...to have seen the robot vs a person moving the tray. This wasn't robot vs human. This was robot vs wiimote lag. The video only serves to demonstrate my biggest problem with the Wii as a platform - it's far too imprecise for anything that doesn't require flailing the remote like a spaz.
Wait, so Apple fixed a hardware error and we should cheer them for it? After they gave her the runaround twice? Yes, stellar customer service there.
That's an issue that should have been resolved the first time she brought it to the store. If not then and there she never should have been required to mail the laptop back herself. Which then should have never been returned without a repair.
I'm sure there are many happy Apple customers, I just don't think that's the best story to show how great their service is.
Here come the 50 slashdot fuddy duddies bemoaning the label the ESRB has chosen to distinguish games with content not meant for children.
Please tell us more stories about how checkers and Mario Party are the most mature games you've ever played. It's a very interesting and fresh perspective.
I have never purchased a game that wasn't in a store. I don't know many people who have. I have never PURCHASED Linux or Open Office. It seems silly to do so. How do you think developers get hot in the first place? Sales. Good luck with your hobby.
James Cameron is good at making a two hour special effects laden chase scene. Looking for any depth or masterful storytelling in his movies is disappointing, but that's not why I'm seeing a James Cameron movie anyway.
So explosions and giant, pretty looking smurfs can un-shite a rehashed plot? The GP didn't say it looked poor visually. "Oooh, shiny" says nothing about the story. Which is all I'm looking for anyway. I can live with low budget effects. Not so much low budget story and acting.
And this isn't me passing judgment on the movie. I obviously haven't seen it yet. I reserve the right to wait and see.
Situations appear to be different in different areas of the country. In several districts in Florida (possibly all of Florida) a master's degree in your field is highly encouraged for HS level and it will come with a substantial bump in pay. In my high school we had quite a few PHDs teaching courses (sadly no nobel prize winners). No degrees in education are required, but a teaching certificate is.
I THINK they're starting to slide retirement plans towards glorified 401Ks and the health insurance plan is absurdly expensive if you want to cover anyone other than yourself.
As for pay scale - it's certainly a livable wage, but nothing comparable to what a person with a master's could be earning in another field.
Yes please. What I need now more than anything is a thumbstick to move and a brick to shake to do every other action. Because it would be fresh and exciting.
Not exactly. It's more like how the car looks. Some people can look past an ugly car and enjoy driving it because of how it steers. Others dread getting into their car because of its boxy look and terrible interior in spite of the fact that it drives well. Then there's a third group who would rather have both.
What does any of that have to do with how much I actually pay for my TV to be at my house? I see newegg.com now has free shipping on most if not all of their sets. That wasn't the case when I was looking. All I'm saying is getting all hopped up over a TV that costs less on newegg is meaningless if they charge for shipping.
I don't know how sound your theory is when the 2nd TV I clicked on at newegg is $100 cheaper at Best Buy - LN46A650. And what do you know? Newegg seems to be pushing extended warranties and bundles pretty hard in the checkout.
Except I don't get charged $30-$50 for it to be shipped to my house. When I bought my TV about two years ago, I couldn't find the model cheaper than Circuit City or Best Buy after shipping. I could have added Circuit City's extended warranty and only been $20 over the best price I could find online after shipping. And Circuit City had it delivered to my house the next day. For free.
Some of the above prices aren't matching what we were given by the vendor. Can you verify these for me by the end of the day?
Thanks.
tasking. You obviously haven't had enough experience with it. Keep practicing and you'll be able to do 3-4 things at the same time without any major problems.
No, he's right. I still use Linux to distribute my TRON fanzines and personal Dungeons and Dragons web-sites. Although I have expanded its use to include presenting slideshows of my Sailor Moon hentai.
Why don't we just dig out the eyes of our kids so they never have to run the risk of seeing something the parents fear may harm the child.
