Either I have a super error-correcting DVD player, or I watch movies that are unpopular or are only rented by people who know how to handle DVDs, or your DVD player is lame, or you are a liar, or I am a liar.
Um... the last one?
(Lighten up, pal- it's just an innocent speculation: what *might* present a problem. I'm just throwing out an idea. This is Slashdot, not Nature, or anything like that. Anecdotal evidence is admissible.)
does anybody think this abundance is part of the stagnation in the movie world right now? Movies that seemed so important are just gone in days and weeks, lost in the sands of time and replaced by the next coming thing.
I think the stagnation in the movie world (in the US at least) is at least partly due to the selfishness of the baby-boomer generation that runs the studios. They spend too much time reliving their childhoods through remakes, and too little time searching for original content.
I'm sure there are plenty of other reasons too (e.g. theater prices, shorter screen-to-video periods, overuse of special effects- especially CGI), but that one in particular bugs me. Sometimes the classics should just be left alone. E.g. which do you think Steve Martin is prouder of- "Pink Panther" or "Leap of Faith?"
Hey- if people want to waste their money by not actually watching the movies that they request, that doesn't seem to indicate a problem for Netflix. What might really end up slowing the company's growth is the poor physical condition of the DVD's that people receive. Over half- maybe three-fourths of the discs that I've seen are unable to play without some interruption, and a fair number of these flaws are from physical damage, not just the discs being smudged. That's why I dumped my own subscription after the trial.
Quality control is probably a matter for Netflix to handle. I don't think they want their subscibers to take on the responsibility of cleaning the discs themselves- that would probably just aggravate the situation. DVD's should be checked for playability before they get turned around and sent to the next user.
No physical law is ever completely correct. A physical law is simply a description of reality to the degree to which we understand it, and is "correct" (i.e. produces predicitions which fit our measurements) within the realm of our present experience of the phenomenon it describes. As our understanding and experience of a phenomenon grows to encompass a wider range of circumstances (e.g. scale, velocity), the law needs to be either refined or replaced with new law, possibly based upon a new paradigm.
Wow- that's how legal laws work too. Just substitute "campaign contributions" for "wider range of circumstances" and you'll see it. Spooky...
(Yes, I'm a lawyer. I'll prove it: any of y'all responding to this post (hereafter "YOU") will be billed at a rate of $200/hr (in six minute increments) if such replies might be reasonably construed as soliciting a further reply...)
To hell with that- it's a disability! I suffer! I want a handicapped parking permit so that I can get a good spot right near the Apple Store (what? does any self-respecting geek go to CompUSA these days?), and Social Security Disability payments! Gimme, gimme, gimme!!!
Better idea: I'll move to France so I can get an extra 5 hours shaved off of my work week so that I have more time to shop...
Since when is "delusion of grandeur" a principle? North Korea is an abomination. No one in their right mind would "invade" in the sense of taking over, but perhaps one day the world will *liberate* the millions of people suffering under the tyrannical rule of a government that's still trying to pass off that old "marxism" scam of the 19th and 20th centuries.
And as for "occupied" Iraq- the only foreign invaders are the worthless cowards who bombed the Al-Askariya shrine and continue to make daily attacks against the Iraqi people. But they're hardly an "occupying force-" just a disease that the Iraqis will soon cure with the help of their allies (people from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia who actually show some faith in the ability of arabs to govern themselves).
1. Armenia - in a bad neighborhood
2. Azerbaijan - in a bad neighborhood
3. Bahrain - how many do they need? One?
4. Burma - never fight a land war in Asia
5. China - don't they have that "great wall" thingy to keep the Mongolians out?
6. Cuba - paranoid
7. Egypt - in a bad neighborhood
8. Finland - don't trust the Russians
9. Georgia - in a bad neighborhood
10. India - should really focus on sea mines- no one's gonna hump it over the himalayas to attack. Too many Yeti.
11. Indonesia - really only used to automatically clear palm trees that fall on the beaches during typhoon season
12. Iran - paranoid
13. Iraq - they just got a new government- who knows? They may sign on (despite the bad neighborhood).
14. Israel - in a really really bad neighborhood. Wouldn't you?
15. Kazakhstan - in a bad neighborhood
16. Korea, North - paranoid
17. Korea, South - hardly blame 'em
18. Kuwait - probably don't need 'em any more. Not like Iraq is gonna invade again
19. Kyrgyzstan - don't need 'em. Nobody knows where they are.
20. Lao PDR - never fight a land war in Asia
21. Lebanon - too late, the Syrians have already infiltrated
22. Libya - probably still a bit paranoid
23. Marshall Islands - see Indonesia, supra
24. Micronesia - see Indonesia, supra
25. Mongolia - don't they have that Great Wall thingy to keep the Chinese in?
26. Morocco - not the greatest neighborhood
27. Nepal - must be really hard to place 'em- they keep sliding down the mountains. Regardless- no one in their right mind is gonna mess with the Gurkhas. Or the Yeti. But mainly the Gurkhas.
