Get in a big tank of water with a great white shark.
Call it stupid repeatedly. It may disagree as to who is smarter.
I don't think most animals have enough intelligence to be smart or stupid, they just exist on instinct. I doubt the variation of instinct varies all that much from animal to animal to describe one as more than another.
For animals of higher to middling intelligence that make conscious decisions, like humans for example, then yes.
Agreed, makes no sense. Assad would have to be either A) and idiot, or B) crazy and he doesn't seem either of those things. Ruthless power hungry despot perhaps, but not mad or dumb.
This could be as much the rebels themselves trying to goad the US into action as anything. In the chaos over there who knows. Just like the sniper shot at the UN inspectors, who knows who fired really. Then again in a sense does it really matter, it is a bloody mess over there literally.
On the tinfoil hat sort of thing: Russia supports Assad. Snowden rats out the NSA. Russia supports Snowden. Intelligence agency finds chemical weapons usage. USA sends warships.
Then shouldn't the US be working on diplomatic relations with Russia, rather than subbing them on nuclear talks because they are petulant about Snowden releasing that the NSA was spying on everyone... Considering that Obama called him trivial and inconsequential... Actions louder than words.
OK, I am Canadian so I think it would be cool to have one of us on the Moon and all however their rational makes about zero sense.
So a a Canadian robotics expert to drive a rover? Why can this not be done from the comfort of a couch whilst eating a poutine? I mean the whole point of a "rover" is the "remote" operation... I mean, yeah I get it if it were Mars and you have crazy time lag between commands because of the distances involved, but the moon?
I mean if they were to say it was to do repairs or something, then maybe (which is a bit much also as I doubt they would have the facilities to do so anyway).
That said I want to see the first slap shot on the Moon, and you know that is gonna happen if a Canadian goes... (and the Canadian flag tied to the planted hockey stick!)
Not exactly original. All the series sexified somebody. TNG had Troy, DS9 had Kira, Voyager had 7of9, and Enterprise had T'Pol.
Notice the trend of "Not really Starfleet", so they don't have to wear the uniform, and instead get custom more suggestive clothing.
Yes the decontamination chamber scenes was ridiculous, but at least her outfits were not really all that out there. 7of9 was probably worse.
I can just see the actor playing 7of9 being handed her costume "er.... do I have any lines in this show?". Yes she ended up being fantastic, but I just imagine the "so why is my costume different again?" dialog. "Er because you're Borg." "Why is that because they are efficient and don't want to waste fabric?" "er.. yeah that's it."
They reason for the misconception is probably due to the fact where there are a bunch of episodes where they find some planet that seems to have *exactly* followed Earth's historical trend, and they just happen to visit during a) the time of the Greeks, b) Romans!, c) Gangsters?, d) NAZI's!, etc...
Or I think there was also a few where you had godlike advanced beings observing Earth, or were part of Earth's History, mimicking gods, etc...
So not earth, and not time travel, but still...
Recently re-watched Enterprise (all series still working on TNG), and remember thinking.."Heh, oh yeah, alien NAZI's, forgot about that luz!" Of course I think they just copied "Sliders" on that...
it will be reported later that approximately 600 iPad mini's were stolen this year at Lynn University. Students will be responsible for replacement.
The market for stolen 1st year textbooks on the night habits of wood voles is somewhat limited, while that of an iPad is somewhat high. Bonus points for rather than having a 50$ book stolen, they can get your whole (800$) collection at once!
Meh. Tech companies have been dealing with DRM from day one. Software, licencing, agreements, etc... So yes they should be intimately aware of it. Partnering with RIAA and MPAA is pretty logical (tho I hates them).
However the failure is how they handled it. The RIAA and MPAA perhaps may not know how to properly implement DRM, but a large tech company like MS should. The key to any DRM is to protect the product in such a way as to limit the impact to the user. The DRM only needs to be strong enough to deter casual users (the bulk of your customers), recognizing that it will not and is not designed to stop all attempts. There is going to be some piracy, that's just a fact. You just have to limit it to a niche and make sure it is not impacting your profit.
However what the idiots try and do is stop everything regardless of cost to the user. Who is also your consumer. Who is where you get your profits from. Pissing off all your base,is never a good idea.
Er... Xbox One hasn't even launch yet, it is kind of premature to call it a failure.
Tho I would agree from the sound of it a total clusterfsck. They have been back peddling like crazy. Should they continue along the course MS wants to rather than the course the consumer actually wants and it likely will end up as a failure.
