CAPS are an excellent way to grab people's attention.
I see.
This is interesting because, similarly, it seems that when speaking to foreigners its best to speak very very loudly so that they can better understand you.
Yes, it's yet another Alice movie. And I'm quite sure it's different from any that have been made so far.
Its Alice 'Nightmare Before Christmas' style!
Funny really. I HATE Tim Burton movies but I could tell, looking at the poster from a distance, that this was a Tim Burton movie. It was just so obvious *just* from the poster.
It may as well have singing, dancing skeletons in it...
In China, whenever someone comes across a word they don't know (and it happens quite frequently) - they hold out their hand, and use the index finger of their opposite hand to draw out the symbol of the word you are looking for. This works so well because their symbols mean the words instead of the sounds.
This also helps because in Chinese (Mandarin) there are SO MANY homophones that people speaking to one another frequently need to disambiguate what they are saying by indicating characters in the way you describe.
To make it fair you have to look at man-hours of entertainment. Sure the radio may be cheaper in absolute terms, but how many people listen to it vs watch that guy's show?
I am not sure thats such a relevent point with respect to the BBC. If it were a pure for-profit organisation I'd say sure thats a good point.
But this is largely non-profit. The cost/benefit ratio works differently here.
Ie: Paying this guy 18 million is not a revenue generator. Its a cost center.
"Why can't I install programs on my own machine, I'm the boss for god's sake!"
If your boss has an iphone then you have them right there.
As much as I hate them for it, Apple have surely built a good argument for not allowing people complete control of devices they *own* but which they don't 'understand sufficiently well' or 'cannot be trusted' to protect properly.
I guess... try to get your boss to see you as Steve Jobs. Might not work but probably worth a shot.
But seriously, why would anyone hold on to the myth that markets are rational given the experimental findings of behavioral economics.
Why would anyone believe that human beings are rational agents given everyday experience?
Both internal and external experience should be enough to inform anyone who thinks about it that neither they nor the people around them are rational beings.
If one wished to drive the point home even more heavily, a visit to any number of internet chatrooms should present very clear evidence to wipe away any notion of humans as rational.
I think the only 'reason' anyone would hold the belief that humans are rational agents is, in the end, hubris.
Nietzsche dates from well before the fascist movement existed.
However, his sister was married to a man who was heavily involved in an anti-semitic political movement of the day. This man used some of Nietzsche's 'Zarathustra' in one of his publications. When Nietzsche found out he was livid and disowned his sister.
Nietzsche was fundamentally opposed to the nation and the state. He was an *anti* nationalist. He was a humanist.
Some of his ideas appeared on the surface to fit right into the Nazi mythos, eg the 'Superman'. One can easily imagine the Nazis thinking that he meant them. But this would be flawed thinking; the Nietzschean Superman is not a human being at all.
Man is a bridge across the abyss that lies between animal and superman.
To cross that bridge requires boldness, courage and strength.
If humanity should come to favor weakness over strength, timidity over weakness (as is the case in the modern western democracy) that bridge may never be crossed and we might fall into that abyss.
But ultimately, man is something to be overcome. Something to push past. Out of man, something better comes, much as a man may have children and hope that their children can do better than they, can go past them, can exceed all their hopes and dreams. So the Superman is like a child of the human species. Not some eugenic programme such as the Nazis may have envisioned.
If you think that theres any connection at all between my thinking or that of Nietzsche and that of the fascists then... you need to do more research. Either that or just shut up:P
If you think that Nietzsche was connected with fascism you need to read him. Hitler seemed to like Nietzsche but had he actually read any (or understood it) I think he would have tried to erase Nietzsche from history.
If you think I'm anything to do with fascism, you should know that I am opposed to the very existence of nation states and corporations.
revolution is evil, ugly, brutal, murderous and completely undesirable
Its only undesirable if you value weakness over strength, timidity over boldness.
"What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome." -- Nietzsche
this is what makes a democracy so much better than other governments: you don't NEED a revolution to get a new regime
If you believe that a democratic process can lead to regime change (within that same democratic nation), well thats just totally naive.
Democracies, as we know them today, are driven by media corporations and the advertising industry. They in NO way represent the people who vote. People vote based on advertising, not on rational considerations.
Human beings are not rational agents. I know that it may be hard for individuals who consider themselves to be intelligent, rational people to believe this, but its true. You are not a Vulcan. You are not a machine.