Way ahead of you. I installed this protection scheme on my son's 5th birthday. The girl is next in a couple of years. I keep impressing the importance of soaking it all in while she still can, but she keeps ignoring my advice.
if you have a job that is generally sought after and enjoyable you should get paid less than a similar job that is shitty.
OK. Now I understand our differing views. Teaching IS a shitty job. The bulk of your time is spent dealing with things that have nothing to do with teaching. Dealing with students who don't want to be there and disrupt other students. Trying to get a hold of parents and practically begging them to help their kids learn. Trying to find spare clothes so the kid in 4th period doesn't have to walk home in the winter without a jacket. Dealing with an administration that constantly changes curriculum and passes down edicts which make no sense. Ensuring that students pass arbitrary standardized tests at the expense of any real learning. Having students walk into your class covered in blood and say "Don't worry. It's not mine." That's what being an educator in a public school system is all about. Actual education is almost an afterthought.
more help getting successful people to move into the field with some experience
But you do that with more pay. It's wonderful that your wife is a highly qualified person who chose to take a pay cut in order to teach. But the vast majority of teachers are people with degrees in education which teach nothing on the subject you will be teaching. They are mostly incompetent. What other career doesn't seek out the best and brightest through compensation? You seem to think that there's some dichotomy that doesn't exist. Either you are doing the right thing and teaching at a (relatively) low wage, or you're a money grubbing lawyer? To my knowledge nobody has ever attracted higher qualified personnel because they offered lower wages.
The desire to teach is a HUGE positive in a teacher, and currently most teachers could be making more money. This means they are taking a portion of their pay in job satisfaction (don't let them fool you, it is a great job that makes you feel good).
What kind of horseshit is this? So because you enjoy your job you shouldn't be paid competitively? And employers shouldn't be able to pay those who are good at it well?
Paying enough that teaching appeals to people in it for the money is risky.
I know. You might get someone who *gasp* knows what the fuck they're talking about and is able to do a good job. Your attitude infuriates me (if you haven't noticed). Teaching is NOT volunteer work. It's a career. An important fucking career.
Sure. But the fact that the first example that popped into your head was another Tarantino movie leads me to believe that he's more guilty than most.
/snarkiness
I enjoy most of Tarantino's movies. I feel that his strength isn't in making wholly original movies, but taking movies and ideas we're familiar with and tacking on some good dialogue and wrapping the whole thing around interesting plot devices. I just don't think Tarantino should be brought up when discussing originality. But I don't mean that in a bad way.
I think there's a slight difference between the term tar-baby and meat. But go ahead and run around saying tar-baby, I don't really care. I agree with your larger point, I'm just flabbergasted that you'd never heard tar-baby in a racist context.
Let's not confuse two kids fighting out an argument with systematic bullying. Many kids get beat up and the only lesson to be wiser on is "I shouldn't have looked at him" or "I should bring more money to give him next time". Most kids haven't been bred to stand up in a fist fight. Especially when many bullies have numbers on their side. I don't think I've ever seen a violent bully pick on someone when he was alone.
And I don't know why you brought up 9/11. The reason nobody did anything on the first planes is that historically you have a better chance at living if you let the hijackers go to where they want and get released at some point later rather than risk crashing the plane. That's why when the passengers of flight 93 learned what the hijackers' intentions were they DID fight back.
Anyway, to bring this back to school children escalating things to an unacceptable point I'll toss in a movie quote:
"They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue."
Unfortunately I don't think anything has done more to curb bullying in schools than Columbine.
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...to have seen the robot vs a person moving the tray. This wasn't robot vs human. This was robot vs wiimote lag. The video only serves to demonstrate my biggest problem with the Wii as a platform - it's far too imprecise for anything that doesn't require flailing the remote like a spaz.
Wait, so Apple fixed a hardware error and we should cheer them for it? After they gave her the runaround twice? Yes, stellar customer service there.
That's an issue that should have been resolved the first time she brought it to the store. If not then and there she never should have been required to mail the laptop back herself. Which then should have never been returned without a repair.