28. Oman - OK, maybe they need as many as two.
29. Pakistan - in a bad neighborhood
30. Palau - see Indonesia, supra (the palm trees thing)
31. Poland - don't trust the Russians
32. Russian Federation - don't trust the Finns or the Poles
33. Saudi Arabia - having a hard time finding other ways to spend their money
34. Singapore - they'll probably cane you for stepping on one and messing up the beach
35. Somalia - No government is currently available to sign treaties, please call again.
36. Sri Lanka - Arthur C. Clarke is a fiesty old devil- gotta keep him in line.
37. Syria - paranoid
38. Tonga - see Indonesia, supra
39. Tuvalu - see Indonesia, supra
40. United Arab Emirates - see Bahrain, supra
41. United States - right. As soon as we sign that Kyoto thing, we'll get back to you.
42. Uzbekistan - in a bad neighborhood
43. Vietnam - why that "never fight a land war in Asia" rule exists
It's a 4-5" crack, about.25" deep, on a 17" diameter pipe from what I've read. They wouldn't even need a whole roll- just 3-4 turns around the pipe and they're good to go.
But don't let that get in the way of your ignorant, uninformed, nonsensical political rant.
Hey- this place wouldn't be the same without uninformed, nonsensical political rants! Don't scare him off! I need this place- I can't bring myself to go back to Doonesbury...
Don't take me wrong- I'm just as disappointed about the potential end of the Hubble as anyone else. But you might want to take manned exploration of the local neighborhood a bit more seriously. It's more than just hype (which in retrospect, was too big a part of Kennedy's proposal in the 1960's). A serious, long-term plan for returning to the Moon, then moving on to Mars, will do us a lot more good than studying events hundreds or thousands of light-years away (think survival- it never hurts to have a backup plan).
Besides- once we have a permanent presence on the Moon, we'll be able to set up telescopes much more powerful and easy to maintain than Hubble ever was.
Wow- "destruction of the Other." You must've read some serious postmodern nonsense in your day.
But you still need a better dictionary. I stole this from the Oxford American free-with-OS-X version:
"The term Fascism was first used of the totalitarian right-wing nationalist regime of Mussolini in Italy (1922-43), and the regimes of the Nazis in Germany and Franco in Spain were also fascist. Fascism tends to include a belief in the supremacy of one national or ethnic group, a contempt for democracy, an insistence on obedience to a powerful leader, and a strong demagogic approach."
(Next time you're gonna have to look this stuff up yourself.)
If I may add a few observations, fascism is really hard for anyone to practice in the US- the ranting and raving of leftists aside. But just to use myself as an example- I'm a member of a minority ethnic group, and while proud of my heritage, I know better than to assume we're all alike, let alone generally better than other groups. I'm a big fan of democracy, at least our American representative-republic model, though we should probably use shorter terms of office, especially if the old ones were based in any way on the fact that communications were slow (e.g. it took two days or more to get from NYC to Philadelphia) back when the Constitution was drafted. "Insistence on obedience to a powerful leader" is incompatible with the Constitution, and few if any of our leaders deserve anything more than tolerance, let alone obedience (at least from civilians- military life has slightly different rules, from what I've heard). As far as a "strong demagogic approach" goes, I don't let the ignorance of other people keep me up at nights. Live and let live. Sometimes I'm even jealous of their blissfulness...
I actually consider myself a fairly good representative-republic-an. Sure it has its challenges- the acknowledgement of, and attempts to understand, different ideas, and accepting the fact that electoral fortunes change over the years. But see "live and let live" in the previous paragraph.
Your own reaction to the notion that someone out there (incidentally, who you've never met before, and know absolutely nothing about) actually has different views on governmental policy is somewhat less in-tune with the US system. If you're not currently a US citizen, well, by all means feel free to rant and rave. But if you are... maybe you should try "convincing" instead of attacking. That's enough of a start.
