When you strip away the context sure, but unfortunately this common butchering of the language does not work quite as cleanly as you would like to think it does.
For example:
"Hey honey! That piece of prime pork rib you made for dinner last night was great! Can we have that wonderful pig meat again?"
Now lets butcher this message
"Hey skank! That piece of shitty human rib you made for dinner last night was crap! Can we not have that shitty human meat?"
See how easy it was. I turned a nice compliment, about an average persons meal into a comment by a sadistic, canibalistic family, all by playing with the words. Sorry the words still makes sense.
While I agree with you on anti-piracy, I cannot agree with you on these "lengthy wars" that have no real returns
While drugs are still out there in full swing, and while we have spent TONS of money trying to remove those...I am glad we have removed a significant amount. So things like the Drug War is needed...unfortunately, the media hype on the Drug War has died down a lot so it is less of a priority in our eyes....Actually, the only way to get rid of these massive drug cartels is to tell these weenie countries who ALLOW them to operate to go fuck off, and then invade. Kill the drug lords, dealers, etc (and i mean kill them RUTHLESSLY) - destroy their entire infrastructure and then leave....If our president (now or in the future) said they would delcare such a strategy- I would be behind them 100%
'exclusive jurisdiction over interstate telemarketing calls.'
Excuse me, actually not really, business relationship or not - I am paying you for a service. The only thing you have a right to do is respect my privacy - especially if you want my money.
I do computer consulting on the side (particularly web design, but other stuff). So when a telemarketer decides they need to call me - I start soliciting myself until they hangup.
Another poster brought up something I forgot to mention. The controls have much to be desired. There are so many different control types, you can easily spend 20-30 minutes setting up just SOME of them. That and changing them is difficult. I would get a message telling me the desired control key is utilized in another section - but not which part of the section. I have the basics setup - but just barely.
BF2 is a fun game which bears a striking resemblance in feel to Star Wars battle front.
It is nice, that in this game, a sniper can actually do his thing and there is a chance (but not a 100% gaurantee) if the enemies noticing you the moment you poke your head out of the building.
I agree, it is not always planned - at any age. My dad age 60 and his wife, age 55 both had a child few years ago. They did not expect it - nor did they think it was possible. It could very well happen that my dad will pass before my baby half brother will turn 20...does that make my dad an asshole? No.
This is difficult to pass considering politics, the rising costs of gas (people are loathe to pay more)
move more quickly towards hybrid vehicles
Again, even dealing with politics, this will take many years to get seen. Also, hybrids got a bad rap because the first couple of hybrids were pure junk (in looks, feel, performance, etc.). I sort of wonder if this was done on purpose
commuter trains and subways
This costs a TON of money in infrastructure. You also have to understand, people who drive are loathe to give up their driving for a commute. This will need to be incentivized. Again costing money. Also, politics!
make cities better designed for walking and cycling
56k? Thats lightning fast man, i am still using my 2400 baud modem with 9600 fax capabilities.
On a real note, who gets 56k dialup? I have never experienced true 56k dialup no matter where i lived. At best I have got around 48k, mostly it was 32 or 28k. Yes I had the 56k modems but the lines were not providing me with that speed.
Are they supposed to inspect every single link on webpages on their server in case one points to illegal material? You know what the astronomical costs are? I would highly doubt it could be done via automachia, but would require someone to check each link - and once they are done checking, go back and do it again. It would also require the ISP to go into secured sites that might be "pay only" and have proprietary information. So how is the ISP involved other then hosting the site? (which they probably have thousands of)
I agree Resident Evil sent shivers up my back. I was in my off-campus place, all my roomates were gone, and I was constantly looking over my should. Resident Evil is by far the best game for scariness factor imho. SIlent hill...i bought silent hill 2 or 3 and gave up on it after 30 minutes of trying to get used to the play control.
Yes because the thing I most fear is that nasty ugly monster with huge claws and teeth, hiding in the corner (mysteriously he wasn't in that corner a moment ago) pulling out a glock and aiming for my head.
