I disagree. I think it probably had much more to do with protection from the cold. You see the tribes from cold climates have a tradition of wearing clothes, while the tribes from tropical climates don't. I would guess that the forests are just as thick if not thicker in the Amazon region than in Europe for example, and you still see tribes today in the Amazon that run around completely naked, except for decorations.
Here's something I've never understood about how I've seen this woman being labeled by the media: if she's a "leftist" wouldn't she be more likely to be pro-Castro and pro-Communist instead of the opposite? Or is she some kind of convoluted center-left that's actually anti-extreme-left?
From what I've read in the past, one of category of things at Walmart et al that is still made in the US is paper products like toilet paper and paper towels, as well as cleaning products like detergent, windex, etc. That's what our manufacturing power seems to be reduced to, other than advanced military weaponry, and a few specialty/niche items. Missiles, windex, and toilet paper.
Exactly. That's how Compaq came to prominence - it made the first 100% IBM PC compatible computer by reverse engineering the BIOS. A sewing-machine sized portable computer!
To me, this was one of the saddest shameful losses of this election. Feingold seemed to be one of the best people in Washington. Looking at his Wikipedia page, it seems like he had generally very sensible positions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Feingold
Hearing what you said about his opponent makes this loss even more disheartening.
They are actually in the lead in internet set top boxes right now, at least for internet streaming. If you haven't heard of them or haven't checked them lately (I thought until recently that they were only Netflix boxes), they start at $60 for similar features to the new Apple TV, they already have 75+ apps/channels available (including Netflix, Amazon VOD, Pandora, MLB, NBA, NHL, etc), expected to increase to 100 by the end of the year, DLNA local media streaming feature is coming soon, Hulu+ also coming soon. It's really thriving and unquestionably the best deal for this type of device right now.
Oh, since this is Slashdot, you may also like to know that anyone can develop an app for it, with free tools in Windows/Mac/Linux, according to their developer page: http://www.roku.com/developer
Unfortunately, Apple's marketing might and fanboy army are probably going to crush them in the marketplace. Google probably won't be far behind either. Roku are also not helped by (to my understanding) not being available at brick and mortar retail stores, but you can get them at their own website, at Amazon.com and probably at other online retailers as well.
Roku tells us it'll be adding additional support for DLNA streaming in the future, and with various DLNA-compatible devices like the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the Motorola Droid X, and LG Optimus Windows Phone 7 handset either out or on their way to market, it could present a solid alternative to Apple's AirPlay. We weren't able to test any DLNA features, though, since they're not currently available -- the potential is there, but Roku has to execute.
I wish for the same. The Roku is where it's at right now in terms of an internet TV set-top box. The Google TV could also be interesting, but let's wait to see it working and how much the set-top boxes are going to cost.
I think you are getting closer to the real reason here. I think that what everybody else above seems to be skirting around is that perhaps there is actually something in the psychological makeup of the average person who becomes an engineer that also makes him or her more susceptible to extremist ideologies than the rest of the population.
I recall reading someone say how engineers tend to be more rigid in their beliefs than other people. It seems that engineers can have a "there is only one correct answer or absolute truth, and I know what it is" type of mentality that is different from your average artist for example, who would tend to think in a much more nuanced way about the world and be more open to other possibilities or "truths", and thus less likely to buy into extremist ideas.
Combine that type of predisposition and the discipline and training to become an engineer with being raised in a very radicalized environment and you can have a dangerous combination.
Thanks for the detailed response with examples. Now I understand it better.
I think that unfortunately any way you structure taxes there will always be shortcomings to the system. The problem with flat or consumption taxes would be that it would disproportionately impact the people at the bottom of the income curve because they spend a much greater portion of their money on buying basic necessities, and they most or all of their income from a salary. I do like the idea of simplifying the system and reducing the ways that it can be tweaked though.
The Federal Trade Commission just a couple of weeks ago reiterated that the practice of undisclosed paid reviews qualifies as false advertising: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/08/reverb.shtm
I was going right along with you until you said that the solution to take power away from politicians is to establish a flat tax and/or consumption tax. Forgetting the fact that a flat tax and/or a consumption tax system is a stupid idea, how does implementing that take power away from politicians?
Does anyone have any suggestions on third party controllers for Xbox 360 that have a good dpad? I find the official controller dpad fairly useless. Taking a quick look at Amazon, I see Hori and MadCatz controllers available. The Hori seems to get better reviews. Any others?
Similar to the AC that responded to your post, I use enjoyprepaid.com for pretty much the same reasons. You can register several phone numbers from where you would call (ex: home, cell, etc) and then it doesn't ask for a pin number when you call from those numbers.
The prices are very competitive with Google talk, Skype, etc. In fact, I checked and both enjoyprepaid.com and idphonecard.com have lower rates to Thailand than you're currently paying.
