"The point of public relations slogans like "Support our troops" is that they don't mean anything... That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy? That's the one you're not allowed to talk about."
ENDLESS POSSIBILITY FOR FUN... and it was all blown.... too bad.
Sounds like you'd be perfect to come up with Viacom/MTV's new show, the successor to Crossballs. Seriously, it sounds like the show was created with your mentality in mind.
what amazes me is why the VAST MAJORITY of people continue to eat McDonalds, the crappiest fast food service ever. with its whopping 3-inch in diameter meat patties, irritating user interface, coca cola adverts, and many many other annoying features.
BTW - if you are trying to attract more folks with more convenient webpages (i.e. one doesn't have to scroll the browser just to view your content), here are two more personal tips.
1. Use RSS. I started TODAY and have fallen in lust. 2. Don't use Flash. I haven't installed Flash on Firefox for I find it annoying.
The second point is more controversial, I understand. But perhaps someone agrees?
I don't know about you, but I've used computers with 640 lately. I know a local library that has computers on 640. It's horrid, but it's there. I think it's a matter of how much you care about compatibility. You will probably lose readers if you use high-res design elements (so I went from 5 readers to 4 on my website), but what I see is simply a cost-benefit analysis to see whether the cost of losing x amount of readers or just inconveniencing them matters to you. Not only does that integer x matter, it matters whether you give a shit about readers. I personally didn't test my webpage...oh well. Here are the numbers quoted:
You're right. There could be a conflict of interest here. Sadly, if you think about it, this is really nothing new. Hang onto your tinfoil hats for a second.
The fear is that MS will simply not work hard to make their OS secure from viruses, thus generating demand for their associatd virus scanner. In a competitive market, consumers would probably switch OS's, but we have the monopoly and such.
But listen to this analogy. Suppose you sell a software product. You want to make more money. So you simply leave out some functional parts of the product and sell it as an additional product--or service.
Isn't that what some companies are doing? Selling software and making money on the service. One can even sell software as a loss leader and make all the money back on the service (see razors and razor blades by Gilette).
Out of every dollar of a textbook sold, only about 13 cents goes to the author. The rest is distributed amongst printing/shipping/editing costs, profit to publisher, a cut to the retailer (often a college bookstore with high overhead), and so on.
If you do want to see change, let your prof know. Two of the math profs I've had at Berkeley are on board; one will write an open-source calculus text and the other is on public record in a local campaign for affordable textbooks.
Actually I know 2 math profs here at Berkeley who are working on free math texts. We are said to have one of the best math programs in the world (top 3?) so the quality of the contributors should be superb.
I agree with your comment, especially the first part. Working on "doing" now. (but I do like doing those computer games too..)
Anyways, on this: You still need to, at the very least, support yourself. Because I won't. And neither will the next guy. And your parents shouldn't have to.
Let's hope the government (through taxpayers) don't have to support you either:)
You're probably right with other parts of the country (NY comes to mind) but these guys in Idaho seem pretty level headed. The US Attorney ends up praising the jurors (i.e. the people) instead of spreading some FUD:
"I think the ladies and gentlemen on the jury did a good job," Moss said. "They were very attentive throughout the trial. I think they studied everything very thoroughly.
And the jurors, while you can make fun of their lack of knowledge about the law, seemed to take the time to actually understand the law as it is written. Whew, that's a cool concept!
On the terrorism charges, Steger said jurors simply found a lack of evidence. "All the evidence that we had was not clear-cut, saying that he was a terrorist, so there had to be a lot of inference, that kind of thing," Steger said.
He added, "The part that surprised me was when I read the First Amendment instructions. I was surprised to learn that people could say whatever they want... providing it would not cause imminent action."
Additionally, the e-Plate is designed to shatter if anyone tries to remove or otherwise tamper with it,
The pranksters in the UK are going to LOVE this one.