Besides there are many ways around this: Infrared, nightvision, holding the light about an arms length to your right (to your left if you are left handed), putting the light source on a pole that stands above your head (yea you look stupid but hey). And most importantly, I would get to enjoy the wonderful scene:)
Doom 1 was the game that made FPS what it is today. Doom 2 was still awesome and one of the best games when it came out. Doom 3 lacked due to - lighting (whats so hard about a flashlight mounted helmet) and no real multi-player.
Hard core gamers tend to finish these games in one-three nights - after that they want to play their friends...People play games like CounterStrike all day long (sometimes on servers dedicated to only one type of board) and do it over and over and over...why? cause multi-player games are more fun then single-player.
The point of this article was to help prove that/. is still king when it comes to dupes
That and you can't see whats going on. I didn't like Doom because I couldn't see crap. And in a space age enviroment, couldn't the guy have a light put on his helmet? Even minors in the days pre-electricity could do this.
The sequence to Doom (someone else said this once).
1. Move around corner
2. Light turns off
3. Loud noise
4. Option - Load Saved Game
5. Wash - Rinse - Repeat.
Gotta love the slashdotted message on their site:)
I have seen key chains made from old computer chips, but this is a bit more extensive then that. Pretty good way to recycle, though I don't know how many women will use such a product.
The argument was that poor people use TV news as a primary news source, and would be deprived of that
And while you have a personal bias against the TV news, many others do not. The public likes TV news as a whole. So why do you get to deprive people who may only have that forum?
No, I think total ignorance is better than wrong information.
Your matter-of-fact statement that the TV news provides "wrong information" is humorous at best.
The networks will lose these people unless more people have
And the Networks don't care about those people, because those people are less likely to buy those expensive products. The networks don't care about the buttom income group of our society. Luckily, I (and many others) do not care about the networks - we care that everyone has a chance to watch some tv, get some news, etc.
"Advertising companies rejoice as they win the Google Click Fraud lawsuit. Each class-action claimant gets $2; while the law firm who prosecuted this case gets $2.5 million"
In my area its weird (and really differs from house to house) but they forced me to take a cable box (costs me an extra $4/month). I have it packed away in my closet. Everytime I called to them to bitch about it they swore UP and DOWN that I could not use TV without it. I told them the TV was on right now (let them hear it) and told them i didnt want it. They said without the box, no service. The interesting thing, if the box gets stolen or damaged I have to pay for it. Yea it might be stealing, but right now I am forced to do something I know other people (i.e. my girlfriend) do not have to do. Also, I do not have a converter box in my bedroom.
I honestly hate the cable companies. Out of all the companies I have to deal with they are the most retarded. Service calls from them is a nightmare and it always ends up me arguing that I refuse their ungodly time window of 8-6, once negotiated they still do not come at the appropriate time, so it ends up being two days of phone hassles.
Last time I had to deal with them, they came to the outside area- CUT my line. I called service (i didnt know the line was cut) took them a week to come out to fix it. In the mean-time i had a letter from one of their reps (and it was a poorly written, and looked like the rep xerox'd copies of the same letter) saying that I am stealing cable, it is illegal, and to avoid prosecution I need to sign up. I called and flipped out at him - I should have sued him.
I guess I'd rather people get no information on what's happening in the world than the 10 second sound bites and wildly innacurate stories that go out on TV news shows. I don't know if you know this, but people did survive before television. Ever heard of radio? There's even radio stations out there that only do news. Weird, huh?
Your opinion. You may not like the 10 second bites, but others do. As for the radio - yes I am pretty sure I know what you are speaking of. But you fogot my mention of the visual aspects of the news - which visual makes a difference for many people...not to mention the entertainment value. You do realize that Joe Schmoe who doesn't watch TV still pays for the advertising cost when he buys that box of cereal (50% of the cost of cereal comes from marketing). So if Joe Schmoe buys lucky charms for his kids, why shouldn't he get to watch the show that his dollars go towards advertising? Or will non-tv watching people get to have a discount card when they go grocery shopping ?
I definately wish I could effect 100% of the voting population by getting them to not get information on politicians from TV. 12% wouldn't be a bad start.
I am glad you think that total ignorance is better then partial ignorance.