To believe that humans are rational agents really puts humanity on a pedestal that it does not deserve.
Democracy is not under the control of the people who vote but under the control of people who control media representation; people who control the *advertising* of politics. And advertising is incredibly powerful. People are incredibly gullible.
The truth is that we do still need revolution to bring about REAL social change but that it is impossible to predict how revolution will change society.
One thing is for certain about revolution; it never turns out the way its instigators hoped.
Oh, that's right -- since diluting homeopathic remedies makes them stronger, they'd be putting everyone at risk of overdose. Never mind, then.
The latest terror threat; credible reports have been received by British Intelligence that terrorists plan to drop small quantities of homeopathic remedies into the nations reservoirs. The resulting homeopathic overdoses could bring the nation to its knees.
Police are on high alert and pharmacies are advised to report any suspicious individuals purchasing homeopathic remedies, particularly individuals who purchase ONLY SMALL QUANTITIES at a time.
Why should I care if humans survive after I'm gone? I honestly don't have an answer for that, so maybe you can enlighten me.
If you don't have kids then really you have no reason to care.
But then you probably don't have a reason to care whether you yourself live beyond tomorrow anyway if your life is so empty that you don't care about the future of your species.
Slashdot Mirror
Funny though, their logo is a duck. Never worked that one out.
Maybe its supposed to be a goose?
Geese have been used for home defense purposes for a long long time. Seriously.
Salt Bans YOU!!!!
This thing is more like a helicopter with shielded blades. Ie ducted fan.
A jetboat engine is far more like a jet engine than this is.
Hey this is teh internets, the home of pedantry! Get off my lawn!!!
This.
Its name is misleading and could be taken as false advertising.
Yes, I'm an American and I find it fantastic that Canada and the EP have a damn head on their shoulders.
Maybe not so much 'head on their shoulders' as 'balls between their legs'.
The EP has 'grown a pair'.
I wonder if users getting Opera in this way will have to suffer the advertising?
Way way back I tried Opera but got totally sick of the ads... Have things changed at all?
CAPS are an excellent way to grab people's attention.
I see.
This is interesting because, similarly, it seems that when speaking to foreigners its best to speak very very loudly so that they can better understand you.
Yes, it's yet another Alice movie. And I'm quite sure it's different from any that have been made so far.
Its Alice 'Nightmare Before Christmas' style!
Funny really. I HATE Tim Burton movies but I could tell, looking at the poster from a distance, that this was a Tim Burton movie. It was just so obvious *just* from the poster.
It may as well have singing, dancing skeletons in it...
Naive people don't block ads.
Naive people are more likely to respond positively to ads.
Enough said?
The ads ARE hitting their target market; naive people.
they seem to be a very anti-youth and anti-child society. can anyone explain to me why they seem to hate their new generation so much??
Because the Brits are incredibly, overbearingly and obnoxiously STUFFY.
In China, whenever someone comes across a word they don't know (and it happens quite frequently) - they hold out their hand, and use the index finger of their opposite hand to draw out the symbol of the word you are looking for. This works so well because their symbols mean the words instead of the sounds.
This also helps because in Chinese (Mandarin) there are SO MANY homophones that people speaking to one another frequently need to disambiguate what they are saying by indicating characters in the way you describe.
"This argument is what will kill HTML5 and ensure a new era of the reign of flash,"
Not as long as one of the top hackers in the world continues to prove that Adobe is one of the biggest security threats to the web.
You are of course referring to Steve Jobs?
To make it fair you have to look at man-hours of entertainment. Sure the radio may be cheaper in absolute terms, but how many people listen to it vs watch that guy's show?
I am not sure thats such a relevent point with respect to the BBC. If it were a pure for-profit organisation I'd say sure thats a good point.
But this is largely non-profit. The cost/benefit ratio works differently here.
Ie: Paying this guy 18 million is not a revenue generator. Its a cost center.
Your boss at work:
"Why can't I install programs on my own machine, I'm the boss for god's sake!"
If your boss has an iphone then you have them right there.
As much as I hate them for it, Apple have surely built a good argument for not allowing people complete control of devices they *own* but which they don't 'understand sufficiently well' or 'cannot be trusted' to protect properly.
I guess... try to get your boss to see you as Steve Jobs. Might not work but probably worth a shot.
But seriously, why would anyone hold on to the myth that markets are rational given the experimental findings of behavioral economics.