My opinion.. Useful applications: 1) Easier to implement no-toll-booth toll roads 2) Police purposes
Drawbacks: 1) Privacy - but I'm thinking of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, and it doesn't seem to conflict with anything. Is it our right to drive unfettered on roads paid for by taxpayers? 2) Cost 3) Battery power
Should be interesting. I have a feeling that this is going to go through and 50 years from now, we'll wonder how ancient peoples from 2004 managed to get away without RFID license plates.
If this was true then I really wonder why this doesn't apply to classical art. I mean, if I visit a gallery of the great masters and look into the faces on the paintings I can really attach to it. And so can millions of people. You can see the love, the fear, the hate in these paintings. I know it is not animated but still, humans seem to be capable of creating artificial pictures of themselves. The point, as I see it, is that game developers are just particulary bad at it.
You bring up a good point. I'm reminded of a somewhat similar situation in music. It seems that the "great masters" of music (i.e. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven) really hit upon something. Does this mean that current musicians suck? Maybe. But perhaps they were just really fucking good, just like some classical artists.
Of course this begs the question of why people aren't creating "superior" {music,art,writing} today compared to the classical masters, and I want to know too.
Her name is Saira Mohan and she is a 26-year-old New York supermodel. I met her while filming a Channel 4 documentary of my book, Mutants, which considers, among other topics, the nature of physical beauty. She'd appeared on the cover of Newsweek magazine above the legend "The Perfect Face".
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you're right, there are problems. and you have only hit on a few of them.
but realize that there is value for some folks in having a "universal" id system. why do you think that your SSN in the US is used so widely?
again, there are many problems, but there exist benefits too.
Reminds me of this quote perhaps applicable:
"The point of public relations slogans like "Support our troops" is that they don't mean anything... That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy? That's the one you're not allowed to talk about."
source: wikiquote
ENDLESS POSSIBILITY FOR FUN... and it was all blown.... too bad.
Sounds like you'd be perfect to come up with Viacom/MTV's new show, the successor to Crossballs. Seriously, it sounds like the show was created with your mentality in mind.
For those who browse at high moderation levels, he's talking about The Daily Show, not Crossballs, which is the show that's the slashdot headline..
what amazes me is why the VAST MAJORITY of people continue to eat McDonalds, the crappiest fast food service ever. with its whopping 3-inch in diameter meat patties, irritating user interface, coca cola adverts, and many many other annoying features.
Did you read the article *immediately prior* to this one?
He praises Firefox 0.9 and says MSIE sucks.
He may be pro-MS, but to call him a zealot spreading FUD seems premature.
BTW - if you are trying to attract more folks with more convenient webpages (i.e. one doesn't have to scroll the browser just to view your content), here are two more personal tips.
1. Use RSS. I started TODAY and have fallen in lust.
2. Don't use Flash. I haven't installed Flash on Firefox for I find it annoying.
The second point is more controversial, I understand. But perhaps someone agrees?
I don't know about you, but I've used computers with 640 lately. I know a local library that has computers on 640. It's horrid, but it's there. I think it's a matter of how much you care about compatibility. You will probably lose readers if you use high-res design elements (so I went from 5 readers to 4 on my website), but what I see is simply a cost-benefit analysis to see whether the cost of losing x amount of readers or just inconveniencing them matters to you. Not only does that integer x matter, it matters whether you give a shit about readers. I personally didn't test my webpage...oh well. Here are the numbers quoted:
- 1. 1024 x 768 - 48.3%
- 2. 800 x 600 - 31.7%
- 3. 1280 x 1024 - 13.6%
- 4. 1152 x 864 - 4%
- 5. 640 x 480 - 1%
- 6. 1600 x 1200 - 1%
- 7. 1152 x 870 - 0.2%
You're right. There could be a conflict of interest here. Sadly, if you think about it, this is really nothing new. Hang onto your tinfoil hats for a second.
The fear is that MS will simply not work hard to make their OS secure from viruses, thus generating demand for their associatd virus scanner. In a competitive market, consumers would probably switch OS's, but we have the monopoly and such.