Now you've actually got a valid point. The large networks will never allow 12% of their viewship to disapear overnight
Except most of those large networks are owned by even larger parent networks who DO want cable/satellite only TV systems because they can get a subscription fee AND get advertisement fee.
Last year there was an infamous rapist in center city who would attack women on West River drive. Action news was critical. Thats one of MANY possible examples. Just because you feel you do not need TV does not mean others feel the same way.
Nielsen the average american watches 3 hours and 46 minutes EVERY DAY
Given this piece of information that you are aware of - your statement was inapplicable. By the position of your statement you made it sound like this 12% suffers from watching too much tv (assuming 4.8 hours is too much, i won't judge).
So how did we ever hold elections prior to TV?
How did people ever survive without running indoor plumbing. We did - duh. Just a lot more inconvenient. And we are talking about today. The reason we have the electorate college is because of lack of mass media. Right now the electoral college is outdated.
Over the last few years they have been floundering seriously
I need some third party numbers on this. Maybe their profits decreased because customers went to cable/satellite, but did their marginal profits increase? Meaning if they made $10/household 15 years ago...considering inflation, are they still making the equivelant $10/houshold today? TV companies still make serious money on air broadcast.
This change in service will help:
Tv Producers
Cable/Satellite companies
This change in service will hurt:
People in lower/poor class who cannot afford the above two, or a converter box.
You were warned about the switchover nearly (maybe even more than) a decade ago; you have had plenty of time to prepare
Sorry life came ahead of upgrading my TV. You know the medical bills of my elderly, sick mother. Working two jobs so I could put my two boys through college. Monthly family health insurance that comes to $1000/month. A mortgage so I can own my property, instead of paying rent for the rest of my life...btw my mortgage is $800/month, but renting would cost me 700$.
That, and MOST TV's since the 50's have a cable attachment and are cable TV ready. That is not the issue...the issue comes from someone being forced to pay anywhere from 25-50 (depending on your locale) per month so you can watch basic TV.
As for the TV companies requirements - I believe they have many moral requirements, as well as many legal requirements for airing (emergency broadcast signal for one).
Actually there are many situations TV is. We still have a large population of people who are illeterate - have jobs, pay their bills, and get their news from TV. Without that source of information (like verbal/visual news) they have little ways to know what is going on in this world. Our illeterate population are those who can't read/write because they never learned growing up, or they are foreign. They may get by fairly well by speaking - but writing/reading is much harder. Local events/clubs won't give you Action news at 11. Radio does not give you the visual
One of the MAJOR boastings of our election system is the TV media to get the politician's words to people. By removing TV's for 12% you are effecting 12% of the voting population.
As for your list of "possibles"...I think that is grossly unfair and arrogant. You do not know how much time "those people" spend watching tv. It might be a half hour for the news. They might go hang out with family friends, exercise, and work. They may not.
I would also like it to be known, that the broadcast TV media makes a lot of profit - even from broadcast TV....or how else do you think these companies and their shareholders got filthy rich prior to Cable/Satellite TV.
You have cable internet but no cable tv. Two points I would like to make:
The price difference (in philadelphia) between someone having cable TV and cable internet to someone not having Cable TV but having cable internet is around $2-$3. They charge $12 penalty fee for not having the package. But to add the most basic cable is only $15.
Second, I know from experience (in philly and surrounding areas) if you have a cable line running into your home- even if you are not a subscriber you still get basic cable. Normally the cable company will come out and cut your line from the junction box (which btw, you have legal access to, so you can reconnect it)...but in you case, you have cable Internet so they CANNOT cut the line. Take your cable line and plug it into a TV. You SHOULD get a signal. I would cancel my cable TV and do that, but for $2-$3 I don't particularly care:)
Slashdot Mirror
When you strip away the context sure, but unfortunately this common butchering of the language does not work quite as cleanly as you would like to think it does.
For example:
"Hey honey! That piece of prime pork rib you made for dinner last night was great! Can we have that wonderful pig meat again?"
Now lets butcher this message
"Hey skank! That piece of shitty human rib you made for dinner last night was crap! Can we not have that shitty human meat?"