I'm sure there are many happy Apple customers, I just don't think that's the best story to show how great their service is.
Here come the 50 slashdot fuddy duddies bemoaning the label the ESRB has chosen to distinguish games with content not meant for children.
Please tell us more stories about how checkers and Mario Party are the most mature games you've ever played. It's a very interesting and fresh perspective.
I have never purchased a game that wasn't in a store. I don't know many people who have. I have never PURCHASED Linux or Open Office. It seems silly to do so. How do you think developers get hot in the first place? Sales. Good luck with your hobby.
Perhaps my memory is failing me, but what had better graphics than Quake when it was released?
You need a citation to prove that you need to pass certain criteria to get in? Go look at any college's admission requirements.
James Cameron is good at making a two hour special effects laden chase scene. Looking for any depth or masterful storytelling in his movies is disappointing, but that's not why I'm seeing a James Cameron movie anyway.
So explosions and giant, pretty looking smurfs can un-shite a rehashed plot? The GP didn't say it looked poor visually. "Oooh, shiny" says nothing about the story. Which is all I'm looking for anyway. I can live with low budget effects. Not so much low budget story and acting.
And this isn't me passing judgment on the movie. I obviously haven't seen it yet. I reserve the right to wait and see.
Forget about repair. We can't even get paralyzed people into motorized wheelchairs!
Situations appear to be different in different areas of the country. In several districts in Florida (possibly all of Florida) a master's degree in your field is highly encouraged for HS level and it will come with a substantial bump in pay. In my high school we had quite a few PHDs teaching courses (sadly no nobel prize winners). No degrees in education are required, but a teaching certificate is.
I THINK they're starting to slide retirement plans towards glorified 401Ks and the health insurance plan is absurdly expensive if you want to cover anyone other than yourself.
As for pay scale - it's certainly a livable wage, but nothing comparable to what a person with a master's could be earning in another field.
Yes please. What I need now more than anything is a thumbstick to move and a brick to shake to do every other action. Because it would be fresh and exciting.
I'm bitter about my Wii purchase. Does it show?
Not exactly. It's more like how the car looks. Some people can look past an ugly car and enjoy driving it because of how it steers. Others dread getting into their car because of its boxy look and terrible interior in spite of the fact that it drives well. Then there's a third group who would rather have both.
Don't do this: "I may encourage you to run it too"
If you won't do this: "What do I care if Linux works for you?"
Or if you do, don't be surprised when people get turned off by Linux and go back to Windows.
What does any of that have to do with how much I actually pay for my TV to be at my house? I see newegg.com now has free shipping on most if not all of their sets. That wasn't the case when I was looking. All I'm saying is getting all hopped up over a TV that costs less on newegg is meaningless if they charge for shipping. I don't know how sound your theory is when the 2nd TV I clicked on at newegg is $100 cheaper at Best Buy - LN46A650. And what do you know? Newegg seems to be pushing extended warranties and bundles pretty hard in the checkout.
Except I don't get charged $30-$50 for it to be shipped to my house. When I bought my TV about two years ago, I couldn't find the model cheaper than Circuit City or Best Buy after shipping. I could have added Circuit City's extended warranty and only been $20 over the best price I could find online after shipping. And Circuit City had it delivered to my house the next day. For free.
Speak for yourself. I'm excellent at multi
Item # Price
15876 39.99
15887 45.02
16986 25.36
12547 44.78
13698 87.54
15478 21.66
11224 12.74
1447 36.85
Some of the above prices aren't matching what we were given by the vendor. Can you verify these for me by the end of the day?
Thanks.
tasking. You obviously haven't had enough experience with it. Keep practicing and you'll be able to do 3-4 things at the same time without any major problems.
No, he's right. I still use Linux to distribute my TRON fanzines and personal Dungeons and Dragons web-sites. Although I have expanded its use to include presenting slideshows of my Sailor Moon hentai.