Not every defense program has to be about fighting terrorists. This war isn't fun. This war hasn't been profitable. (This war, however, remains necessary.) As for getting rid of every two-bit dictator, we aren't really trying- it's impossible to do all at once, at least if we're to take a nuanced approach (for lack of a better term). But our foreign policy does seem to be more about trying to make the "domino effect" work for democracy, instead of autocracy, for a change. And speaking as a US taxpayer, paying to cure the misfortunes of other people kinda grows on you after a while, and we've been doing it for over 65 years, give or take a few.
Ok- I was wrong about the UK, but get real on the others. Besides- the 2005 average for the EU as a whole was over 9%, with the larger economies of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain all higher than that of the US... (Luxembourg?!? Major European economy? Are you kidding?)
And where do you get "fascist" from? Do you even know what that word means? You really need more than a knee-jerk intellect to be using political terminology, so you don't end up just diluting the definitions.
You got 1 out of 3 right. Unemployment is down to 4.6% (about half that of the major European economies), and Medicare never actually gets cut- Congress either fiddles with the rate of growth, or adds a multi-billion-dollar "Part D" program. Try reading the news every now and then. Sure, the deficit's a bummer, but national defense is mandated by the Constitution in Article IV, as opposed many of the abuse-of-the-Commerce-Clause programs whose names I won't mention......and whoever runs this place, how about adding an option to post as "Anonymous Ignorant Coward" for those AC's who realize that they may not know what they're talking about?
Wow- that's a fairly stinging rebuke. Not that I'm complaining- the pseudo-intelligentsia of the online world needs to be beaten back every now and then ("intelligentsiya yest govno," as Lenin once put it).
Personally, I think [meeting other people] is to blame for a lack of close friends, but I'm >50% sociopath, so my opinion is a bit biased.
BTW- which University? (I'm thinking overseas- in the US it would be "back in college.")
Ok- if human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming, then we humans darn well better do something to cool things off.
EVERYONE WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE- PLEASE SET YOUR AIR CONDITIONERS ON "MAX. COLD" AND THE HIGHEST FAN SETTING. THEN OPEN YOUR WINDOWS AND DO YOUR PART! IF YOU DON"T HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONER, START MAKING ICE IN YOUR FREEZERS AND THROW IT INTO THE NEAREST OCEAN (OR REALLY BIG LAKE- LIKE THOSE ONES NEAR CANADA). IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FREEZER, PLANT SOME TREES SO WE HAVE MORE SHADE.
There we go! Considering the efficiency of today's A/C and refrigerator/freezers (you can get an "Energy Star" unit for just a few hundred bucks) it should take much less than 400 years to reverse this disturbing trend. And we'll have so many more trees to boot. "I think that I shall never see..."
No- I meant exactly what I said: Newspapers (i.e. dissemination of information via broadsheet and ink) are obsolete. I was specifically referring to the medium (and the problem of ink coming off of the pages), and not to the concept of distributing in-depth news in a convenient, portable, written format. The latter is still a good idea, and coincidentally, it's accomplished much more effectively with a Treo or equivalent gadget, than with a bulky stack of paper full of full-page ads and yesterday's news. Sure the classic "newspaper" is still in use, but so are fountain pens and pocket watches. What can I say? Some people like anachronisms, and some habits are hard to break.
Why the newspaper publishers still bother is beyond me- corporate inertia, I suppose. I think Western Union only suspended telegram services within the past few years...
In any case- a typical "straw man" approach- raise a counter-argument against a weak point that was never raised. Take two 400-level classes and call me in the AM.
And BTW- I hope you leave your newspapers in the restroom when you're finished- it's really unsanitary to bring 'em back out. No need to go spreading staph infections among family and co-workers.
Ah, yes- solve the age-old problem of newspaper ink getting all over you hands- now that newspapers are virtually obsolete.
One question though- say you wanted to do a flipbook-style animation using nanowire-paper. Would you just need the one piece?
Is there a danger of accidentally opening up some 5th dimension by flipping through a book of nanowire-papers, each of which displayed an animated 3d image?
D'oh! Forgot about the sig. To explain: I work the help desk during the daytime to fund my education- just finished my degree. And come to think of it, a help desk for Constitutional issues would come in handy, especially if the media used it...
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Either I have a super error-correcting DVD player, or I watch movies that are unpopular or are only rented by people who know how to handle DVDs, or your DVD player is lame, or you are a liar, or I am a liar.
