Re:Wii is a terrible name
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Both Sides of Wii
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· Score: 2, Insightful
Ok. I've read down as far as I can. No more. If everyone is freaking over the name rather that what the system can do then you should simply not buy the damn thing. Me, I'm going to check it out when it ships, and if it has games that entertain me I'm going to buy it whether they call it the "Revoloution", the "Wii", the "Snot", or even the "Doesn't suck that bad 3000". If it does suck that bad from a gameplay standpoint, well, then once again, the name won't matter, Nintendo won't get my money.
Dude, there's a senate majority leader also. Oh, and minority leaders in both houses also. And get this. They do what their party leaders say. Why? Because only senators can introduce bills in the senate, and only representatives can introduce bills in the House. They take their orders from the party leaders like good little drones, and if they don't play nice and do as they are told they will lose their positions of prestige to some other drone that follows the party line better. The congressional "leaders" are simply the best, most experienced party line suck ups available at the time.
Nah. Most of them don't care, one way or the other. Now, if Gonzales were to tie Copyright infringement to higher gas prices this legislation would be a slam dunk. Rights be damned, I can't afford to drive.
Dude, do you have any idea what that page is? Do you know what the position of "Majorty Leader" is within a political party? Jesus Christ man, learn a little something about the U.S. political machine before you spew this mess from your keyboard. Talk about sleeping through civics class.
No, No, No. The droll delivery is what MAKES it. I for one appreciate it when the joke doesn't jump up, grab me by the throat, and proceed to beat me about the head and shoulders.
Yeah, he sort of missed the whole property thing, didn't he. That's why it was called chattel slavery, they were chattels like cattle, horses, and wives. Mobile property.
Just a bit of clarification, bond/indentured servitude mostly came before slavery. One of the impetus for chattel slavery was that they couldn't find anybody stupid enough to sign an indenturment to come work on the rice plantations and pitch works of the americas due to the death rates. Slavery was well established by the time cotton became the main crop in the south even though cotton is usually associated in peoples minds with slavery in the U.S.
Re:The problem of nerve impulse conduction
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An Alternate Human
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· Score: 1
Oh, testify brother! And on top of that the people sitting in front of us think they have some god given right to recline their seat when our knees are already pressed into their seat back. I have had to have a flight attendant inform them that the price of their ticket does not entitle them to cause me additional pain. One time the attendant was able to finally get someone to switch seats with the irate woman in front of me, but I think she was about this close > to simply having her arrested for interfering with a flight crew. I believe her comment when we deplaned was "My, she was a nasty little bitch, wasn't she?" Unprofessional, but very accurate.
The licensing that the open source software exists under says that everyone else can simply take that code and do what they want as long as they provide the source. There is no way for Oracle to take it away is what they were saying. I don't think they are trying to do that anyway. I think, like many others, that they simply want to step into the game with an installed base to get an advantage.
Slavery is legal in the U.S. again? Whoo hoo. No more ugly and unpredictable market forces in the hiring sector. I guess we don't need to maintain a 5% unemployment rate to keep the greed proles in line anymore.
Re:The problem of nerve impulse conduction
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An Alternate Human
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Ah, you pick out one person who was not simply unusual, but a medical anomoly and generalize to meet your desires. There is no evidence that Mr. Wadlows sensory issues were because he was tall. He wasn't a tall person with a normal physiology, he was tall because he had an abnormal physiology. Those other abnormalities are more likely the cause of his sensory issues than long nerve paths.
Re:The problem of nerve impulse conduction
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An Alternate Human
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Some snakes and lizards can detect "thermal radiation", so it has already evolved. It's what the pits on a pit viper do.
Re:The problem of nerve impulse conduction
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An Alternate Human
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Where in the world did you come up with this gem? I am 6' 4 and 3/4" tall. That puts me in the top 1 or 2% of the population for height. I have absolutly no problems feeling any part of my extremeties. The signals take a fraction of a second longer for me compared to my wife who is 5' 2", Umm I mean 5' 4" dear, but they still get there. They don't get tired somewhere around my knees and give up. I also know a couple of guys who are closer to 7' tall. I've heard enough bitching about feet hurting after playin ball that I'm betting that they can feel their feet just fine too.