The University that I work for had a bidding/trial/evaluation process for choosing a system to outsource student email. Google and Microsoft were the choices. They both came out and gave public presentations.
Microsoft's "pitch" included saying that they're an IT company, and then asking if we wanted our email handled by an IT company or by an advertising company.
In other words, they implied two things: that they are better at running an email system than Google, and that they are not interested in data mining your emails.
Except that Netflix unlimited streaming is like $9/month (and includes 1 DVD at a time). The higher monthly fees are if you want more DVDs to be mailed out to you at once. So the OP's point still holds, even though he's actually high in his estimates:
Let's say you watch one episode of a TV show or one movie per day. That works out to $9 divided by 30 days, or about 30 cents per item that you watch. If you watch more or less than this, it's still a fixed, predictable amount every month.
Plus with Netflix there's no artificial time limit (i.e. 48 hours like what's proposed here) for you to finish watching a show; however, the availability of shows/movies does seem to go in cycles.
Conclusion is that Netflix wins in price and convenience (for the most part). Because of this I'm eagerly awaiting more details on Google TV to come out. I stream Netflix through Xbox 360 right now but tired of the yearly Xbox live subscription.
Not to mention that it would probably flag the person that planted it as not eligible for rehire. Unfortunately, I wonder if the HR department would really take any action after all this time.
Thanks for the anecdotes. This is what I've been noticing just from reading various posts in this thread - that Android seems to be gaining in both the business and the personal smartphone markets. Sounds like the Microsoft Windows formula on the desktop market. All the other players in the smartphone market (RIM, Apple, Nokia, Microsoft) must be very worried right now.
Wow, that's weird. I could almost pass for middle-eastern (or a variety of other ethnicities/nationalities) if you squint, and I never get "detained" or questioned beyond the normal questions at the borders (driving to/from Mexico, and flying to/from Europe and South America). Maybe it has something to do with the places you travel to? Or do you always wear a "terrorist" t-shirt when you travel?:-)
Exactly. I was following along to find out about the US installing Saddam, because I knew about us installing the Shah in Iran, but had not heard about us doing the same with Saddam. Then BAM! 9/11 conspiracy theory. Thanks for the actual relevant info link.
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I disagree. I think it probably had much more to do with protection from the cold. You see the tribes from cold climates have a tradition of wearing clothes, while the tribes from tropical climates don't. I would guess that the forests are just as thick if not thicker in the Amazon region than in Europe for example, and you still see tribes today in the Amazon that run around completely naked, except for decorations.
That's what I was thinking too.
Some that come to mind that have been doing it for a while now: livestation.com and flotv.com, NBA and MLB apps, etc. Welcome to like 2009.
Best textbook definition of organizational douchebaggery ever!
Here's something I've never understood about how I've seen this woman being labeled by the media: if she's a "leftist" wouldn't she be more likely to be pro-Castro and pro-Communist instead of the opposite? Or is she some kind of convoluted center-left that's actually anti-extreme-left?
From what I've read in the past, one of category of things at Walmart et al that is still made in the US is paper products like toilet paper and paper towels, as well as cleaning products like detergent, windex, etc. That's what our manufacturing power seems to be reduced to, other than advanced military weaponry, and a few specialty/niche items. Missiles, windex, and toilet paper.
Exactly. That's how Compaq came to prominence - it made the first 100% IBM PC compatible computer by reverse engineering the BIOS. A sewing-machine sized portable computer!
A little bit of the history is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible
To me, this was one of the saddest shameful losses of this election. Feingold seemed to be one of the best people in Washington. Looking at his Wikipedia page, it seems like he had generally very sensible positions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Feingold
Hearing what you said about his opponent makes this loss even more disheartening.
They are actually in the lead in internet set top boxes right now, at least for internet streaming. If you haven't heard of them or haven't checked them lately (I thought until recently that they were only Netflix boxes), they start at $60 for similar features to the new Apple TV, they already have 75+ apps/channels available (including Netflix, Amazon VOD, Pandora, MLB, NBA, NHL, etc), expected to increase to 100 by the end of the year, DLNA local media streaming feature is coming soon, Hulu+ also coming soon. It's really thriving and unquestionably the best deal for this type of device right now.
Oh, since this is Slashdot, you may also like to know that anyone can develop an app for it, with free tools in Windows/Mac/Linux, according to their developer page: http://www.roku.com/developer
Unfortunately, Apple's marketing might and fanboy army are probably going to crush them in the marketplace. Google probably won't be far behind either. Roku are also not helped by (to my understanding) not being available at brick and mortar retail stores, but you can get them at their own website, at Amazon.com and probably at other online retailers as well.
According to this article on Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/22/roku-xds-review/
Roku tells us it'll be adding additional support for DLNA streaming in the future, and with various DLNA-compatible devices like the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the Motorola Droid X, and LG Optimus Windows Phone 7 handset either out or on their way to market, it could present a solid alternative to Apple's AirPlay. We weren't able to test any DLNA features, though, since they're not currently available -- the potential is there, but Roku has to execute.
