You don't know many consumers, do you? The vast majority of consumers think that brighter and more saturated colors on a TV means that it's a better picture. Just like the recent study of people preferring the sound of mp3's to CD's. The squashed, over-loud sound of an mp3 is not "better" in any metric than a CD, but it's what people are used to, and people don't like change.
The performance ratings were based on the speed compared to a "baseline" AMD chip, most recently the Thunderbird core. They were never officially intended to compare a P4 to an Athlon, even though AMD did nothing to dispel that myth.
Grossly overpaid? I'd think it's properly paid. If I can do a job that needs done that very few other people can do, that's a very valuable skill. Just because it's easy for the person doing it doesn't mean it's easy in general. It's like that old engineering joke...
A couple years after the old engineer retired from the factory, the manager there called him up and asked him to come help them, he'd pay him whatever he wanted as long as he could come fix their supply line. They'd been down for a day and none of their engineers could figure it out. The old guy, having nothing better to do, went in.
After spending some time checking around the various parts, looking at what went wrong, he put a chalk "X" on one part and told them to replace that part. They did, and the assembly line started working again.
Afterward, he went to the manager's office and presented him with a bill for $50,000. The manger exclaimed "But all you did was put a chalk mark on a part! I need to see an itemized bill to see why you charge so much." So the old engineer filled out a new invoice with the following:
Chalk mark: $1
Knowing where to put it: $49,999
There are a lot of people who don't know where to put the chalk marks, and those of us who do know where to put them will always be necessary, even if the people paying us the "exorbitant" fees don't know why;)
They still need the support of the parents and the community. No man is an island, no matter how good the teacher. They can inspire, but they can't do everything, and there is a lot of cultural pressure to counter scientific thought both in the home and society at large.
The average television writer doesn't get royalties from the DVD sales. The actors get paid way more than they're worth. The system is screwed up, and mostly in favor of the gatekeepers, not in favor of the actual people creating. And if it is in their favor, it is obscenely in their favor. Such as Tolkein's family still drawing a paycheck from his creativity.
Yes. But I'd rather let a single guilty person go than have a corrupt cop. The cop can cause orders of magnitude more damage to society as a whole than some guy who swiped a motorcycle. I have insurance to cover my vehicle being stolen... I don't have insurance against being falsely imprisoned or falsely testified against by an officer.
You know, we really should just legalize more drugs and tax the shit out of them... that'd be a great way to get money back into the economy. Why do we let the drug cartels get it under the table tax-free?
Too bad that doesn't really work. Because 5' is a subset of 7'. With browsers, you CAN'T build it one way and have everything work with it. You have to make special concessions for IE, and build things differently for every browser EXCEPT IE. And one for older versions of IE.
Man, and here I was thinking the awesome bar was pretty awesome, letting me find old links and such without having to remember exactly the google incantations I used. Thanks for setting me straight on that!
So... because they're "artists" they deserve to have the government force everyone to support an opulent lifestyle for them, while the rest of us have "crap jobs" and have to work every day for our money? That doesn't really sound like a good deal for most of the people, the ones who the government theoretically should be representing...
Regarding the \ vs/, they made the wrong choice and refuse to fix it even if they can do so internally. You don't go to http:\\slashdot.org. The use of the forward slash for a path separator is most definitely an issue in the networked world, especially for non-technical users.
Didn't you know that there are molesters and child abductors around every corner, just waiting for an unprotected child to come by? It's not safe to let your child out of the house without you watching them!
Only for the individual, not in a society. Promiscuity breaks down social bonds which keep neighbors from killing each other, so it's generally frowned upon in larger groups.
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You don't know many consumers, do you? The vast majority of consumers think that brighter and more saturated colors on a TV means that it's a better picture. Just like the recent study of people preferring the sound of mp3's to CD's. The squashed, over-loud sound of an mp3 is not "better" in any metric than a CD, but it's what people are used to, and people don't like change.
The performance ratings were based on the speed compared to a "baseline" AMD chip, most recently the Thunderbird core. They were never officially intended to compare a P4 to an Athlon, even though AMD did nothing to dispel that myth.