Why don't we just dig out the eyes of our kids so they never have to run the risk of seeing something the parents fear may harm the child.
Way ahead of you. I installed this protection scheme on my son's 5th birthday. The girl is next in a couple of years. I keep impressing the importance of soaking it all in while she still can, but she keeps ignoring my advice.
if you have a job that is generally sought after and enjoyable you should get paid less than a similar job that is shitty.
OK. Now I understand our differing views. Teaching IS a shitty job. The bulk of your time is spent dealing with things that have nothing to do with teaching. Dealing with students who don't want to be there and disrupt other students. Trying to get a hold of parents and practically begging them to help their kids learn. Trying to find spare clothes so the kid in 4th period doesn't have to walk home in the winter without a jacket. Dealing with an administration that constantly changes curriculum and passes down edicts which make no sense. Ensuring that students pass arbitrary standardized tests at the expense of any real learning. Having students walk into your class covered in blood and say "Don't worry. It's not mine." That's what being an educator in a public school system is all about. Actual education is almost an afterthought.
more help getting successful people to move into the field with some experience
But you do that with more pay. It's wonderful that your wife is a highly qualified person who chose to take a pay cut in order to teach. But the vast majority of teachers are people with degrees in education which teach nothing on the subject you will be teaching. They are mostly incompetent. What other career doesn't seek out the best and brightest through compensation? You seem to think that there's some dichotomy that doesn't exist. Either you are doing the right thing and teaching at a (relatively) low wage, or you're a money grubbing lawyer? To my knowledge nobody has ever attracted higher qualified personnel because they offered lower wages.
The desire to teach is a HUGE positive in a teacher, and currently most teachers could be making more money. This means they are taking a portion of their pay in job satisfaction (don't let them fool you, it is a great job that makes you feel good).
What kind of horseshit is this? So because you enjoy your job you shouldn't be paid competitively? And employers shouldn't be able to pay those who are good at it well?
Paying enough that teaching appeals to people in it for the money is risky.
I know. You might get someone who *gasp* knows what the fuck they're talking about and is able to do a good job. Your attitude infuriates me (if you haven't noticed). Teaching is NOT volunteer work. It's a career. An important fucking career.
Tarrantino isn't alone in doing that either.
Sure. But the fact that the first example that popped into your head was another Tarantino movie leads me to believe that he's more guilty than most.
/snarkiness
I enjoy most of Tarantino's movies. I feel that his strength isn't in making wholly original movies, but taking movies and ideas we're familiar with and tacking on some good dialogue and wrapping the whole thing around interesting plot devices. I just don't think Tarantino should be brought up when discussing originality. But I don't mean that in a bad way.
I think there's a slight difference between the term tar-baby and meat. But go ahead and run around saying tar-baby, I don't really care. I agree with your larger point, I'm just flabbergasted that you'd never heard tar-baby in a racist context.
And making games PC is completely unnecessary. After all there haven't been race riots in Europe in.... weeks.
I have never, not once, heard that used as a racial epithet.
You need to hang out with more racists. That's the only context of the phrase that I was aware of.
Let's not confuse two kids fighting out an argument with systematic bullying. Many kids get beat up and the only lesson to be wiser on is "I shouldn't have looked at him" or "I should bring more money to give him next time". Most kids haven't been bred to stand up in a fist fight. Especially when many bullies have numbers on their side. I don't think I've ever seen a violent bully pick on someone when he was alone.
And I don't know why you brought up 9/11. The reason nobody did anything on the first planes is that historically you have a better chance at living if you let the hijackers go to where they want and get released at some point later rather than risk crashing the plane. That's why when the passengers of flight 93 learned what the hijackers' intentions were they DID fight back.
Anyway, to bring this back to school children escalating things to an unacceptable point I'll toss in a movie quote:
"They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue."
Unfortunately I don't think anything has done more to curb bullying in schools than Columbine.