People have been saying this for years. It was BS then, and it is BS now.
iOS/Android is for the most part a totally different market. There might be some cross talk, but insignificant.
Linux and Apple still have an insignificant market of influence.
Consoles have always been competing with PC market. However there are many types of games that just haven't been able to translate to the consoles. Namely MMO's and RTS. Even shooters are crippled.
There are plenty of things that are being pushed to obsolesce, but PC gaming isn't one of them. Seeing what is coming with the Xbox One and PS4, I see PC gaming growing personally. I know I just bought a new gaming rig this week. I would rather get back into PC gaming a bit more than deal with that rats nest.
The federal Conservative Party is who is in power right now in Canada...
The Progressive Conservative Party went away, but only because it joined with the Alliance Party, which replaced the Reform Party, which is basically how the right won over a split left vote between the Liberals and NDP. Which means they do not have an actual voting majority, nor do the votes cast for others count for anything.
This is why voters are apathetic in Canada. Your vote doesn't matter. In fact MOST votes do not matter in our current system.
A better example of political payment would be the Liberal Party last election. Where they went from one of the two major power parties, to one of marginal significance over night, being destroyed by the NDP (which likely won't happen again now that the previous leader is gone).
if your mode of transport didn't always contain 50-100 litres of highly flammable and explosive liquid... just saying.
Having to had taken multiple WHIMIS (Workplace Hazards somethingthatstartswithI Materials... etc..) training back in the day pretty much the most common and dangerous thing people work with is gasoline.
Heh, yeah I was trying to understand some bazaar Paul Martin/Stephen Harper joke or something...:)
Anyway yeah, kicked him out, but appointed them all. Also they have kicked out a lot of MP's and Senators, seems more systemic than reactive. At a certain point you are just throwing people under the bus to maintain the status quo.
A nice example of that is Duffy. We will publically chastise you, but then offer to pay the tab using party funds... But Harper was totally unaware of that as well. For a control freak, he apparently has no clue ever about what people in his own party are doing... sarcasm.
If trying to establish Sovereignty in the north, "stealth" snowmobiles is the last thing you need. Heck take the mufflers off! The problem of the north is it is big, and empty. You need to let everyone know that "Hey we have been here, and are doing stuff, etc...". Being stealthy about it and no one knows.
Anyway this is just more DOD lunacy and Harper/Conservatives pro-military agenda. This couldn't be more of a funnel money to military for no reason if they tried.
This is just like the "hardened" warships they ordered (frigates I believe) for billions. Unless the evil master plan is to use the tar sands pollution to melt the arctic enough so that they might actually be able to go there (Watch youtube videos of actual icebreakers getting stuck, wonder how long a frigate might last)... No to mention there is no one to fight there ever, nor will their ever be.
What Canada should have spent its money on was Nuclear Icebreakers and Helicopters capable of rescue missions. If you want to show you control a certain area, that would be the way to do it. Look at the biggest heavy hitter in the whole group, Russia, how many Nuclear Ice Breakers do they have compared to Canada. Not to mention the good they would do for remote communities. Anyway its crazy.
Actually what I would love to see (and think would make good movies) would be to see the "Old Man's War" series by John Scalzi made into movies. There is no shortage of aging stars for the beginning part of the movie!:) I think I am casting Bruce Willis in my head right now for good or ill... Maybe some old buggers with good voices for the animation like Morgan Freeman and Donald Sutherland. Can't remember if they line up with a particular person or not, just throwing things out there.
They are much newer, so they might already have a base, and this is one where the special effects would be very nice! Though I could see a bit of Avatar in it if not careful. However it does not have the issue of trying to portray the Human race advanced beyond comprehension...
Dune is another example. There was a good article recently about why Dune never reached the mainstream heights achieved by say Star Wars. Dune is widely called one of the best science fiction stories of all time. However they made a bad movie, and an even worse TV series.
I am interested to see how Ender's Game comes out. However even before it is done there are people wanting to boycott it because of the authors controversial views. However I would bet on more meaningless blockbuster loosely based on the book, versus a serious movie that tries to portray some of the serious and meaningful themes of the books.
I would also love to see Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War" in film, though some parts I wonder how they might be done, and perhaps better left to imagination.
