If you only work a three day week, for example, you have four days you will need to fill with 'leisure' activities, which tend to involve expense. People who voluntarily retire early often say that it's nice for the first couple of months and then boredom sets in.
You arrange your leisure activities according to your income. Just like you did when you were at work.
And, seriously, if you really find all that free time drags, just go and volunteer somewhere.
If I'm a software company that works 5 days/week, I can outbid any competitor that only works 3 days/week as I can promise to deliver quicker than my competitor with the shorter work week.
You are assuming that the whole company just works Monday to Wednesday or something. In reality, people will spread their 3 days over the whole week. If you have a company with only one employee who has to work 18 hours a day, 7 days a week that's a different issue.
One wonders... what, precisely, is the standards of evaluating the "worst porn parody ever"?
I think I'd rather not know.
More to the point, who ever watches the non-porn bits of a porn film anyway? It's like people getting awards for costume design or best original soundtrack in the Golden Knob awards (or whatever). Who'd care?
I have no idea if this is meant to be "I can knock up with wife but not the mistress", or you must book several months in advance to have the doctor flip the switch on your balls.
I'm pretty sure that when you have a vasectomy it's effect is not immediate, i.e. if you go home straight after the op and have sex you can still get your SO pregnant. So you're right, are you seriously supposed to flip the off switch 48 hours in advance or something?
Also, you're absolutely wrong about a single 40yo guy being called a "swinger". A "swinger" is a married person who, together with their spouse, engages in extramarital sex. You've never heard of "swingers parties"?
This is slashdot. GP is using the term in its 1950s sense, the golden age when men were men, women were grateful and sheep were worried.
Sex is not necessary. To overcome the desire, just masturbate.
If you think masturbating in any obviates the desire for sex, you've clearly had some pretty shitty sex in your time.
Or some pretty special wanking.
Actually, I don't find it hard to believe that a slashdotter would get more pleasure out of masturbation than sex, it's a matter of practice makes perfect.
I was already ready to purchase one until I saw the price tag. I figured it would be in the $400 range. I just can't justtify spending $600+ on the Rift plus another $300+ on a new graphics card.
So?
Work a few more months, save up, and then buy it.
Nothing wrong with working and saving to get something you want...Everything in life doesn't come "instant gratification".
Self evidently he doesn't think it's worth the effort to work extra for, in the same way that I'm not going to work two jobs for a year and live on water and dried bread just so I can buy a Porsche.
There are a LOT of folks out there that have plenty of disposable income, where dropping a grand here or there isn't really that much of a second thought.
Aren't teenagers the primary audience for gaming tech? Outside of Silicon Valley, most 16 year olds can't casually drop a grand on toys here and there.
it was pretty obvious it was never going to be aimed at the 'average person'. I doubt it's ever been likely its target at launch would be the average PC gamer.
Yes, but the target market of "people with more money than sense" is much, much smaller than the market of "gamers".
Maybe it isn't targeted to the average person? Since the average person isn't likely to have the computer capable of running the thing in the first place.
Unless your product is something like Lamborghinis, it's hard to make much profit from selling toys to rich people.
The secret to success in business is generally to get the mass market.
Something at $600 is just overpriced enough to put a lot of people off, without being expensive enough to generate vast profits on much smaller sales.
Cash and buying in person will always be better. Why, because you choose, cash in pocket and you choose whether to spend it or not. Electronic payments breaks down to this, "Please sir, may I have this", this is the begging plea, each and every time you ask permission to have something. Every time I make a credit card purchase in store I always laugh with the comment, "my card still loves me". I limit my credit card purchases because it inherently irritates to plead for permission to have something and stand pathetically waiting for approval from my credit card master.
Nothing at all to do with privacy and everything to do with who is the master and who is the slave, I refuse to spend my fucking life asking for permission to do stuff every single fucking day of it and waiting pathetically for approval.
No offence, but you're as mad as a sack full of weasels.
Interesting thing, instruction how people "could avoid detection online" are not illegal, or even immoral. What is the point of including this piece of information?
Telling someone how to hide isn't a crime. Telling an escaped serial killer how to hide is.
It's all about the percentages, not the raw numbers. United Nations says over 3 billion people are using the internet. 60k from 3B is really not a large number, relatively speaking.
And yet a not dissimilar proportion of terrorists means that all Muslims are terrorists, in many people's eyes here.
I think you need to think through the consequences of giving all potential criminals advance notice of warrants that are going to be served against them.
It's worth pointing out that the U.S. became the industrial powerhouse it is by ignoring European patent and copyright law during the late 1800s/early 1900s, and illegally building tools and products based on European designs.
This is incorrect. My understanding is that US IP laws did not protect European works, so US companies were doing nothing illegal according to US law at the time.
Well, presumably the Chinese are not doing anything illegal according to their own laws either.
Or are you just saying that it's good that they can flaunt IP law so that you can have cheaper product?
