This is the crux of the problem, because it belies a conceit that marketers have: that their product is a better choice than all competitors for their entire target group.
What makes you think marketers fall for their own lies?
Usage Note: Flaunt as a transitive verb means "to exhibit ostentatiously": She flaunted her wealth. To flout is "to show contempt for": She flouted the proprieties. For some time now flaunt has been used in the sense "to show contempt for," even by educated users of English. This usage is still widely seen as erroneous and is best avoided.
There are going to be a near-infinite number of quantum-scale black holes and wormholes in whatever volume of space you care to imagine. They evaporate almost instantly.
jd, I agree with you -- in theory. In theory, communism works. In theory.
I can attest to that. I just bought a shiny new 19" HannsG monitor with 8ms response time from newegg. The glowing reviews neglected to mention the very pronounced motion blur (and yes, I'm using native resolution, and a dual link dvi cable, and switching between the available 60Hz and 75Hz makes no difference.)
Right. I think literary critics call that "cuddling".
Yup, and providing the story's middle is "spoon feeding". Providing the beginning is "spoiling". Reading is for children. True lovers of literature make up their own stories.
How would we feel if it were any company other than Sony that was being subjected to an involuntary audit of their software licensing compliance?
You mean like another member of the RIAA? Or Microsoft? Or SCO? You don't have to support people getting shot to feel happy about the shooting of a mafia boss.
Yeah, it's great that we're just now rediscovering genetic engineering, nuclear reactors, CIGS cells, multicore processors, carbon nanotubes, and satellite communications. We know that the Romans did all of these things thousands of years ago.
Not Romans, but the aliens Xenu dumped into the volcano. Now their souls are slowly uploading their knowledge into our heads.
Anyone else find it strange that we're having this discussion the day after the South Park episode where they banned cats because some kids were getting high on cat urine?
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Because people might get suspicious when they see a spinning watch on the screen and hear the words "you are getting sleepy"?
This is the crux of the problem, because it belies a conceit that marketers have: that their product is a better choice than all competitors for their entire target group.
What makes you think marketers fall for their own lies?
Hmm, it appears you're right
Usage Note: Flaunt as a transitive verb means "to exhibit ostentatiously": She flaunted her wealth. To flout is "to show contempt for": She flouted the proprieties. For some time now flaunt has been used in the sense "to show contempt for," even by educated users of English. This usage is still widely seen as erroneous and is best avoided.
There are going to be a near-infinite number of quantum-scale black holes and wormholes in whatever volume of space you care to imagine. They evaporate almost instantly.
jd, I agree with you -- in theory. In theory, communism works. In theory.
There are lots of ways the constitution doesnt apply to the military. Soldiers do not have a 1st amendment right, for instance.
The current reasoning seems to be more along the lines of "soldiers can impose on the first amendment rights of other citizens."
If you say that I am wrong then quit pissing and moaning and do something about it instead of waiting around for someone else to take action!
So what are you doing about it that makes a lick of difference? Posting on slashdot? Writing your congressman?
If we are so intelligent then why didn't we listen to Abraham Lincoln?
Wasn't that the guy who flaunted the Constitution almost as much as the current administration is doing?
Isn't that the premise of C&C Red Alert?
You can choose it, but it comes out of your paycheck.
"Most wars could be prevented with 1 motivated soldier in the right place at the right time and a well placed bullet"
Yup, that's how WWI could've been prevented. Oh, wait....
War without End.
Don't you mean Forever War?
Well, previously it always claimed that it tried to avoid collateral damage.
before such person's invention thereof, the invention was made in this country by another inventor
Wait, so we can freely patent ideas/inventions from other countries?
I can attest to that. I just bought a shiny new 19" HannsG monitor with 8ms response time from newegg. The glowing reviews neglected to mention the very pronounced motion blur (and yes, I'm using native resolution, and a dual link dvi cable, and switching between the available 60Hz and 75Hz makes no difference.)
Right. I think literary critics call that "cuddling".
Yup, and providing the story's middle is "spoon feeding". Providing the beginning is "spoiling". Reading is for children. True lovers of literature make up their own stories.
How would we feel if it were any company other than Sony that was being subjected to an involuntary audit of their software licensing compliance?
You mean like another member of the RIAA? Or Microsoft? Or SCO? You don't have to support people getting shot to feel happy about the shooting of a mafia boss.
Becomes kind of pointless when the internet speed is a few times faster than your hard drive can handle.
Heh, exactly what I thought when I read the summary.
Unless of course an alien space ship saves them and sends them back in time 5 years to stop it all from happening.
If there's even a 1 in a million chance of an experiment destroying the world, that's still too high.
Yeah, it's great that we're just now rediscovering genetic engineering, nuclear reactors, CIGS cells, multicore processors, carbon nanotubes, and satellite communications. We know that the Romans did all of these things thousands of years ago.
Not Romans, but the aliens Xenu dumped into the volcano. Now their souls are slowly uploading their knowledge into our heads.
Hey, it's a good show with an actual plot. Much funnier than ATHF, but then again that's not saying much.
he took 1500 hrs to solve that damn thing.
If I understand it correctly, he took 1500 hours to solve it 2 billion times.
So I'm guessing nothing came out of that lawsuit? Seems strange it didn't make national news, I'd think the media would be all over that.
Anyone else find it strange that we're having this discussion the day after the South Park episode where they banned cats because some kids were getting high on cat urine?
Now where's my +5 Insightful?
There you go.