Why would anyone believe that human beings are rational agents given everyday experience?
Both internal and external experience should be enough to inform anyone who thinks about it that neither they nor the people around them are rational beings.
If one wished to drive the point home even more heavily, a visit to any number of internet chatrooms should present very clear evidence to wipe away any notion of humans as rational.
I think the only 'reason' anyone would hold the belief that humans are rational agents is, in the end, hubris.
Nietzsche dates from well before the fascist movement existed.
However, his sister was married to a man who was heavily involved in an anti-semitic political movement of the day. This man used some of Nietzsche's 'Zarathustra' in one of his publications. When Nietzsche found out he was livid and disowned his sister.
Nietzsche was fundamentally opposed to the nation and the state. He was an *anti* nationalist. He was a humanist.
Some of his ideas appeared on the surface to fit right into the Nazi mythos, eg the 'Superman'. One can easily imagine the Nazis thinking that he meant them. But this would be flawed thinking; the Nietzschean Superman is not a human being at all.
Man is a bridge across the abyss that lies between animal and superman.
To cross that bridge requires boldness, courage and strength.
If humanity should come to favor weakness over strength, timidity over weakness (as is the case in the modern western democracy) that bridge may never be crossed and we might fall into that abyss.
But ultimately, man is something to be overcome. Something to push past. Out of man, something better comes, much as a man may have children and hope that their children can do better than they, can go past them, can exceed all their hopes and dreams. So the Superman is like a child of the human species. Not some eugenic programme such as the Nazis may have envisioned.
If you think that theres any connection at all between my thinking or that of Nietzsche and that of the fascists then... you need to do more research. Either that or just shut up :P
You really have no idea.
If you think that Nietzsche was connected with fascism you need to read him. Hitler seemed to like Nietzsche but had he actually read any (or understood it) I think he would have tried to erase Nietzsche from history.
If you think I'm anything to do with fascism, you should know that I am opposed to the very existence of nation states and corporations.
I understand that people, including yourself, would rather live lives of miserable ease than actually *live*.
If you think that one president or another could change the way that the USA behaves in its foreign policy then you are doubly naive.
The president is just the 'fall guy'.
revolution is evil, ugly, brutal, murderous and completely undesirable
Its only undesirable if you value weakness over strength, timidity over boldness.
"What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome." -- Nietzsche
this is what makes a democracy so much better than other governments: you don't NEED a revolution to get a new regime
If you believe that a democratic process can lead to regime change (within that same democratic nation), well thats just totally naive.
Democracies, as we know them today, are driven by media corporations and the advertising industry. They in NO way represent the people who vote. People vote based on advertising, not on rational considerations.
Human beings are not rational agents. I know that it may be hard for individuals who consider themselves to be intelligent, rational people to believe this, but its true. You are not a Vulcan. You are not a machine.
To believe that humans are rational agents really puts humanity on a pedestal that it does not deserve.
Democracy is not under the control of the people who vote but under the control of people who control media representation; people who control the *advertising* of politics. And advertising is incredibly powerful. People are incredibly gullible.
The truth is that we do still need revolution to bring about REAL social change but that it is impossible to predict how revolution will change society.
One thing is for certain about revolution; it never turns out the way its instigators hoped.
The lawyers should have been involved from the moment the school began considering purchase of the laptops.
Ok I am baffled.
Since when do Americans not involve lawyers from the start of basically everything from birth to marriage to buying a laptop?
I thought Lawyers were an intrinsic part of the American Way?
Oh, that's right -- since diluting homeopathic remedies makes them stronger, they'd be putting everyone at risk of overdose. Never mind, then.
The latest terror threat; credible reports have been received by British Intelligence that terrorists plan to drop small quantities of homeopathic remedies into the nations reservoirs. The resulting homeopathic overdoses could bring the nation to its knees.
Police are on high alert and pharmacies are advised to report any suspicious individuals purchasing homeopathic remedies, particularly individuals who purchase ONLY SMALL QUANTITIES at a time.
Why should I care if humans survive after I'm gone? I honestly don't have an answer for that, so maybe you can enlighten me.
If you don't have kids then really you have no reason to care.
But then you probably don't have a reason to care whether you yourself live beyond tomorrow anyway if your life is so empty that you don't care about the future of your species.
Using strong crypto between mail clients is like...
Using armored cars to transfer bags of money from one park bench to another.