Um... the last one?
(Lighten up, pal- it's just an innocent speculation: what *might* present a problem. I'm just throwing out an idea. This is Slashdot, not Nature, or anything like that. Anecdotal evidence is admissible.)
does anybody think this abundance is part of the stagnation in the movie world right now? Movies that seemed so important are just gone in days and weeks, lost in the sands of time and replaced by the next coming thing.
I think the stagnation in the movie world (in the US at least) is at least partly due to the selfishness of the baby-boomer generation that runs the studios. They spend too much time reliving their childhoods through remakes, and too little time searching for original content.
I'm sure there are plenty of other reasons too (e.g. theater prices, shorter screen-to-video periods, overuse of special effects- especially CGI), but that one in particular bugs me. Sometimes the classics should just be left alone. E.g. which do you think Steve Martin is prouder of- "Pink Panther" or "Leap of Faith?"
Hey- if people want to waste their money by not actually watching the movies that they request, that doesn't seem to indicate a problem for Netflix. What might really end up slowing the company's growth is the poor physical condition of the DVD's that people receive. Over half- maybe three-fourths of the discs that I've seen are unable to play without some interruption, and a fair number of these flaws are from physical damage, not just the discs being smudged. That's why I dumped my own subscription after the trial.
Quality control is probably a matter for Netflix to handle. I don't think they want their subscibers to take on the responsibility of cleaning the discs themselves- that would probably just aggravate the situation. DVD's should be checked for playability before they get turned around and sent to the next user.
Wow- that's how legal laws work too. Just substitute "campaign contributions" for "wider range of circumstances" and you'll see it. Spooky...
(Yes, I'm a lawyer. I'll prove it: any of y'all responding to this post (hereafter "YOU") will be billed at a rate of $200/hr (in six minute increments) if such replies might be reasonably construed as soliciting a further reply...)
To hell with that- it's a disability! I suffer! I want a handicapped parking permit so that I can get a good spot right near the Apple Store (what? does any self-respecting geek go to CompUSA these days?), and Social Security Disability payments! Gimme, gimme, gimme!!!
Better idea: I'll move to France so I can get an extra 5 hours shaved off of my work week so that I have more time to shop...
The hope here is to assist couples who are having difficulties with conception.
Unless you're planning to raise a bunch of asthmatic mice instead of regular human kids, you're still of some use.
Since when is "delusion of grandeur" a principle? North Korea is an abomination. No one in their right mind would "invade" in the sense of taking over, but perhaps one day the world will *liberate* the millions of people suffering under the tyrannical rule of a government that's still trying to pass off that old "marxism" scam of the 19th and 20th centuries.
And as for "occupied" Iraq- the only foreign invaders are the worthless cowards who bombed the Al-Askariya shrine and continue to make daily attacks against the Iraqi people. But they're hardly an "occupying force-" just a disease that the Iraqis will soon cure with the help of their allies (people from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia who actually show some faith in the ability of arabs to govern themselves).
1. Armenia - in a bad neighborhood
2. Azerbaijan - in a bad neighborhood
3. Bahrain - how many do they need? One?
4. Burma - never fight a land war in Asia
5. China - don't they have that "great wall" thingy to keep the Mongolians out?
6. Cuba - paranoid
7. Egypt - in a bad neighborhood
8. Finland - don't trust the Russians
9. Georgia - in a bad neighborhood
10. India - should really focus on sea mines- no one's gonna hump it over the himalayas to attack. Too many Yeti.
11. Indonesia - really only used to automatically clear palm trees that fall on the beaches during typhoon season
12. Iran - paranoid
13. Iraq - they just got a new government- who knows? They may sign on (despite the bad neighborhood).
14. Israel - in a really really bad neighborhood. Wouldn't you?
15. Kazakhstan - in a bad neighborhood
16. Korea, North - paranoid
17. Korea, South - hardly blame 'em
18. Kuwait - probably don't need 'em any more. Not like Iraq is gonna invade again
19. Kyrgyzstan - don't need 'em. Nobody knows where they are.
20. Lao PDR - never fight a land war in Asia
21. Lebanon - too late, the Syrians have already infiltrated
22. Libya - probably still a bit paranoid
23. Marshall Islands - see Indonesia, supra
24. Micronesia - see Indonesia, supra
25. Mongolia - don't they have that Great Wall thingy to keep the Chinese in?
26. Morocco - not the greatest neighborhood
27. Nepal - must be really hard to place 'em- they keep sliding down the mountains. Regardless- no one in their right mind is gonna mess with the Gurkhas. Or the Yeti. But mainly the Gurkhas.