See how easy it was. I turned a nice compliment, about an average persons meal into a comment by a sadistic, canibalistic family, all by playing with the words. Sorry the words still makes sense.
While I agree with you on anti-piracy, I cannot agree with you on these "lengthy wars" that have no real returns
While drugs are still out there in full swing, and while we have spent TONS of money trying to remove those...I am glad we have removed a significant amount. So things like the Drug War is needed...unfortunately, the media hype on the Drug War has died down a lot so it is less of a priority in our eyes....Actually, the only way to get rid of these massive drug cartels is to tell these weenie countries who ALLOW them to operate to go fuck off, and then invade. Kill the drug lords, dealers, etc (and i mean kill them RUTHLESSLY) - destroy their entire infrastructure and then leave....If our president (now or in the future) said they would delcare such a strategy- I would be behind them 100%
'exclusive jurisdiction over interstate telemarketing calls.'
Excuse me, actually not really, business relationship or not - I am paying you for a service. The only thing you have a right to do is respect my privacy - especially if you want my money.
I do computer consulting on the side (particularly web design, but other stuff). So when a telemarketer decides they need to call me - I start soliciting myself until they hangup.
These guys just piss me off.
Another poster brought up something I forgot to mention. The controls have much to be desired. There are so many different control types, you can easily spend 20-30 minutes setting up just SOME of them. That and changing them is difficult. I would get a message telling me the desired control key is utilized in another section - but not which part of the section. I have the basics setup - but just barely.
BF2 is a fun game which bears a striking resemblance in feel to Star Wars battle front.
It is nice, that in this game, a sniper can actually do his thing and there is a chance (but not a 100% gaurantee) if the enemies noticing you the moment you poke your head out of the building.
Great game...keep up the good job!
I agree, it is not always planned - at any age. My dad age 60 and his wife, age 55 both had a child few years ago. They did not expect it - nor did they think it was possible. It could very well happen that my dad will pass before my baby half brother will turn 20...does that make my dad an asshole? No.
"Honey, would you plot the route for us to the fifth crater, I think it would be a great way for the kids to meet new friends."
If I may comment on your suggestions:
require better fuel efficiency from new cars
This is difficult to pass considering politics, the rising costs of gas (people are loathe to pay more)
move more quickly towards hybrid vehicles
Again, even dealing with politics, this will take many years to get seen. Also, hybrids got a bad rap because the first couple of hybrids were pure junk (in looks, feel, performance, etc.). I sort of wonder if this was done on purpose
commuter trains and subways
This costs a TON of money in infrastructure. You also have to understand, people who drive are loathe to give up their driving for a commute. This will need to be incentivized. Again costing money. Also, politics!
make cities better designed for walking and cycling
Infrastructure and cost
56k? Thats lightning fast man, i am still using my 2400 baud modem with 9600 fax capabilities.
On a real note, who gets 56k dialup? I have never experienced true 56k dialup no matter where i lived. At best I have got around 48k, mostly it was 32 or 28k. Yes I had the 56k modems but the lines were not providing me with that speed.
Are they supposed to inspect every single link on webpages on their server in case one points to illegal material? You know what the astronomical costs are? I would highly doubt it could be done via automachia, but would require someone to check each link - and once they are done checking, go back and do it again. It would also require the ISP to go into secured sites that might be "pay only" and have proprietary information. So how is the ISP involved other then hosting the site? (which they probably have thousands of)
I am pretty sure it wasn't that, I don't recall the turn 180 degrees. Probably there were multiple similar posts.
:D....that and saving every 10 feet.
As for spawning behind you -- eh you get used to walking backwards
I agree Resident Evil sent shivers up my back. I was in my off-campus place, all my roomates were gone, and I was constantly looking over my should. Resident Evil is by far the best game for scariness factor imho. SIlent hill...i bought silent hill 2 or 3 and gave up on it after 30 minutes of trying to get used to the play control.
Yes because the thing I most fear is that nasty ugly monster with huge claws and teeth, hiding in the corner (mysteriously he wasn't in that corner a moment ago) pulling out a glock and aiming for my head.
