Or if you happen to be a person he doesn't like, or if you're black after dark in the wrong neighborhood, or... police are people, too. And the position attracts those who lust for authority. I'm not saying that there aren't good cops. The vast majority of them are. But it doesn't take many to fuck it up for everyone else, and when there's less accountability because of things like tasers, well...
I'm not scared of tasers because I might die. I'm scared because they're used in place of personal interaction and they hold the officer to very little responsibility. Tasers are WAY overused, simply because they don't leave marks like batons do.
A grant is significantly different than asinine copyright legislation and publisher advances. I'm all for grants for the arts. But I'm not for a system where the publisher ends up being the gatekeeper to everything, which is what we have now and what it sounds like you're arguing for.
The thing you're forgetting is that the costs of publishing have plummeted recently. Pay someone to edit your book (I'll do it for $500), and then you can sell copies via the many on-demand printing services, or give them away, or whatever you want. There's no longer the barrier to entry to being an author. Just like there's no longer the high cost to being a musician. Those advances only come if the publisher likes what you're doing... if they don't, you used to be screwed. Now you can self-publish. There is no right to make money or live off of your work. Only if your work is useful or appreciated do you enjoy that benefit. Artists should not be guaranteed income any more than anyone else. They aren't special, or better than any other person. Only different.
DRM is never implemented properly, and from a end-users' standpoint it is never a good thing. Ever. It simply puts up a hurdle to accessing something you paid for, and using it how you want. It will not slow down people who want to copy it. So it ends up being a pox on legitimate users.
Nobody's saying all Churchgoing people are evil. Just often misled and misinformed. We wouldn't have any discussion about the idiocy that is "intelligent design" and stopping condom use (thereby increasing AIDS spread) in Africa if it wasn't for churches.
Even if you're a nerd, there is ALWAYS a need for social skills. We live in a society... even if you don't like people in general, it's good to be able to pretend sometimes.
Exactly. Call yourself a nerd and do everything you can to dispel the myths. I'm usually one of the more desirable players in pick-up games of football and such, but I make my money being a nerd. Get the sterotype down to "good with computers and technology", and we'll see some massive change. Things are already blowing that way.
So I'm not white, I'm "European-American"? That smacks of PC bullshit. I'm not "European-American". I'm American. I was born here, from parents who were born here. The only types of people who have claim to be "African-American" are my niece and nephew who were adopted from Ethiopia. THAT is an African-American. A geeks and nerds are perfectly acceptable terms to people who identify with that culture. "Perpetuating" the stereotype is not the problem... the problem is what the actual stereotype is. And THAT is what's changing, as more people realize that it's "cool" to be a nerd.
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Or hell, just having pictures of yourself being happy on facebook
Or if you happen to be a person he doesn't like, or if you're black after dark in the wrong neighborhood, or... police are people, too. And the position attracts those who lust for authority. I'm not saying that there aren't good cops. The vast majority of them are. But it doesn't take many to fuck it up for everyone else, and when there's less accountability because of things like tasers, well...
If I don't do what I promise, I fully expect to get flak. Why should Apple be any different?
I'm not scared of tasers because I might die. I'm scared because they're used in place of personal interaction and they hold the officer to very little responsibility. Tasers are WAY overused, simply because they don't leave marks like batons do.
It's still not out by when they promised. That's all there is to it. Sure, give the employees time off. They still didn't do the job.
"The price for freedom is eternal vigilance" - Thomas Jefferson
A grant is significantly different than asinine copyright legislation and publisher advances. I'm all for grants for the arts. But I'm not for a system where the publisher ends up being the gatekeeper to everything, which is what we have now and what it sounds like you're arguing for.
The thing you're forgetting is that the costs of publishing have plummeted recently. Pay someone to edit your book (I'll do it for $500), and then you can sell copies via the many on-demand printing services, or give them away, or whatever you want. There's no longer the barrier to entry to being an author. Just like there's no longer the high cost to being a musician. Those advances only come if the publisher likes what you're doing... if they don't, you used to be screwed. Now you can self-publish. There is no right to make money or live off of your work. Only if your work is useful or appreciated do you enjoy that benefit. Artists should not be guaranteed income any more than anyone else. They aren't special, or better than any other person. Only different.
DRM is never implemented properly, and from a end-users' standpoint it is never a good thing. Ever. It simply puts up a hurdle to accessing something you paid for, and using it how you want. It will not slow down people who want to copy it. So it ends up being a pox on legitimate users.
They make this nifty thing called a "UPS". With low power draws, your Internet and phones can stay working for quite some time.
Which witch is which witch?
They've already tried that, and it went down pretty much exactly as you predicted.
Nobody's saying all Churchgoing people are evil. Just often misled and misinformed. We wouldn't have any discussion about the idiocy that is "intelligent design" and stopping condom use (thereby increasing AIDS spread) in Africa if it wasn't for churches.
Often it'll be fictional religions
You overstate your point.
Lemme guess... the priorities changed when a new manger was hired/one was let go, and someone decided they wanted to make a name for themselves?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csi_effect
AMD is working on a unification of GPU and CPU. It makes perfect sense to start attaching the AMD name to the GPUs.
What, you mean it'd be terribly silly to make a VB GUI to track an IP address?
Whew. As long as it isn't the cake, I'm still happy
The writers have to write what they know... it's hard to write smart when you aren't.
Even if you're a nerd, there is ALWAYS a need for social skills. We live in a society... even if you don't like people in general, it's good to be able to pretend sometimes.
Exactly. Call yourself a nerd and do everything you can to dispel the myths. I'm usually one of the more desirable players in pick-up games of football and such, but I make my money being a nerd. Get the sterotype down to "good with computers and technology", and we'll see some massive change. Things are already blowing that way.
So I'm not white, I'm "European-American"? That smacks of PC bullshit. I'm not "European-American". I'm American. I was born here, from parents who were born here. The only types of people who have claim to be "African-American" are my niece and nephew who were adopted from Ethiopia. THAT is an African-American. A geeks and nerds are perfectly acceptable terms to people who identify with that culture. "Perpetuating" the stereotype is not the problem... the problem is what the actual stereotype is. And THAT is what's changing, as more people realize that it's "cool" to be a nerd.
The problem is that it really isn't the media's fault. It's the fault of the parents who use media as a proxy to raise their children.
Just leave it evaporating overnight and heat it up in the morning... that's a cup of coffee you can get behind.