I play the guitar and I play Guitar Hero. It has nothing to do with it being a fake instrument, since it's just a controller. It's about the competition and the cooperation. It's a game, so it's a whole different type of stimulation from playing an instrument. There is actually very little overlap, aside from some manual dexterity requirements. It also happens to be a very good game.
If they made a game about masturbation and it happened to be a good game, I would play it. I wouldn't expect an orgasm from it, just like I don't expect to make music by playing Guitar Hero.
My response is this 'many' you speak of is likely insignificant considering the rate of increase in Mac sales without such a beast. I don't personally care if you can get over it or not.
The context is meaningless to that statement. I'm sure if offered the opportunity to commute any sentence with a simple apology, every convicted felon would be seriously contrite.
Prison is about three things: rehabilitation (which is indeed a joke in the US, and probably to some degree everywhere), punishment, and protecting society. None of those things are served by an apology.
You misconstrued my point. I certainly painted with a broad brush, so that's understandable, and I'll try to explain further since yours is the first response that's in a reasonable tone.
Ignorance and stupidity are not in any way exclusive. Nor are ignorance and a fundamentalist mindset. I didn't go from one to the other. I lumped all three categories together, because they share common features. I understand they are separate, but at the same time, they overlap in a very common case. I don't consider myself to be better or worse than people I deem ignorant. I simply believe I understand things better. This doesn't give me the right to put myself over them, which interestingly is the attitude I glean from your post.
Getting the word out in a compelling manner seems like it would be a good answer, but that strategy has to fight apathy and indoctrination, both of which are much stronger. For better or worse, there is no way to replicate the techniques of what I'll call the dark side (for lack of a desire to think of a better phrase) without walking the dark path. The acceptance of ignorance I advocate is the answer I've chosen because ultimately, knowledge must win on its own merits. Knowledge doesn't penetrate ignorance, stupidity, or fundamentalism. It is, for all practical purposes, a lost cause. By accepting this, the propagation of knowledge becomes much less stressful. The message becomes less shrill and far more compelling. The opposition is further marginalized by their emotional reactions to reason. It's sort of like the difference between learning from a teacher who is constantly negative about your chances and a teacher who is basically neutral. (There is no positive in this situation because the core of the message is 'you are wrong.')
The unfortunate upshot to all of this is that these attitudes are something we'll have to deal with for a very long time. The shining light is that these attitudes have been changing throughout the years and this will continue. It's just no something that will respond well to a call to arms.
I'm sorry if this is a bit rambling, I'm in a hurry right now and I just wanted to get this out before I left. If I wasn't clear or you want to hash out some points, I'm happy to discuss this further.
Relax friend. Putting words into my mouth in an attempt to deflate my point won't get you far around here. Most of us see right through that technique.
We'd better start evangelizing science to these poor bastards.
Come on, who cares? Let people be ignorant. It's not like bringing people of below average intelligence or fundamentalist mindset into the scientific fold is going to make them valuable contributors. It'll just be a new type of ignorance to deal with. Let them be.
I don't completely follow your post. Am I correct in deciphering that you'd like to see the 360 play music for months without repeating? That's easy, just hook it up to the host server using one of the many streaming clients available.
Core 2 Duos have the 64 bit extensions. Don't believe what people in the Apple Store tell you. Even though they call them geniuses, they're just techs with a knowledge born from proprietary manuals.
I really just feel sorry for you. Either you have a deep love for a faltering console and it's destroying your mood, or you work for Sony and they've given you the impossible task of going to Slashdot and acting like an asshole to gain support for them. Either way, you're in a shitty situation. Sorry brother.
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How does Sony know how much to pay you if you always post AC?
Sure, whores, drugs, gambling, software, Tivos... the list goes on and on.
These days, using free software is easier and more productive than using non free.
Not if you want to play games, which you might recall was the subject of this thread.
Here's where I disagree with you.
I play the guitar and I play Guitar Hero. It has nothing to do with it being a fake instrument, since it's just a controller. It's about the competition and the cooperation. It's a game, so it's a whole different type of stimulation from playing an instrument. There is actually very little overlap, aside from some manual dexterity requirements. It also happens to be a very good game.
If they made a game about masturbation and it happened to be a good game, I would play it. I wouldn't expect an orgasm from it, just like I don't expect to make music by playing Guitar Hero.