Honestly a lot of Heinlein stuff, or at least those featuring Lazerous Long (or whatever his name was) might be hard to pull off. He is a bit over the top to play realistically, unless you are going for camp or parody. I always though some of his work was ridiculous the the same vein as some Ben Bova stuff or even (this isn't going to make me any friends) Ann Rynd. They all have main protagonists that are basically political minded Ironman minus the super robot suit (Except they didn't start with anything like a silver spoon in their mouth and lifted themselves out of poverty using nothing but their bootstraps, ingenuity, and contempt for wasteful government).
Though there is at least enough sex in there to spark a good HBO series perhaps....:)
That's like the Russians having more troops than the Germans had landmines in WWII, then calling the landmines failures.
Pretty sure the landmines did their jobs, only the Russian commanders lack of caring about their soldiers welfare (I guess you can call that a tactic) were they able to just run a ton of troops through a field and clear it of landmines at the same time.
Then again, they apparently also had officers behind their troops ready for any "cowards" who refused to go.
Pretty sure if I was an Indian Pilot, up against the USAF, and I had to wait til each of their planes shot off all of the 8 missiles or whatever to down 8 of us before I could close and have a shot, it might give me pause. It is all very nice that during a "war game" which I presume these were as I don't recall any actual conflict between India and the US, were you can simply "sacrifice" a bunch of planes/pilots as a tactical ploy, however I would bet in real life things don't work out quite so smoothly. It is not altogether very good to moral to start an engagement down 8-1 (or whatever it is) prior to just having a change to do anything.
Then again (not knowing the specifics of the two dates you mentioned) but whats to stop the USAF from entering radar horizon, fire all missiles, bug out, re-arm, repeat?
A) The "Cloud" is a meaningless buzzword that PR sell to management. B) Most are located in the US, subject to US laws, making them useless to anyone with Privacy Laws. C) Fake story used to sell more "Cloud" services.
Entertainment is make believe. Actors, Movies, programming, avatars, etc... Fiction.
Here a real person was brutally murdered, butchered like an animal, the process video taped.
Two very different things.
Also, call it what you want, but everything we use or watch from video games, tv, movies, etc do go through a censor, and are edited for viewing so as to not be too offensive.
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Get in a big tank of water with a great white shark.
Call it stupid repeatedly. It may disagree as to who is smarter.
I don't think most animals have enough intelligence to be smart or stupid, they just exist on instinct. I doubt the variation of instinct varies all that much from animal to animal to describe one as more than another.
For animals of higher to middling intelligence that make conscious decisions, like humans for example, then yes.
They were probably just unbelievers! They should have donated more money to the church...
Is everything in south america called a cartel now?
Agreed, makes no sense. Assad would have to be either A) and idiot, or B) crazy and he doesn't seem either of those things. Ruthless power hungry despot perhaps, but not mad or dumb.
This could be as much the rebels themselves trying to goad the US into action as anything. In the chaos over there who knows. Just like the sniper shot at the UN inspectors, who knows who fired really. Then again in a sense does it really matter, it is a bloody mess over there literally.
On the tinfoil hat sort of thing: Russia supports Assad. Snowden rats out the NSA. Russia supports Snowden. Intelligence agency finds chemical weapons usage. USA sends warships.
Careful, I'm pretty sure the F-Bomb is now considered an NSA keyword search...
Then shouldn't the US be working on diplomatic relations with Russia, rather than subbing them on nuclear talks because they are petulant about Snowden releasing that the NSA was spying on everyone... Considering that Obama called him trivial and inconsequential... Actions louder than words.
OK, I am Canadian so I think it would be cool to have one of us on the Moon and all however their rational makes about zero sense.
So a a Canadian robotics expert to drive a rover? Why can this not be done from the comfort of a couch whilst eating a poutine? I mean the whole point of a "rover" is the "remote" operation... I mean, yeah I get it if it were Mars and you have crazy time lag between commands because of the distances involved, but the moon?
I mean if they were to say it was to do repairs or something, then maybe (which is a bit much also as I doubt they would have the facilities to do so anyway).
That said I want to see the first slap shot on the Moon, and you know that is gonna happen if a Canadian goes... (and the Canadian flag tied to the planted hockey stick!)
Not exactly original. All the series sexified somebody. TNG had Troy, DS9 had Kira, Voyager had 7of9, and Enterprise had T'Pol.
Notice the trend of "Not really Starfleet", so they don't have to wear the uniform, and instead get custom more suggestive clothing.
Yes the decontamination chamber scenes was ridiculous, but at least her outfits were not really all that out there. 7of9 was probably worse.
