have requested that the test server behave exactly like the production server (which, in fact it probably should if you want to get into it).
So, now that Firefox has made it extremely painful for me to test my SSL test sites; I don't. Just think about that when you complain that a site looks like s in firefox.
You've changed my mind. I'm voting for McCain simply to piss you off. I wish I could vote for someone else but as it stands now my desire to annoy you greatly outweighs my desire to vote for the President I want.
McCain in 08!
Is this really the test/standard for self-awareness? I mean I guess its all a semantics debate at some level but I've always thought of self-awareness as being able to understand your (the self's) place in the grand scheme of society, Earth, and the Universe.
For instance, aren't robots at the level by now that they could be programmed to recognize their self in a mirror but perhaps not a similar model? Wouldn't that mean that robots are self-aware according to this definition?
Or maybe I'm missing something... like there is self-aware (recognize yourself in a mirror) and Self-Aware (realizing your place in the Universe).
PS : Poor vampires!!!
I definitely agree with you that most people probably don't know what the actual differences are. They don't care so why should they. They see a $399 player, and a $100 dvd player that says 1080 and...
Then there are those of us who do know the difference, except we bought HD-DVD players ($100 for me as well! w00t) and now I'm not going to switch to blu-ray until prices come down a good deal and I get a 1080p tv.
THEN, how many people are actually left at this point that already have a HDTV and don't already own some sort of BR player. I mean, I have no numbers here but it can't be that large.
Or if someone tries to make the point that rage over mundane issues is not on the rise in our society I'll just show them your post.
Then give him a really big hug!
Privacy starts at home, kids.
What if you are home and Google Street View is in your driveway looking in your backyard or your window?
I am out in more rural area of Virginia and had to decide between WiMAX and Satellite. I went with WiMAX because it had higher bandwidth limits and apparently the latency was better than satellite.
So far I'm disappointed compared to my previous cable connection. The speeds are significantly slower. I'm paying about double what I used to. And I consistently go over my bandwidth limit and have to shell out a few extra bucks.
On the other side of things, at least I have an internet connection that allows me to work from home. Also there have been hardly any connection issues. Its always on, and the only time I've had to call about an outage was when something county wide happened, they got in back within an hour or two, and thats only happened twice in about 6 months. I have also been told by my company (VaBB) that they can offer higher speeds...
>> Since TV is of little value to begin with
I always like when higher-than-thou's make this point, it tickles me in a way. This guy falls into an especially large trap since the whole point of his post is that one method of delivery is better than another method.
TV, books, radio, newspapers, magazines, email, forums, websites... they are all media. They are all information. Only the delivery method is different. I watch very little news on tv, mostly get my news online or from the radio. My parents only get their news from tv and we can both communicate the same points to each other having garnered it from very different sources. Of course the spin and bias is applied differently in different mediums but the basic transmitted message is the same.
Saying TV is of little value is like saying books are of little value. HaHa! You read books?!? Like the romance novels with the long haired muscle men? HaHa you suck. Oooooh wait a minute maybe there are numerous types of books/tv shows/radio programs/websites/forums... OOOOH and maybe different topics interest different people.
Oh, I'm sorry man. I guess it was my filtering thing and I missed one. Sorry for the confusion.
I read the title to mean that MS would stop making 360s.
/. article did not match the point of the article itself.
What the article said is that there isn't going to be a slim version of the 360 or a 360 with a Blu-Ray drive.
Quite a big difference, I think.
How so? They've already got at least 3 versions of the console. How is it that further confusing the market is their only possible means of success?
I think you misunderstood the OP's point. He wasn't passing judgement on whether or not a new version was viable, rather in their mind the title of the