You obviously have never been to a real club then.
REAL club DJs are very busy making cool creative mixes. They have their sets planned out already. And they DO respond to the crowd, however they don't do it through direct input like waving this kind of crap in their faces. They read peoples reactions to what they are playing and decide what to spin next and how to mix it.
Any pro DJ in a club would be super pissed at you for waving this shit in their face.
Maybe you should go to an actual club and figure out what club DJs actually do before you post ignorant comments like that.
Whoops, I posted my response to this under the wrong thread. Here is a repost:
I've already seen something similar to this used in a club. Some retard was waving one of these LED toys around in the middle of the dance floor that read...I shit you not....
"Acid??? Rolls???"
It took less than 10 seconds of this before two large men dressed in nice black suits escorted him off the dance floor and into a back room.
I've already seen something similar to this used in a club. Some retard was waving one of these LED toys around in the middle of the dance floor that read...I shit you not....
"Acid??? Rolls???"
It took less than 10 seconds of this before two large men dressed in nice black suits escorted him off the dance floor and into a back room.
Perhaps if someone can post a link to that video of the 7 series bimmer driving around with lights blinking and hood and trunk popping open and windows going while the user figits with the iDrive you'll be convinced at how ridiculously complex it is.
" - New skin (who cares? I play music and movies on it, not look at decorated borders)
You may certainly not but you'd be a moron to think that the public doesn't want this. Seriously, I mean look at how popular skins are for Winamp. And you just use that to play music don't you?
Skins are a popular new feature in just about everything because society is all about customization/personalizatino nowadays.
From the article: " Yes, that may be a problem, but how can you argue it's ethical to accept the deaths of tens of thousands of people a day from aging-driven diseases? Besides, he says, we'll find ways to cope. On the question of overpopulation, for instance, he offers this analogy of how we've handled it in the past:"
His argument is flawed in that while he continues to go on and give an example of doctors in the past who lowered infant mortality rates, and how it is similar, it is not applicable at all.
You see, the numbers which are being dealt with are on completely different scales. It is assumed that these babies who were saved from death at birth will die in some manner in the future, with age being the 'last ditch' cause. However, when you take out that final check point, things get thrown radically out of whack.
What will happen if age is no longer a cause of death in the future (save for those who choose not to undergo this therapy)? Will everybody die by accident/malice/illness?
"I don't think anyone but the most extreme zealots would argue that a person should be able to make 10,000 copies of a CD by another artist. But where is that number? It's higher than "just a couple" but probably around "several".
You SHOULD be able to make 10,000 copies, or even 1 million if you want, simply for the sole reason that it will be impossible to get everybody to agree on what the magic number should be. Simply put, if I purchase the CD, it is mine to copy however many timse I choose. Period.
Actually, I think my theory is still valid. I mean, I'm sure the university got some sort of deal for allowing the IBM/Apple shop to be on your campus. I mean, if its on campus and provides incentives for people to have those brands of computers (ie. simple repairs, bulk discounts), I would be almost certain that the company would pay the university something for that, or arrange some other type of deal.
So yes, it MAY be convenient for repairs, but I don't see how there ISN'T some partnership type deal going on here in either scenario.
Seriously, Nokia should have figured out fairly quickly that people didn't like looking like they were talking into a taco. So rather than try to start a whole "side talkin" fad, why didn't they just recognize the design flaw, and change it in the next version?
Since when has something illegal stopped a corporation from doing something? Apparently you've not been reading the papers and noticing that every day a new company is being busted by the SEC for other things that are equally as serious.
"CWRU recommends the purchase of either a Dell or Apple for incoming students to meet networking requirements. "
You know, I didn't see any problem with this submission until I read this at the end. There is absolutely no reason this should have been included in the press relea...errrr....story submission.
Any brand of machine meeting the min. specs would do quite well, in fact I'm sure you could go a bit below them on a home built machine and get by fine.
A note to all the PR people who submit things to slashdot. If you make things as blatantly obvious as this, we WILL notice, and we WILL make certain to point it out to fellow readers (or at least I will).
" The daily life of most admins include something called "Talking To Managers".