But listen to this analogy. Suppose you sell a software product. You want to make more money. So you simply leave out some functional parts of the product and sell it as an additional product--or service.
Isn't that what some companies are doing? Selling software and making money on the service. One can even sell software as a loss leader and make all the money back on the service (see razors and razor blades by Gilette).
only certain walls :)
yep, can be pre-ordered, just like the Duke Nukem Forever guide
Actually you'd be surprised.
Out of every dollar of a textbook sold, only about 13 cents goes to the author. The rest is distributed amongst printing/shipping/editing costs, profit to publisher, a cut to the retailer (often a college bookstore with high overhead), and so on.
If you do want to see change, let your prof know. Two of the math profs I've had at Berkeley are on board; one will write an open-source calculus text and the other is on public record in a local campaign for affordable textbooks.
Actually I know 2 math profs here at Berkeley who are working on free math texts. We are said to have one of the best math programs in the world (top 3?) so the quality of the contributors should be superb.
Dude.
Free Yahoo mail has filters that you can set rules for.
Free Gmail mail has labels you can set rules for.
Free Yahoo mail has a calendar you can use.
What are you talking about?
just curious. are your friends geeks too?
I agree with your comment, especially the first part. Working on "doing" now. (but I do like doing those computer games too..)
:)
Anyways, on this: You still need to, at the very least, support yourself. Because I won't. And neither will the next guy. And your parents shouldn't have to.
Let's hope the government (through taxpayers) don't have to support you either
Then what follows clearly is...
Those who can't post, moderate!
whew. that was a pretty cool, concise argument.
Are you suggesting that instead of targeting the whole set of {EWM,DWB,etc}, what govt ought to do is target a subset?
Aren't there also going to be false positives in that subset?
And the jurors, while you can make fun of their lack of knowledge about the law, seemed to take the time to actually understand the law as it is written. Whew, that's a cool concept!
The new e-Plates project uses active (battery powered) RFID tags embedded in the plates to identify vehicles in real time.
:)
I am not an EE so you could be right on power. I just RTFA
Additionally, the e-Plate is designed to shatter if anyone tries to remove or otherwise tamper with it,
The pranksters in the UK are going to LOVE this one.
My opinion..
Useful applications:
1) Easier to implement no-toll-booth toll roads
2) Police purposes
Drawbacks:
1) Privacy - but I'm thinking of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, and it doesn't seem to conflict with anything. Is it our right to drive unfettered on roads paid for by taxpayers?
2) Cost
3) Battery power
Should be interesting. I have a feeling that this is going to go through and 50 years from now, we'll wonder how ancient peoples from 2004 managed to get away without RFID license plates.
If this was true then I really wonder why this doesn't apply to classical art. I mean, if I visit a gallery of the great masters and look into the faces on the paintings I can really attach to it. And so can millions of people. You can see the love, the fear, the hate in these paintings. I know it is not animated but still, humans seem to be capable of creating artificial pictures of themselves. The point, as I see it, is that game developers are just particulary bad at it.
You bring up a good point. I'm reminded of a somewhat similar situation in music. It seems that the "great masters" of music (i.e. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven) really hit upon something. Does this mean that current musicians suck? Maybe. But perhaps they were just really fucking good, just like some classical artists.
$104 million dollars good? probably not.
Of course this begs the question of why people aren't creating "superior" {music,art,writing} today compared to the classical masters, and I want to know too.
The Uncanny Valley is mentioned in This Wired Article from Jun 2002 on pg 4. It starts out with references to the Final Fantasy Movie.
I hate to respond to myself but I found more stuff:
*Theory that the perfect face is dictated by the Golden Ratio
*wired mag covers the uncanny valley
this girl has "the perfect face" as proclaimed by newsweek magazine:
Her name is Saira Mohan and she is a 26-year-old New York supermodel. I met her while filming a Channel 4 documentary of my book, Mutants, which considers, among other topics, the nature of physical beauty. She'd appeared on the cover of Newsweek magazine above the legend "The Perfect Face".