I wish for the same. The Roku is where it's at right now in terms of an internet TV set-top box. The Google TV could also be interesting, but let's wait to see it working and how much the set-top boxes are going to cost.
Link please?
I think you are getting closer to the real reason here. I think that what everybody else above seems to be skirting around is that perhaps there is actually something in the psychological makeup of the average person who becomes an engineer that also makes him or her more susceptible to extremist ideologies than the rest of the population.
I recall reading someone say how engineers tend to be more rigid in their beliefs than other people. It seems that engineers can have a "there is only one correct answer or absolute truth, and I know what it is" type of mentality that is different from your average artist for example, who would tend to think in a much more nuanced way about the world and be more open to other possibilities or "truths", and thus less likely to buy into extremist ideas.
Combine that type of predisposition and the discipline and training to become an engineer with being raised in a very radicalized environment and you can have a dangerous combination.
Thanks for the detailed response with examples. Now I understand it better.
I think that unfortunately any way you structure taxes there will always be shortcomings to the system. The problem with flat or consumption taxes would be that it would disproportionately impact the people at the bottom of the income curve because they spend a much greater portion of their money on buying basic necessities, and they most or all of their income from a salary. I do like the idea of simplifying the system and reducing the ways that it can be tweaked though.
The Federal Trade Commission just a couple of weeks ago reiterated that the practice of undisclosed paid reviews qualifies as false advertising: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/08/reverb.shtm
I was going right along with you until you said that the solution to take power away from politicians is to establish a flat tax and/or consumption tax. Forgetting the fact that a flat tax and/or a consumption tax system is a stupid idea, how does implementing that take power away from politicians?
Does anyone have any suggestions on third party controllers for Xbox 360 that have a good dpad? I find the official controller dpad fairly useless. Taking a quick look at Amazon, I see Hori and MadCatz controllers available. The Hori seems to get better reviews. Any others?
Similar to the AC that responded to your post, I use enjoyprepaid.com for pretty much the same reasons. You can register several phone numbers from where you would call (ex: home, cell, etc) and then it doesn't ask for a pin number when you call from those numbers.
The prices are very competitive with Google talk, Skype, etc. In fact, I checked and both enjoyprepaid.com and idphonecard.com have lower rates to Thailand than you're currently paying.
The University that I work for had a bidding/trial/evaluation process for choosing a system to outsource student email. Google and Microsoft were the choices. They both came out and gave public presentations.
Microsoft's "pitch" included saying that they're an IT company, and then asking if we wanted our email handled by an IT company or by an advertising company.
In other words, they implied two things: that they are better at running an email system than Google, and that they are not interested in data mining your emails.
Except that Netflix unlimited streaming is like $9/month (and includes 1 DVD at a time). The higher monthly fees are if you want more DVDs to be mailed out to you at once. So the OP's point still holds, even though he's actually high in his estimates:
Let's say you watch one episode of a TV show or one movie per day. That works out to $9 divided by 30 days, or about 30 cents per item that you watch. If you watch more or less than this, it's still a fixed, predictable amount every month.
Plus with Netflix there's no artificial time limit (i.e. 48 hours like what's proposed here) for you to finish watching a show; however, the availability of shows/movies does seem to go in cycles.
Conclusion is that Netflix wins in price and convenience (for the most part). Because of this I'm eagerly awaiting more details on Google TV to come out. I stream Netflix through Xbox 360 right now but tired of the yearly Xbox live subscription.
Not to mention that it would probably flag the person that planted it as not eligible for rehire. Unfortunately, I wonder if the HR department would really take any action after all this time.
Thanks for the anecdotes. This is what I've been noticing just from reading various posts in this thread - that Android seems to be gaining in both the business and the personal smartphone markets. Sounds like the Microsoft Windows formula on the desktop market. All the other players in the smartphone market (RIM, Apple, Nokia, Microsoft) must be very worried right now.
Thanks for the link. It's a shame the original link didn't have it. Good stuff. This one in particular gave me some chills: http://pics.livejournal.com/sergey_larenkov/pic/000029eg/
True. Thanks for the example!
Wow, that's weird. I could almost pass for middle-eastern (or a variety of other ethnicities/nationalities) if you squint, and I never get "detained" or questioned beyond the normal questions at the borders (driving to/from Mexico, and flying to/from Europe and South America). Maybe it has something to do with the places you travel to? Or do you always wear a "terrorist" t-shirt when you travel? :-)
Exactly. I was following along to find out about the US installing Saddam, because I knew about us installing the Shah in Iran, but had not heard about us doing the same with Saddam. Then BAM! 9/11 conspiracy theory. Thanks for the actual relevant info link.