:)
Besides there are many ways around this: Infrared, nightvision, holding the light about an arms length to your right (to your left if you are left handed), putting the light source on a pole that stands above your head (yea you look stupid but hey). And most importantly, I would get to enjoy the wonderful scene
/. offers spellcheck? Where do I click.
Do you play CS:Source? I know someone on CS: Source who has your name spelled like you do.
Doom 1 was the game that made FPS what it is today. Doom 2 was still awesome and one of the best games when it came out. Doom 3 lacked due to - lighting (whats so hard about a flashlight mounted helmet) and no real multi-player.
/. is still king when it comes to dupes
Hard core gamers tend to finish these games in one-three nights - after that they want to play their friends...People play games like CounterStrike all day long (sometimes on servers dedicated to only one type of board) and do it over and over and over...why? cause multi-player games are more fun then single-player.
The point of this article was to help prove that
That and you can't see whats going on. I didn't like Doom because I couldn't see crap. And in a space age enviroment, couldn't the guy have a light put on his helmet? Even minors in the days pre-electricity could do this.
The sequence to Doom (someone else said this once).
1. Move around corner
2. Light turns off
3. Loud noise
4. Option - Load Saved Game
5. Wash - Rinse - Repeat.
Gotta love the slashdotted message on their site :)
I have seen key chains made from old computer chips, but this is a bit more extensive then that. Pretty good way to recycle, though I don't know how many women will use such a product.
The argument was that poor people use TV news as a primary news source, and would be deprived of that
And while you have a personal bias against the TV news, many others do not. The public likes TV news as a whole. So why do you get to deprive people who may only have that forum?
No, I think total ignorance is better than wrong information.
Your matter-of-fact statement that the TV news provides "wrong information" is humorous at best.
The networks will lose these people unless more people have
And the Networks don't care about those people, because those people are less likely to buy those expensive products. The networks don't care about the buttom income group of our society. Luckily, I (and many others) do not care about the networks - we care that everyone has a chance to watch some tv, get some news, etc.
"Advertising companies rejoice as they win the Google Click Fraud lawsuit. Each class-action claimant gets $2; while the law firm who prosecuted this case gets $2.5 million"
In my area its weird (and really differs from house to house) but they forced me to take a cable box (costs me an extra $4/month). I have it packed away in my closet. Everytime I called to them to bitch about it they swore UP and DOWN that I could not use TV without it. I told them the TV was on right now (let them hear it) and told them i didnt want it. They said without the box, no service. The interesting thing, if the box gets stolen or damaged I have to pay for it. Yea it might be stealing, but right now I am forced to do something I know other people (i.e. my girlfriend) do not have to do. Also, I do not have a converter box in my bedroom.
I honestly hate the cable companies. Out of all the companies I have to deal with they are the most retarded. Service calls from them is a nightmare and it always ends up me arguing that I refuse their ungodly time window of 8-6, once negotiated they still do not come at the appropriate time, so it ends up being two days of phone hassles.
Last time I had to deal with them, they came to the outside area- CUT my line. I called service (i didnt know the line was cut) took them a week to come out to fix it. In the mean-time i had a letter from one of their reps (and it was a poorly written, and looked like the rep xerox'd copies of the same letter) saying that I am stealing cable, it is illegal, and to avoid prosecution I need to sign up. I called and flipped out at him - I should have sued him.
I guess I'd rather people get no information on what's happening in the world than the 10 second sound bites and wildly innacurate stories that go out on TV news shows. I don't know if you know this, but people did survive before television. Ever heard of radio? There's even radio stations out there that only do news. Weird, huh?
Your opinion. You may not like the 10 second bites, but others do. As for the radio - yes I am pretty sure I know what you are speaking of. But you fogot my mention of the visual aspects of the news - which visual makes a difference for many people...not to mention the entertainment value. You do realize that Joe Schmoe who doesn't watch TV still pays for the advertising cost when he buys that box of cereal (50% of the cost of cereal comes from marketing). So if Joe Schmoe buys lucky charms for his kids, why shouldn't he get to watch the show that his dollars go towards advertising? Or will non-tv watching people get to have a discount card when they go grocery shopping ?