No, you could reach down with the tail, grab a cup of juice, and lift it to the attachment point of the tail or a bit above. At that point you would have to reach down and take the item with your hands because parts of the tail will start to compress. The actual action of gripping the cup has that part of the tail in tension, but some parts of the tail trying to lift the cup higher than the attachment point will be in compression due to the weight of the tail and the item being lifted.
That part of the body already does double duty. The guy in the article doesn't say anything about seperating the respritory and alimentary systems.
After spending a few minutes thinking about it there are dozens of drawbacks to some of the suggestions he makes. Attachment and fulcrum points for the additional limbs could be a major issue. Where do you put the musculature that is needed to move the arms in useful ways? A new world monkys tail works wonderful under tension, but sucks under compression. You can dangle from the bedroom cieling, but can't lift anything much heavier than a cup of juice.
Ack. You beat me to it. Remember your mom telling you to wear a hat in winter because you lose so much heat through your head? There's a reason for that. Cooking your brain is a bad idea.
Yep. In the first instance you have some rights due to the exchange of money that are set down in a whole bunch of consumer and property laws. In the second you have no rights since according to the Berne Convention all rights devolve to the copyright holder. That IS a big difference.
I'll never forget the Pournelle rant on Everquest. He played for an hour or two, and then said that the AI was brain dead and the physics were worse than the AI. That the game would never amount to anything. Several million dollars later it's still alive. It's a mere shadow of what it once was, but I know people that still play it.
Oh yeah, wasn't he also the one that went off on Linux around Y2k about it being worthless because he couldn't run Microsoft Office on it?
One more thing, he's still a hack SF writer isn't he? I can't remember the last time I saw a new title come out from him.
I don't see Apple using Itanium, which is what Dvorak goes on about in the article you linked to. Yes, he got the company right, but went a bit too far in his prognostications.
I've always wanted to send a letter to my congress critters that says "By opening this, or having someone who works for you open this, you agree to accept my dictates as to how you will vote on the Bills before Congress." I have a feeling that my congressmen wouldn't feel bound by this EULA.
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Ok. I've read down as far as I can. No more. If everyone is freaking over the name rather that what the system can do then you should simply not buy the damn thing. Me, I'm going to check it out when it ships, and if it has games that entertain me I'm going to buy it whether they call it the "Revoloution", the "Wii", the "Snot", or even the "Doesn't suck that bad 3000". If it does suck that bad from a gameplay standpoint, well, then once again, the name won't matter, Nintendo won't get my money.
No.
Dude, there's a senate majority leader also. Oh, and minority leaders in both houses also. And get this. They do what their party leaders say. Why? Because only senators can introduce bills in the senate, and only representatives can introduce bills in the House. They take their orders from the party leaders like good little drones, and if they don't play nice and do as they are told they will lose their positions of prestige to some other drone that follows the party line better. The congressional "leaders" are simply the best, most experienced party line suck ups available at the time.
Nah. Most of them don't care, one way or the other. Now, if Gonzales were to tie Copyright infringement to higher gas prices this legislation would be a slam dunk. Rights be damned, I can't afford to drive.
Dude, do you have any idea what that page is? Do you know what the position of "Majorty Leader" is within a political party? Jesus Christ man, learn a little something about the U.S. political machine before you spew this mess from your keyboard. Talk about sleeping through civics class.
I have no idea where you get off blaming taft for Hamiltons screw ups.
It doesn't spiral into the sun if you just brake it a little. It simple moves to a lower energy orbit and happily stays there.
No, No, No. The droll delivery is what MAKES it. I for one appreciate it when the joke doesn't jump up, grab me by the throat, and proceed to beat me about the head and shoulders.
To the GP, "Well done!"
Yeah, he sort of missed the whole property thing, didn't he. That's why it was called chattel slavery, they were chattels like cattle, horses, and wives. Mobile property.
Just a bit of clarification, bond/indentured servitude mostly came before slavery. One of the impetus for chattel slavery was that they couldn't find anybody stupid enough to sign an indenturment to come work on the rice plantations and pitch works of the americas due to the death rates. Slavery was well established by the time cotton became the main crop in the south even though cotton is usually associated in peoples minds with slavery in the U.S.
