As mucxh as I hate the system - and God do I hate the system - I must agree with your assessment.
The Brits are the worst.
But the French are the best. They practically wave you through if they don't suspect you of anything. And the Europeans know this. I was once told by a Belgian immigration official to enter and exit Europe through Paris CDG if I was concerned with overstaying my Schegen visa, because, in essence, there was no way they would check.
When I write in books, the scum that I am, I am essentially memorizing the places where specific information is. remember where on a page I wrote something, and I can easily find what I am looking for later. I suspect I am not alone.
And how many generations of students can use an engineering text book, anyway? Don't they tend to come out rather quickly with new editions that kill the used-book market?
Moreover, writing in books is a specific privilege of ownership which DRM kills.
really. just read the article and then ask an intelligent question.
fta:
Shivering in at a mere 33 degrees above absolute zero, the regions are likely places to find deposits of water ice, a resource that would be in demand if astronauts ever live on the moon.
Philly officially closed off its city-wide wifi in May 2008 for reasons clearly stated in the link. When it was up, it was practically unusable anyway. I lived within a block of an access point, and I could never hold a consistent signal. But truth be told, I only used it towards the end of its life.
Exactly. And the whole argument totally ignores the fact that these books are now easily available.
Shock horror: I am a liberal arts scholar. And Google Books has helped me incredibly in a project I am doing on a 18th century scholar. I have original texts in various editions at my fingertips, wonderful reference books (including a dozen 18th and 19th century Latin grammars), and serious secondary literature. Not all of these are fully posted on Google Books, but now I know what books to check out of the library, or even buy.
If my words cause someone else to act violently, I may be liable for criminal incitement or some similar charge (that's for a court - not a tribunal - to decide). But if my words simply hurt your feelings, then just fuck off.
Look at the meat-packing plants that moved away from large urban centres like Chicago and to small towns (and thus away from large city media and scrutiny), where illegal aliens are used as slave labour (and even recruited by company brass) mass slaughtering cattle sickened by corn on CAFOs), and tell me organic food is not more healthy.
The arguments against organic food are legion; it's a shame that this study lacks a larger view of the health benefits beyond nutrition of organic food.
Local knowledge is just that - local. If you live there, you have the knowledge. How can GPS destroy that? And you know what? The article does not argue how it does. GPS is used for new routes. It's new knowledge. Nobody uses Sat-Nav repeatedly for the same destination.
Sat-Nav and GPS are tools - the article poses a question akin to asking if real men don't use hammers. I wouldn't use one to open an egg, but I would use one to fix my stairs.
I am as much a psychogeographer as anyone who loves to discover a city by getting lost in it, but if I am crossing the country (in my case, Belgium) to buy something, I would like to be efficient about getting there.
... but still today we have professors lecturing from yellowed notes.
And yet you can pull out some cliche / hackneyed opinion and think it adds to the discussion?
In some fields those yellowed notes are important, reflecting years of experience with perennial questions. I use the same notes over and over, and yet not a lecture goes by without me adding to them, or changing them, or annotating them.
If this becomes a standard response to thunderstorms, it won't be long before people blame the government when they or their property get hit by lightening. Hell, discrimination lawsuits could emerge, depending on how the government allocates its resources. And if this is a private service, expect civil lawsuits.
It is fortunate that lasers and sharks go together on/., for the lawyers could end up profiting from these suggested uses.
If you think there is an obvious American opinion to this matter, you are a moron. Travel a bit. Open your mind and your eyes.
The Thai people do love him, which is why it is such a problem to criticize him. They personally hate it when the king is insulted (I speak from experience, having lived and worked in Thailand for over a year). The government constantly use this popular love to pass laws that favour themselves and not the king because they can use such legislation to lock people up on the slightest context.
The king him disfavours the lese majeste laws, and wishes aloud for their abolition.
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Exactly. How often to theaters post negative reviews of the product they are selling?
The Brits are the worst.
But the French are the best. They practically wave you through if they don't suspect you of anything. And the Europeans know this. I was once told by a Belgian immigration official to enter and exit Europe through Paris CDG if I was concerned with overstaying my Schegen visa, because, in essence, there was no way they would check.