I can just see the actor playing 7of9 being handed her costume "er.... do I have any lines in this show?". Yes she ended up being fantastic, but I just imagine the "so why is my costume different again?" dialog. "Er because you're Borg." "Why is that because they are efficient and don't want to waste fabric?" "er.. yeah that's it."
They reason for the misconception is probably due to the fact where there are a bunch of episodes where they find some planet that seems to have *exactly* followed Earth's historical trend, and they just happen to visit during a) the time of the Greeks, b) Romans!, c) Gangsters?, d) NAZI's!, etc...
Or I think there was also a few where you had godlike advanced beings observing Earth, or were part of Earth's History, mimicking gods, etc...
So not earth, and not time travel, but still...
Recently re-watched Enterprise (all series still working on TNG), and remember thinking.."Heh, oh yeah, alien NAZI's, forgot about that luz!" Of course I think they just copied "Sliders" on that...
it will be reported later that approximately 600 iPad mini's were stolen this year at Lynn University. Students will be responsible for replacement.
The market for stolen 1st year textbooks on the night habits of wood voles is somewhat limited, while that of an iPad is somewhat high. Bonus points for rather than having a 50$ book stolen, they can get your whole (800$) collection at once!
I mean whats a super villain without a submersible?
How does one even enter their volcano lair without one?
Meh. Tech companies have been dealing with DRM from day one. Software, licencing, agreements, etc... So yes they should be intimately aware of it. Partnering with RIAA and MPAA is pretty logical (tho I hates them).
However the failure is how they handled it. The RIAA and MPAA perhaps may not know how to properly implement DRM, but a large tech company like MS should. The key to any DRM is to protect the product in such a way as to limit the impact to the user. The DRM only needs to be strong enough to deter casual users (the bulk of your customers), recognizing that it will not and is not designed to stop all attempts. There is going to be some piracy, that's just a fact. You just have to limit it to a niche and make sure it is not impacting your profit.
However what the idiots try and do is stop everything regardless of cost to the user. Who is also your consumer. Who is where you get your profits from. Pissing off all your base,is never a good idea.
Er... Xbox One hasn't even launch yet, it is kind of premature to call it a failure.
Tho I would agree from the sound of it a total clusterfsck. They have been back peddling like crazy. Should they continue along the course MS wants to rather than the course the consumer actually wants and it likely will end up as a failure.
People have been saying this for years. It was BS then, and it is BS now.
iOS/Android is for the most part a totally different market. There might be some cross talk, but insignificant.
Linux and Apple still have an insignificant market of influence.
Consoles have always been competing with PC market. However there are many types of games that just haven't been able to translate to the consoles. Namely MMO's and RTS. Even shooters are crippled.
There are plenty of things that are being pushed to obsolesce, but PC gaming isn't one of them. Seeing what is coming with the Xbox One and PS4, I see PC gaming growing personally. I know I just bought a new gaming rig this week. I would rather get back into PC gaming a bit more than deal with that rats nest.
The federal Conservative Party is who is in power right now in Canada...
The Progressive Conservative Party went away, but only because it joined with the Alliance Party, which replaced the Reform Party, which is basically how the right won over a split left vote between the Liberals and NDP. Which means they do not have an actual voting majority, nor do the votes cast for others count for anything.
This is why voters are apathetic in Canada. Your vote doesn't matter. In fact MOST votes do not matter in our current system.
A better example of political payment would be the Liberal Party last election. Where they went from one of the two major power parties, to one of marginal significance over night, being destroyed by the NDP (which likely won't happen again now that the previous leader is gone).
if your mode of transport didn't always contain 50-100 litres of highly flammable and explosive liquid... just saying.
Having to had taken multiple WHIMIS (Workplace Hazards somethingthatstartswithI Materials... etc..) training back in the day pretty much the most common and dangerous thing people work with is gasoline.
Pretty good eh?
Heh, yeah I was trying to understand some bazaar Paul Martin/Stephen Harper joke or something... :)
Anyway yeah, kicked him out, but appointed them all. Also they have kicked out a lot of MP's and Senators, seems more systemic than reactive. At a certain point you are just throwing people under the bus to maintain the status quo.
A nice example of that is Duffy. We will publically chastise you, but then offer to pay the tab using party funds... But Harper was totally unaware of that as well. For a control freak, he apparently has no clue ever about what people in his own party are doing... sarcasm.
OK only half joking here:
If trying to establish Sovereignty in the north, "stealth" snowmobiles is the last thing you need. Heck take the mufflers off! The problem of the north is it is big, and empty. You need to let everyone know that "Hey we have been here, and are doing stuff, etc...". Being stealthy about it and no one knows.