Having a shiny toy with brightly coloured lights on it is a vital part of that excercise for many of us. We NEED this. "
Sounds like what you need is to learn communication skills and how to actually communicate complex ideas in terms people can understand. And yes, visualizations go a long way in this regard, but you need to be able to communicate verbally in a manner they can understand as well.
"How about CDs, you say? Same thing. 15 bucks for a CD is cheap. For 15 bucks, you get an hour or so of high-quality (fidelity anyway, if not content) digital music that you can listen to over and over again, as long as you want."
Funny, DVDs cost about the same. Fact is, CDs are a rippoff, so much so that the courts have fined the industry big bucks for price fixing. So while I do feel that movie prices are too expensive, I can blame some of it on inflation, whereas there is no valid reason for the price of music CDs being what they are. You are whining about what you personally feel is a fair value. Newsflash, other people value things differently than you do. You do not determine what is a fair value for something, that is something the market decides, and piracy is all about the market speaking its mind.
You simply THINK your perspective has not changed, but in reality, its impossible that it hasn't unless you suffered serious brain trauma which would lock your perspective of the world to that of when you were a child.
Fact is, everybody THINKS they remember what it was like, but simply put, you saw the world differently then than you do now, and I don't really see how you could argue otherwise. Every single child psychologist would tell you the same thing.
And guess what, Disney needs to KEEP doing focus groups, because thats how it finds out what people want.
No, I do NOT have the cart before the horse. Please read my post again as I clearly stated that in the beginning Disney DID start with the movies. Back then it was about the movies, now its about the parks. Things have changed for them.
My point is that Pixar is getting the characters/movies now, but unless they have something the equivelant of the parks, they don't stand a chance of ever out-disneying Disney.
You're speaking about this from the perspective of someone your age. In every focus group we did with children in the target age demographic, they had no problem believing the giant mickey. And keep in mind that its not just about the "big head" characters walking around. They also have many actors just dressed up as the character.
I just spent a whole semester in school in my Account Planning class working on the Disney account.
The reason Disney is what it is today, and the reason nobody will be able to touch them on their pedestal for a long time is because Disney has the ability to do something that nobody else does.
They can bring the movies to life.
Pixar does not have Pixarland. They do not have a whole huge chunk of land dedicated to recreating every single aspect of the movies. They can look as realistic as they do on the screen, but in the end, the magic stops at the screen.
Disney is more than just characters and movies. Disney USED to be just about those things, but now they are more about the experience.
Don't get me wrong, I love Pixar and all the work they do, and they have put out better stuff than Disney as of late, but nobody should be so daft as to think that Pixar is out-disneying Disney. Once Pixar has a couple of parks, then I might start to believe they have a shot.
I'm curious for um...no reason in particular...but whats to stop someone with some forested land from growing one or two plants here and there in the woods? The IR cams can't spot that, how would anybody find out?
I wonder if they said the same thing when the bicycle was being built. I mean, god knows all we see on the streets these days are bicycles built for 2.
Depending on how expensive this is, some people might buy it when they don't want to tie up the family car and just use it for work or something.
I could also see this being used as an upgrade to the bicycle for people who could afford it.
You need to realize that while yes, a lot of people do want a car that holds more than one person, there are MANY uses for the car where you only need one, and this is an attempt to captizalize on that.
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"LOOKOUTFORCAR!!"I DIGDEAFCHICKS"
"YOURFLYISOPEN"
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REAL club DJs are very busy making cool creative mixes. They have their sets planned out already. And they DO respond to the crowd, however they don't do it through direct input like waving this kind of crap in their faces. They read peoples reactions to what they are playing and decide what to spin next and how to mix it.
Any pro DJ in a club would be super pissed at you for waving this shit in their face.
Maybe you should go to an actual club and figure out what club DJs actually do before you post ignorant comments like that.
I've already seen something similar to this used in a club. Some retard was waving one of these LED toys around in the middle of the dance floor that read...I shit you not....
"Acid??? Rolls???"
It took less than 10 seconds of this before two large men dressed in nice black suits escorted him off the dance floor and into a back room.
"Acid??? Rolls???"
It took less than 10 seconds of this before two large men dressed in nice black suits escorted him off the dance floor and into a back room.