When I write in books, the scum that I am, I am essentially memorizing the places where specific information is. remember where on a page I wrote something, and I can easily find what I am looking for later. I suspect I am not alone.
And how many generations of students can use an engineering text book, anyway? Don't they tend to come out rather quickly with new editions that kill the used-book market?
Moreover, writing in books is a specific privilege of ownership which DRM kills.
really. just read the article and then ask an intelligent question.
fta:
I actually used it until Sept. 2008, so three months or so after is putative demise.
But after my move in October of 2008 I could no longer pick it up. I just assumed it had finally vanished completely, as per the plan.
Philly officially closed off its city-wide wifi in May 2008 for reasons clearly stated in the link. When it was up, it was practically unusable anyway. I lived within a block of an access point, and I could never hold a consistent signal. But truth be told, I only used it towards the end of its life.
Exactly. And the whole argument totally ignores the fact that these books are now easily available.
Shock horror: I am a liberal arts scholar. And Google Books has helped me incredibly in a project I am doing on a 18th century scholar. I have original texts in various editions at my fingertips, wonderful reference books (including a dozen 18th and 19th century Latin grammars), and serious secondary literature. Not all of these are fully posted on Google Books, but now I know what books to check out of the library, or even buy.
As an arts scholar, I love Google books.
If my words cause someone else to act violently, I may be liable for criminal incitement or some similar charge (that's for a court - not a tribunal - to decide). But if my words simply hurt your feelings, then just fuck off.
As the man sung: One piece at a time.
How can you talk about evolution having a purpose? That implies design.
If anything held back technology, it was the slavery of the ancient world (by this, I mean slaves controlled by punishment rather than reward).
Look at the hypoxic zone in the Gulf Mexico, and tell me organic food is not more healthy.
Look at the meat-packing plants that moved away from large urban centres like Chicago and to small towns (and thus away from large city media and scrutiny), where illegal aliens are used as slave labour (and even recruited by company brass) mass slaughtering cattle sickened by corn on CAFOs), and tell me organic food is not more healthy.
The arguments against organic food are legion; it's a shame that this study lacks a larger view of the health benefits beyond nutrition of organic food.
"Too many outlets in and out"
Local knowledge is just that - local. If you live there, you have the knowledge. How can GPS destroy that? And you know what? The article does not argue how it does. GPS is used for new routes. It's new knowledge. Nobody uses Sat-Nav repeatedly for the same destination.
Sat-Nav and GPS are tools - the article poses a question akin to asking if real men don't use hammers. I wouldn't use one to open an egg, but I would use one to fix my stairs.
I am as much a psychogeographer as anyone who loves to discover a city by getting lost in it, but if I am crossing the country (in my case, Belgium) to buy something, I would like to be efficient about getting there.
In Philadelphia, it's possible to take your bike on the bus or subway. Not a bad idea, if you can't shower at work.
And yet you can pull out some cliche / hackneyed opinion and think it adds to the discussion?
In some fields those yellowed notes are important, reflecting years of experience with perennial questions. I use the same notes over and over, and yet not a lecture goes by without me adding to them, or changing them, or annotating them.
This is a job for Sol Invictus.
(a Thai joke)
Let me imagine further.
If this becomes a standard response to thunderstorms, it won't be long before people blame the government when they or their property get hit by lightening. Hell, discrimination lawsuits could emerge, depending on how the government allocates its resources. And if this is a private service, expect civil lawsuits.
It is fortunate that lasers and sharks go together on /., for the lawyers could end up profiting from these suggested uses.
only the criminals will be anonymous.
False! I have played baseball in France, more than once.
He is such a bad writer:
And then consider this Gricean nightmare:
He is a professional writer who depends on cliches and bloated prose. I could go on, but simply put, I've always wondered how he had a job.
If you think there is an obvious American opinion to this matter, you are a moron. Travel a bit. Open your mind and your eyes.
The Thai people do love him, which is why it is such a problem to criticize him. They personally hate it when the king is insulted (I speak from experience, having lived and worked in Thailand for over a year). The government constantly use this popular love to pass laws that favour themselves and not the king because they can use such legislation to lock people up on the slightest context.
The king him disfavours the lese majeste laws, and wishes aloud for their abolition.
Not quite: it asks for your email address, and your FACEBOOK password (not your email password).