Anyway this is just more DOD lunacy and Harper/Conservatives pro-military agenda. This couldn't be more of a funnel money to military for no reason if they tried.
This is just like the "hardened" warships they ordered (frigates I believe) for billions. Unless the evil master plan is to use the tar sands pollution to melt the arctic enough so that they might actually be able to go there (Watch youtube videos of actual icebreakers getting stuck, wonder how long a frigate might last)... No to mention there is no one to fight there ever, nor will their ever be.
What Canada should have spent its money on was Nuclear Icebreakers and Helicopters capable of rescue missions. If you want to show you control a certain area, that would be the way to do it. Look at the biggest heavy hitter in the whole group, Russia, how many Nuclear Ice Breakers do they have compared to Canada. Not to mention the good they would do for remote communities. Anyway its crazy.
Actually what I would love to see (and think would make good movies) would be to see the "Old Man's War" series by John Scalzi made into movies. There is no shortage of aging stars for the beginning part of the movie! :) I think I am casting Bruce Willis in my head right now for good or ill... Maybe some old buggers with good voices for the animation like Morgan Freeman and Donald Sutherland. Can't remember if they line up with a particular person or not, just throwing things out there.
They are much newer, so they might already have a base, and this is one where the special effects would be very nice! Though I could see a bit of Avatar in it if not careful. However it does not have the issue of trying to portray the Human race advanced beyond comprehension...
Dune is another example. There was a good article recently about why Dune never reached the mainstream heights achieved by say Star Wars. Dune is widely called one of the best science fiction stories of all time. However they made a bad movie, and an even worse TV series.
I am interested to see how Ender's Game comes out. However even before it is done there are people wanting to boycott it because of the authors controversial views. However I would bet on more meaningless blockbuster loosely based on the book, versus a serious movie that tries to portray some of the serious and meaningful themes of the books.
I would also love to see Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War" in film, though some parts I wonder how they might be done, and perhaps better left to imagination.
Honestly a lot of Heinlein stuff, or at least those featuring Lazerous Long (or whatever his name was) might be hard to pull off. He is a bit over the top to play realistically, unless you are going for camp or parody. I always though some of his work was ridiculous the the same vein as some Ben Bova stuff or even (this isn't going to make me any friends) Ann Rynd. They all have main protagonists that are basically political minded Ironman minus the super robot suit (Except they didn't start with anything like a silver spoon in their mouth and lifted themselves out of poverty using nothing but their bootstraps, ingenuity, and contempt for wasteful government).
Though there is at least enough sex in there to spark a good HBO series perhaps.... :)
That's like the Russians having more troops than the Germans had landmines in WWII, then calling the landmines failures.
Pretty sure the landmines did their jobs, only the Russian commanders lack of caring about their soldiers welfare (I guess you can call that a tactic) were they able to just run a ton of troops through a field and clear it of landmines at the same time.
Then again, they apparently also had officers behind their troops ready for any "cowards" who refused to go.
Pretty sure if I was an Indian Pilot, up against the USAF, and I had to wait til each of their planes shot off all of the 8 missiles or whatever to down 8 of us before I could close and have a shot, it might give me pause. It is all very nice that during a "war game" which I presume these were as I don't recall any actual conflict between India and the US, were you can simply "sacrifice" a bunch of planes/pilots as a tactical ploy, however I would bet in real life things don't work out quite so smoothly. It is not altogether very good to moral to start an engagement down 8-1 (or whatever it is) prior to just having a change to do anything.
Then again (not knowing the specifics of the two dates you mentioned) but whats to stop the USAF from entering radar horizon, fire all missiles, bug out, re-arm, repeat?
"..'that sort of pricing scheme isn't in Microsoft's corporate DNA..."
Er. No. MS sold both the original XBOX and the XBOX360 at a loss to drive adoption, the exact opposite of what the author is saying MS will not do...
A) The "Cloud" is a meaningless buzzword that PR sell to management.
B) Most are located in the US, subject to US laws, making them useless to anyone with Privacy Laws.
C) Fake story used to sell more "Cloud" services.
Entertainment is make believe. Actors, Movies, programming, avatars, etc... Fiction.
Here a real person was brutally murdered, butchered like an animal, the process video taped.
Two very different things.
Also, call it what you want, but everything we use or watch from video games, tv, movies, etc do go through a censor, and are edited for viewing so as to not be too offensive.