28. Oman - OK, maybe they need as many as two.
29. Pakistan - in a bad neighborhood
30. Palau - see Indonesia, supra (the palm trees thing)
31. Poland - don't trust the Russians
32. Russian Federation - don't trust the Finns or the Poles
33. Saudi Arabia - having a hard time finding other ways to spend their money
34. Singapore - they'll probably cane you for stepping on one and messing up the beach
35. Somalia - No government is currently available to sign treaties, please call again.
36. Sri Lanka - Arthur C. Clarke is a fiesty old devil- gotta keep him in line.
37. Syria - paranoid
38. Tonga - see Indonesia, supra
39. Tuvalu - see Indonesia, supra
40. United Arab Emirates - see Bahrain, supra
41. United States - right. As soon as we sign that Kyoto thing, we'll get back to you.
42. Uzbekistan - in a bad neighborhood
43. Vietnam - why that "never fight a land war in Asia" rule exists
D'oh! You beat me to it.
.25" deep, on a 17" diameter pipe from what I've read. They wouldn't even need a whole roll- just 3-4 turns around the pipe and they're good to go.
It's a 4-5" crack, about
Doesn't Home Depot offer a delivery service?
I'm more curious as to why it took over eight hours for someone at /. to notice this. It ain't news anymore.
I have faint memories of that show- there was one episode with Bigfoot, and one episode with two Andy Griffiths...
Numbers, please?
But don't let that get in the way of your ignorant, uninformed, nonsensical political rant.
Hey- this place wouldn't be the same without uninformed, nonsensical political rants! Don't scare him off! I need this place- I can't bring myself to go back to Doonesbury...
Don't take me wrong- I'm just as disappointed about the potential end of the Hubble as anyone else. But you might want to take manned exploration of the local neighborhood a bit more seriously. It's more than just hype (which in retrospect, was too big a part of Kennedy's proposal in the 1960's). A serious, long-term plan for returning to the Moon, then moving on to Mars, will do us a lot more good than studying events hundreds or thousands of light-years away (think survival- it never hurts to have a backup plan).
Besides- once we have a permanent presence on the Moon, we'll be able to set up telescopes much more powerful and easy to maintain than Hubble ever was.
Wow- "destruction of the Other." You must've read some serious postmodern nonsense in your day.
But you still need a better dictionary. I stole this from the Oxford American free-with-OS-X version:
"The term Fascism was first used of the totalitarian right-wing nationalist regime of Mussolini in Italy (1922-43), and the regimes of the Nazis in Germany and Franco in Spain were also fascist. Fascism tends to include a belief in the supremacy of one national or ethnic group, a contempt for democracy, an insistence on obedience to a powerful leader, and a strong demagogic approach."
(Next time you're gonna have to look this stuff up yourself.)
If I may add a few observations, fascism is really hard for anyone to practice in the US- the ranting and raving of leftists aside. But just to use myself as an example- I'm a member of a minority ethnic group, and while proud of my heritage, I know better than to assume we're all alike, let alone generally better than other groups. I'm a big fan of democracy, at least our American representative-republic model, though we should probably use shorter terms of office, especially if the old ones were based in any way on the fact that communications were slow (e.g. it took two days or more to get from NYC to Philadelphia) back when the Constitution was drafted. "Insistence on obedience to a powerful leader" is incompatible with the Constitution, and few if any of our leaders deserve anything more than tolerance, let alone obedience (at least from civilians- military life has slightly different rules, from what I've heard). As far as a "strong demagogic approach" goes, I don't let the ignorance of other people keep me up at nights. Live and let live. Sometimes I'm even jealous of their blissfulness...
I actually consider myself a fairly good representative-republic-an. Sure it has its challenges- the acknowledgement of, and attempts to understand, different ideas, and accepting the fact that electoral fortunes change over the years. But see "live and let live" in the previous paragraph.
Your own reaction to the notion that someone out there (incidentally, who you've never met before, and know absolutely nothing about) actually has different views on governmental policy is somewhat less in-tune with the US system. If you're not currently a US citizen, well, by all means feel free to rant and rave. But if you are... maybe you should try "convincing" instead of attacking. That's enough of a start.
Not every defense program has to be about fighting terrorists.
This war isn't fun.