I definately wish I could effect 100% of the voting population by getting them to not get information on politicians from TV. 12% wouldn't be a bad start.
I am glad you think that total ignorance is better then partial ignorance.
Now you've actually got a valid point. The large networks will never allow 12% of their viewship to disapear overnight
Except most of those large networks are owned by even larger parent networks who DO want cable/satellite only TV systems because they can get a subscription fee AND get advertisement fee.
Again, how often is 'Action news at 11' critical
Last year there was an infamous rapist in center city who would attack women on West River drive. Action news was critical. Thats one of MANY possible examples. Just because you feel you do not need TV does not mean others feel the same way.
Nielsen the average american watches 3 hours and 46 minutes EVERY DAY
Given this piece of information that you are aware of - your statement was inapplicable. By the position of your statement you made it sound like this 12% suffers from watching too much tv (assuming 4.8 hours is too much, i won't judge).
So how did we ever hold elections prior to TV?
How did people ever survive without running indoor plumbing. We did - duh. Just a lot more inconvenient. And we are talking about today. The reason we have the electorate college is because of lack of mass media. Right now the electoral college is outdated.
Over the last few years they have been floundering seriously
I need some third party numbers on this. Maybe their profits decreased because customers went to cable/satellite, but did their marginal profits increase? Meaning if they made $10/household 15 years ago...considering inflation, are they still making the equivelant $10/houshold today? TV companies still make serious money on air broadcast.
This change in service will help:
Tv Producers
Cable/Satellite companies
This change in service will hurt:
People in lower/poor class who cannot afford the above two, or a converter box.
You were warned about the switchover nearly (maybe even more than) a decade ago; you have had plenty of time to prepare
Sorry life came ahead of upgrading my TV. You know the medical bills of my elderly, sick mother. Working two jobs so I could put my two boys through college. Monthly family health insurance that comes to $1000/month. A mortgage so I can own my property, instead of paying rent for the rest of my life...btw my mortgage is $800/month, but renting would cost me 700$.
That, and MOST TV's since the 50's have a cable attachment and are cable TV ready. That is not the issue...the issue comes from someone being forced to pay anywhere from 25-50 (depending on your locale) per month so you can watch basic TV.
As for the TV companies requirements - I believe they have many moral requirements, as well as many legal requirements for airing (emergency broadcast signal for one).
Actually there are many situations TV is. We still have a large population of people who are illeterate - have jobs, pay their bills, and get their news from TV. Without that source of information (like verbal/visual news) they have little ways to know what is going on in this world. Our illeterate population are those who can't read/write because they never learned growing up, or they are foreign. They may get by fairly well by speaking - but writing/reading is much harder. Local events/clubs won't give you Action news at 11. Radio does not give you the visual
One of the MAJOR boastings of our election system is the TV media to get the politician's words to people. By removing TV's for 12% you are effecting 12% of the voting population.
As for your list of "possibles"...I think that is grossly unfair and arrogant. You do not know how much time "those people" spend watching tv. It might be a half hour for the news. They might go hang out with family friends, exercise, and work. They may not.
I would also like it to be known, that the broadcast TV media makes a lot of profit - even from broadcast TV....or how else do you think these companies and their shareholders got filthy rich prior to Cable/Satellite TV.
You have cable internet but no cable tv. Two points I would like to make:
:)
The price difference (in philadelphia) between someone having cable TV and cable internet to someone not having Cable TV but having cable internet is around $2-$3. They charge $12 penalty fee for not having the package. But to add the most basic cable is only $15.
Second, I know from experience (in philly and surrounding areas) if you have a cable line running into your home- even if you are not a subscriber you still get basic cable. Normally the cable company will come out and cut your line from the junction box (which btw, you have legal access to, so you can reconnect it)...but in you case, you have cable Internet so they CANNOT cut the line. Take your cable line and plug it into a TV. You SHOULD get a signal. I would cancel my cable TV and do that, but for $2-$3 I don't particularly care
Let me know if this works (if you try it)
Avi