Oh, testify brother! And on top of that the people sitting in front of us think they have some god given right to recline their seat when our knees are already pressed into their seat back. I have had to have a flight attendant inform them that the price of their ticket does not entitle them to cause me additional pain. One time the attendant was able to finally get someone to switch seats with the irate woman in front of me, but I think she was about this close > to simply having her arrested for interfering with a flight crew. I believe her comment when we deplaned was "My, she was a nasty little bitch, wasn't she?" Unprofessional, but very accurate.
The licensing that the open source software exists under says that everyone else can simply take that code and do what they want as long as they provide the source. There is no way for Oracle to take it away is what they were saying. I don't think they are trying to do that anyway. I think, like many others, that they simply want to step into the game with an installed base to get an advantage.
Slavery is legal in the U.S. again? Whoo hoo. No more ugly and unpredictable market forces in the hiring sector. I guess we don't need to maintain a 5% unemployment rate to keep the greed proles in line anymore.
Ah, you pick out one person who was not simply unusual, but a medical anomoly and generalize to meet your desires. There is no evidence that Mr. Wadlows sensory issues were because he was tall. He wasn't a tall person with a normal physiology, he was tall because he had an abnormal physiology. Those other abnormalities are more likely the cause of his sensory issues than long nerve paths.
Some snakes and lizards can detect "thermal radiation", so it has already evolved. It's what the pits on a pit viper do.
Where in the world did you come up with this gem? I am 6' 4 and 3/4" tall. That puts me in the top 1 or 2% of the population for height. I have absolutly no problems feeling any part of my extremeties. The signals take a fraction of a second longer for me compared to my wife who is 5' 2", Umm I mean 5' 4" dear, but they still get there. They don't get tired somewhere around my knees and give up. I also know a couple of guys who are closer to 7' tall. I've heard enough bitching about feet hurting after playin ball that I'm betting that they can feel their feet just fine too.
No, you could reach down with the tail, grab a cup of juice, and lift it to the attachment point of the tail or a bit above. At that point you would have to reach down and take the item with your hands because parts of the tail will start to compress. The actual action of gripping the cup has that part of the tail in tension, but some parts of the tail trying to lift the cup higher than the attachment point will be in compression due to the weight of the tail and the item being lifted.
And when the females suffocate during birth...
That part of the body already does double duty. The guy in the article doesn't say anything about seperating the respritory and alimentary systems.
After spending a few minutes thinking about it there are dozens of drawbacks to some of the suggestions he makes. Attachment and fulcrum points for the additional limbs could be a major issue. Where do you put the musculature that is needed to move the arms in useful ways? A new world monkys tail works wonderful under tension, but sucks under compression. You can dangle from the bedroom cieling, but can't lift anything much heavier than a cup of juice.
Ack. You beat me to it. Remember your mom telling you to wear a hat in winter because you lose so much heat through your head? There's a reason for that. Cooking your brain is a bad idea.
Yep. In the first instance you have some rights due to the exchange of money that are set down in a whole bunch of consumer and property laws. In the second you have no rights since according to the Berne Convention all rights devolve to the copyright holder. That IS a big difference.
I'll never forget the Pournelle rant on Everquest. He played for an hour or two, and then said that the AI was brain dead and the physics were worse than the AI. That the game would never amount to anything. Several million dollars later it's still alive. It's a mere shadow of what it once was, but I know people that still play it.
Oh yeah, wasn't he also the one that went off on Linux around Y2k about it being worthless because he couldn't run Microsoft Office on it?
One more thing, he's still a hack SF writer isn't he? I can't remember the last time I saw a new title come out from him.
I don't see Apple using Itanium, which is what Dvorak goes on about in the article you linked to. Yes, he got the company right, but went a bit too far in his prognostications.
Then we know that Batman isn't Bruce Wayne, but really John C. Dvorak.
But it's not redundant. It's NEW insane ramblings.
I've always wanted to send a letter to my congress critters that says "By opening this, or having someone who works for you open this, you agree to accept my dictates as to how you will vote on the Bills before Congress." I have a feeling that my congressmen wouldn't feel bound by this EULA.
Nope, but it's still case law. Precident is precidnt whether it's one case or a thousand.