This war hasn't been profitable.
(This war, however, remains necessary.)
As for getting rid of every two-bit dictator, we aren't really trying- it's impossible to do all at once, at least if we're to take a nuanced approach (for lack of a better term). But our foreign policy does seem to be more about trying to make the "domino effect" work for democracy, instead of autocracy, for a change. And speaking as a US taxpayer, paying to cure the misfortunes of other people kinda grows on you after a while, and we've been doing it for over 65 years, give or take a few.
Ok- I was wrong about the UK, but get real on the others. Besides- the 2005 average for the EU as a whole was over 9%, with the larger economies of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain all higher than that of the US... (Luxembourg?!? Major European economy? Are you kidding?)
And where do you get "fascist" from? Do you even know what that word means? You really need more than a knee-jerk intellect to be using political terminology, so you don't end up just diluting the definitions.
"We're not calling your name," said the crow, "we're just discussing how many of today's children can't use punctuation correctly!"
You got 1 out of 3 right. Unemployment is down to 4.6% (about half that of the major European economies), and Medicare never actually gets cut- Congress either fiddles with the rate of growth, or adds a multi-billion-dollar "Part D" program. Try reading the news every now and then. Sure, the deficit's a bummer, but national defense is mandated by the Constitution in Article IV, as opposed many of the abuse-of-the-Commerce-Clause programs whose names I won't mention... ...and whoever runs this place, how about adding an option to post as "Anonymous Ignorant Coward" for those AC's who realize that they may not know what they're talking about?
Wow- that's a fairly stinging rebuke. Not that I'm complaining- the pseudo-intelligentsia of the online world needs to be beaten back every now and then ("intelligentsiya yest govno," as Lenin once put it).
Personally, I think [meeting other people] is to blame for a lack of close friends, but I'm >50% sociopath, so my opinion is a bit biased.
BTW- which University? (I'm thinking overseas- in the US it would be "back in college.")
Ok- if human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming, then we humans darn well better do something to cool things off.
EVERYONE WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE- PLEASE SET YOUR AIR CONDITIONERS ON "MAX. COLD" AND THE HIGHEST FAN SETTING. THEN OPEN YOUR WINDOWS AND DO YOUR PART! IF YOU DON"T HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONER, START MAKING ICE IN YOUR FREEZERS AND THROW IT INTO THE NEAREST OCEAN (OR REALLY BIG LAKE- LIKE THOSE ONES NEAR CANADA). IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FREEZER, PLANT SOME TREES SO WE HAVE MORE SHADE.
There we go! Considering the efficiency of today's A/C and refrigerator/freezers (you can get an "Energy Star" unit for just a few hundred bucks) it should take much less than 400 years to reverse this disturbing trend. And we'll have so many more trees to boot. "I think that I shall never see..."
Sorry- didn't realize you were English. You're gettin' rooked on the electronic devices (and on the newspapers too for that matter).
No- I meant exactly what I said: Newspapers (i.e. dissemination of information via broadsheet and ink) are obsolete. I was specifically referring to the medium (and the problem of ink coming off of the pages), and not to the concept of distributing in-depth news in a convenient, portable, written format. The latter is still a good idea, and coincidentally, it's accomplished much more effectively with a Treo or equivalent gadget, than with a bulky stack of paper full of full-page ads and yesterday's news. Sure the classic "newspaper" is still in use, but so are fountain pens and pocket watches. What can I say? Some people like anachronisms, and some habits are hard to break.
Why the newspaper publishers still bother is beyond me- corporate inertia, I suppose. I think Western Union only suspended telegram services within the past few years...
In any case- a typical "straw man" approach- raise a counter-argument against a weak point that was never raised. Take two 400-level classes and call me in the AM.
And BTW- I hope you leave your newspapers in the restroom when you're finished- it's really unsanitary to bring 'em back out. No need to go spreading staph infections among family and co-workers.
Ah, yes- solve the age-old problem of newspaper ink getting all over you hands- now that newspapers are virtually obsolete.
One question though- say you wanted to do a flipbook-style animation using nanowire-paper. Would you just need the one piece?
Is there a danger of accidentally opening up some 5th dimension by flipping through a book of nanowire-papers, each of which displayed an animated 3d image?
D'oh! Forgot about the sig.
To explain: I work the help desk during the daytime to fund my education- just finished my degree.
And come to think of it, a help desk for Constitutional issues would come in handy, especially if the media used it...