That's because the EPA recently changed how they calculate MPG ratings, making them more "accurate" with real-world usage
Grossly overpaid? I'd think it's properly paid. If I can do a job that needs done that very few other people can do, that's a very valuable skill. Just because it's easy for the person doing it doesn't mean it's easy in general. It's like that old engineering joke...
;)
A couple years after the old engineer retired from the factory, the manager there called him up and asked him to come help them, he'd pay him whatever he wanted as long as he could come fix their supply line. They'd been down for a day and none of their engineers could figure it out. The old guy, having nothing better to do, went in.
After spending some time checking around the various parts, looking at what went wrong, he put a chalk "X" on one part and told them to replace that part. They did, and the assembly line started working again.
Afterward, he went to the manager's office and presented him with a bill for $50,000. The manger exclaimed "But all you did was put a chalk mark on a part! I need to see an itemized bill to see why you charge so much." So the old engineer filled out a new invoice with the following:
Chalk mark: $1
Knowing where to put it: $49,999
There are a lot of people who don't know where to put the chalk marks, and those of us who do know where to put them will always be necessary, even if the people paying us the "exorbitant" fees don't know why
Wasn't that sometime around when the decline of the Greeks started?
Umm... last time I checked, 19*16=304, not 35.
A patty is what a hamburger is. Perhaps you meant paddy?
Hell, what does Google provide that driving down the street doesn't?
They still need the support of the parents and the community. No man is an island, no matter how good the teacher. They can inspire, but they can't do everything, and there is a lot of cultural pressure to counter scientific thought both in the home and society at large.
That kind of self-referential humor makes my head hurt :(
Just change the solitaire shortcut to a link to 2g1c. Problem solved!
The average television writer doesn't get royalties from the DVD sales. The actors get paid way more than they're worth. The system is screwed up, and mostly in favor of the gatekeepers, not in favor of the actual people creating. And if it is in their favor, it is obscenely in their favor. Such as Tolkein's family still drawing a paycheck from his creativity.
Yes. But I'd rather let a single guilty person go than have a corrupt cop. The cop can cause orders of magnitude more damage to society as a whole than some guy who swiped a motorcycle. I have insurance to cover my vehicle being stolen... I don't have insurance against being falsely imprisoned or falsely testified against by an officer.
When the police lie about the facts, there is no justice. It's a de-facto case of the police interpreting, even if it theoretically shouldn't be so.
But it's not illegal, at least not a "drunk driving" illegal. It'd at most be "reckless driving" or something similar.
You know, we really should just legalize more drugs and tax the shit out of them... that'd be a great way to get money back into the economy. Why do we let the drug cartels get it under the table tax-free?
Too bad that doesn't really work. Because 5' is a subset of 7'. With browsers, you CAN'T build it one way and have everything work with it. You have to make special concessions for IE, and build things differently for every browser EXCEPT IE. And one for older versions of IE.
Car analogies are rarely accurate.
Man, and here I was thinking the awesome bar was pretty awesome, letting me find old links and such without having to remember exactly the google incantations I used. Thanks for setting me straight on that!
He means people who still wear onions on their belt because that was the style then, and they'll be damned if they look for something new.
So... because they're "artists" they deserve to have the government force everyone to support an opulent lifestyle for them, while the rest of us have "crap jobs" and have to work every day for our money? That doesn't really sound like a good deal for most of the people, the ones who the government theoretically should be representing...
And your mother didn't teach you proper grammar. Everyone has issues with their parents if you believe Freud.
"Embrace, extend, extinguish"
Works just as well when your competition is either from other companies or your own old versions.
Regarding the \ vs /, they made the wrong choice and refuse to fix it even if they can do so internally. You don't go to http:\\slashdot.org. The use of the forward slash for a path separator is most definitely an issue in the networked world, especially for non-technical users.
Didn't you know that there are molesters and child abductors around every corner, just waiting for an unprotected child to come by? It's not safe to let your child out of the house without you watching them!
Only for the individual, not in a society. Promiscuity breaks down social bonds which keep neighbors from killing each other, so it's generally frowned upon in larger groups.