Actually it's exactly what you said when you addressed the point. Maybe you'd like to clarify what you meant?
Nothing like taking a situation to an insane extreme to illustrate a flimsy point.
From the Groklaw interview:
"there is no possible ethical way you could use [a game console]"
Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. I haven't laughed so hard in my life.
My response is this 'many' you speak of is likely insignificant considering the rate of increase in Mac sales without such a beast. I don't personally care if you can get over it or not.
You laughed, but the joke's on you.
The context is meaningless to that statement. I'm sure if offered the opportunity to commute any sentence with a simple apology, every convicted felon would be seriously contrite.
Prison is about three things: rehabilitation (which is indeed a joke in the US, and probably to some degree everywhere), punishment, and protecting society. None of those things are served by an apology.
Microsoft forces people to buy new cars to work with their iPods? Wow, they're good!
I have no choice in operating systems? My Macbook objects to your statement.
After all, why should he go to prison? He's already very sorry that he did such a thing
Hahahahahahahahahahah.
Hahahahahahahahahahah.
Thank you so very much for that. I haven't laughed so hard in such a long time. What a great joke...
Oh, you weren't kidding, were you.
Illusions, Michael. Tricks are what a prostitute does for money.
Or cocaine.
Except this is his site, so we like him.
Great idea. I just have one question: How does one ban a belief, exactly?
You misconstrued my point. I certainly painted with a broad brush, so that's understandable, and I'll try to explain further since yours is the first response that's in a reasonable tone.
Ignorance and stupidity are not in any way exclusive. Nor are ignorance and a fundamentalist mindset. I didn't go from one to the other. I lumped all three categories together, because they share common features. I understand they are separate, but at the same time, they overlap in a very common case. I don't consider myself to be better or worse than people I deem ignorant. I simply believe I understand things better. This doesn't give me the right to put myself over them, which interestingly is the attitude I glean from your post.
Getting the word out in a compelling manner seems like it would be a good answer, but that strategy has to fight apathy and indoctrination, both of which are much stronger. For better or worse, there is no way to replicate the techniques of what I'll call the dark side (for lack of a desire to think of a better phrase) without walking the dark path. The acceptance of ignorance I advocate is the answer I've chosen because ultimately, knowledge must win on its own merits. Knowledge doesn't penetrate ignorance, stupidity, or fundamentalism. It is, for all practical purposes, a lost cause. By accepting this, the propagation of knowledge becomes much less stressful. The message becomes less shrill and far more compelling. The opposition is further marginalized by their emotional reactions to reason. It's sort of like the difference between learning from a teacher who is constantly negative about your chances and a teacher who is basically neutral. (There is no positive in this situation because the core of the message is 'you are wrong.')
The unfortunate upshot to all of this is that these attitudes are something we'll have to deal with for a very long time. The shining light is that these attitudes have been changing throughout the years and this will continue. It's just no something that will respond well to a call to arms.
I'm sorry if this is a bit rambling, I'm in a hurry right now and I just wanted to get this out before I left. If I wasn't clear or you want to hash out some points, I'm happy to discuss this further.
Relax friend. Putting words into my mouth in an attempt to deflate my point won't get you far around here. Most of us see right through that technique.
We'd better start evangelizing science to these poor bastards.
Come on, who cares? Let people be ignorant. It's not like bringing people of below average intelligence or fundamentalist mindset into the scientific fold is going to make them valuable contributors. It'll just be a new type of ignorance to deal with. Let them be.
Just make sure you get checked regularly for STDs. Condoms are very effective but nothing is foolproof.
There's no slant. It failed. You can't really spin failure, even though lord knows managers try.
I think you misunderestimate the size of the universe.
I don't completely follow your post. Am I correct in deciphering that you'd like to see the 360 play music for months without repeating? That's easy, just hook it up to the host server using one of the many streaming clients available.
Core 2 Duos have the 64 bit extensions. Don't believe what people in the Apple Store tell you. Even though they call them geniuses, they're just techs with a knowledge born from proprietary manuals.
I really just feel sorry for you. Either you have a deep love for a faltering console and it's destroying your mood, or you work for Sony and they've given you the impossible task of going to Slashdot and acting like an asshole to gain support for them. Either way, you're in a shitty situation. Sorry brother.