You may certainly not but you'd be a moron to think that the public doesn't want this. Seriously, I mean look at how popular skins are for Winamp. And you just use that to play music don't you?
Skins are a popular new feature in just about everything because society is all about customization/personalizatino nowadays.
" Yes, that may be a problem, but how can you argue it's ethical to accept the deaths of tens of thousands of people a day from aging-driven diseases? Besides, he says, we'll find ways to cope. On the question of overpopulation, for instance, he offers this analogy of how we've handled it in the past:"
His argument is flawed in that while he continues to go on and give an example of doctors in the past who lowered infant mortality rates, and how it is similar, it is not applicable at all.
You see, the numbers which are being dealt with are on completely different scales. It is assumed that these babies who were saved from death at birth will die in some manner in the future, with age being the 'last ditch' cause. However, when you take out that final check point, things get thrown radically out of whack.
What will happen if age is no longer a cause of death in the future (save for those who choose not to undergo this therapy)? Will everybody die by accident/malice/illness?
You SHOULD be able to make 10,000 copies, or even 1 million if you want, simply for the sole reason that it will be impossible to get everybody to agree on what the magic number should be. Simply put, if I purchase the CD, it is mine to copy however many timse I choose. Period.
So yes, it MAY be convenient for repairs, but I don't see how there ISN'T some partnership type deal going on here in either scenario.
You know, I didn't see any problem with this submission until I read this at the end. There is absolutely no reason this should have been included in the press relea...errrr....story submission.
Any brand of machine meeting the min. specs would do quite well, in fact I'm sure you could go a bit below them on a home built machine and get by fine.
A note to all the PR people who submit things to slashdot. If you make things as blatantly obvious as this, we WILL notice, and we WILL make certain to point it out to fellow readers (or at least I will).
Sounds like what you need is to learn communication skills and how to actually communicate complex ideas in terms people can understand. And yes, visualizations go a long way in this regard, but you need to be able to communicate verbally in a manner they can understand as well.
It will when they lock out open source software with DRM and then go after you with the DMCA when you try to install it anyway.
Funny, DVDs cost about the same. Fact is, CDs are a rippoff, so much so that the courts have fined the industry big bucks for price fixing. So while I do feel that movie prices are too expensive, I can blame some of it on inflation, whereas there is no valid reason for the price of music CDs being what they are. You are whining about what you personally feel is a fair value. Newsflash, other people value things differently than you do. You do not determine what is a fair value for something, that is something the market decides, and piracy is all about the market speaking its mind.
Fact is, everybody THINKS they remember what it was like, but simply put, you saw the world differently then than you do now, and I don't really see how you could argue otherwise. Every single child psychologist would tell you the same thing.
And guess what, Disney needs to KEEP doing focus groups, because thats how it finds out what people want.
My point is that Pixar is getting the characters/movies now, but unless they have something the equivelant of the parks, they don't stand a chance of ever out-disneying Disney.
The reason Disney is what it is today, and the reason nobody will be able to touch them on their pedestal for a long time is because Disney has the ability to do something that nobody else does.
They can bring the movies to life.
Pixar does not have Pixarland. They do not have a whole huge chunk of land dedicated to recreating every single aspect of the movies. They can look as realistic as they do on the screen, but in the end, the magic stops at the screen.
Disney is more than just characters and movies. Disney USED to be just about those things, but now they are more about the experience.
Don't get me wrong, I love Pixar and all the work they do, and they have put out better stuff than Disney as of late, but nobody should be so daft as to think that Pixar is out-disneying Disney. Once Pixar has a couple of parks, then I might start to believe they have a shot.
What's worse than people driving cars that look like a giant cellphone?
People driving cars that look like an N-Gage.
I wonder if they said the same thing when the bicycle was being built. I mean, god knows all we see on the streets these days are bicycles built for 2.
Depending on how expensive this is, some people might buy it when they don't want to tie up the family car and just use it for work or something.
I could also see this being used as an upgrade to the bicycle for people who could afford it.
You need to realize that while yes, a lot of people do want a car that holds more than one person, there are MANY uses for the car where you only need one, and this is an attempt to captizalize on that.