The standard libertarian-capitalist viewpoint on slashdot is opposed to all laws that interfere with business. All IP laws are bad, therefore good luck to China. Also, yes, it is always seen as a good thing that consumers have cheaper products, because the free market will sort it all out anyway.
So what? Japan used to make poor quality rip offs too. One thing China has going for it is an underdeveloped IP litigation system. Standing up to China won't work. You need to stand up to your leeches - companies that abuse IP protection that stifles innovation.
In what way does not stopping poor quality rip offs aid innovation?
By definition, if you're just copying something you are not innovating.
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If you only work a three day week, for example, you have four days you will need to fill with 'leisure' activities, which tend to involve expense. People who voluntarily retire early often say that it's nice for the first couple of months and then boredom sets in.
You arrange your leisure activities according to your income. Just like you did when you were at work.
And, seriously, if you really find all that free time drags, just go and volunteer somewhere.
If I'm a software company that works 5 days/week, I can outbid any competitor that only works 3 days/week as I can promise to deliver quicker than my competitor with the shorter work week.
You are assuming that the whole company just works Monday to Wednesday or something. In reality, people will spread their 3 days over the whole week. If you have a company with only one employee who has to work 18 hours a day, 7 days a week that's a different issue.
Popularity is orthogonal to quality, whether it's a movie or a piece of software.
One wonders ... what, precisely, is the standards of evaluating the "worst porn parody ever"?
I think I'd rather not know.
More to the point, who ever watches the non-porn bits of a porn film anyway? It's like people getting awards for costume design or best original soundtrack in the Golden Knob awards (or whatever). Who'd care?
I have no idea if this is meant to be "I can knock up with wife but not the mistress", or you must book several months in advance to have the doctor flip the switch on your balls.
I'm pretty sure that when you have a vasectomy it's effect is not immediate, i.e. if you go home straight after the op and have sex you can still get your SO pregnant. So you're right, are you seriously supposed to flip the off switch 48 hours in advance or something?
Also, you're absolutely wrong about a single 40yo guy being called a "swinger". A "swinger" is a married person who, together with their spouse, engages in extramarital sex. You've never heard of "swingers parties"?
This is slashdot. GP is using the term in its 1950s sense, the golden age when men were men, women were grateful and sheep were worried.
Masturbation gives me a 100% clear conscience and lets me spend more time on the important things in life.
Those Star Wars figurines won't collect themselves.
Sex is not necessary. To overcome the desire, just masturbate.
If you think masturbating in any obviates the desire for sex, you've clearly had some pretty shitty sex in your time.
Or some pretty special wanking.
Actually, I don't find it hard to believe that a slashdotter would get more pleasure out of masturbation than sex, it's a matter of practice makes perfect.
I see you ignored my request that you skip the ad hominem fallacy and respond to the content of the post.
The thing is, the content of your post was a combination of "I'm a special snowflake" adolescent cynicism and retarded MRA talking points.
It's only the ad hominem part that's amusing.
I am not a gross hairy nerd who can't get laid
No, fairly obviously you are a gorgeous hunk with autism, a combination of Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise and Dustin Hoffman in Rainman.
it's been a while since I performed a vasectomy
I hope to God that You Are A Doctor.
So?
Work a few more months, save up, and then buy it.
Nothing wrong with working and saving to get something you want...Everything in life doesn't come "instant gratification".
Self evidently he doesn't think it's worth the effort to work extra for, in the same way that I'm not going to work two jobs for a year and live on water and dried bread just so I can buy a Porsche.
There are a LOT of folks out there that have plenty of disposable income, where dropping a grand here or there isn't really that much of a second thought.
Aren't teenagers the primary audience for gaming tech? Outside of Silicon Valley, most 16 year olds can't casually drop a grand on toys here and there.
it was pretty obvious it was never going to be aimed at the 'average person'. I doubt it's ever been likely its target at launch would be the average PC gamer.
Yes, but the target market of "people with more money than sense" is much, much smaller than the market of "gamers".
Maybe it isn't targeted to the average person? Since the average person isn't likely to have the computer capable of running the thing in the first place.
Unless your product is something like Lamborghinis, it's hard to make much profit from selling toys to rich people.
The secret to success in business is generally to get the mass market.
Something at $600 is just overpriced enough to put a lot of people off, without being expensive enough to generate vast profits on much smaller sales.
they will track you down, beat you up and throw you in a cage
Congratulations on your follow up post being even more deranged than your first.
Cash and buying in person will always be better. Why, because you choose, cash in pocket and you choose whether to spend it or not. Electronic payments breaks down to this, "Please sir, may I have this", this is the begging plea, each and every time you ask permission to have something. Every time I make a credit card purchase in store I always laugh with the comment, "my card still loves me". I limit my credit card purchases because it inherently irritates to plead for permission to have something and stand pathetically waiting for approval from my credit card master.
Nothing at all to do with privacy and everything to do with who is the master and who is the slave, I refuse to spend my fucking life asking for permission to do stuff every single fucking day of it and waiting pathetically for approval.
No offence, but you're as mad as a sack full of weasels.
I don't think many people end up on the legendary "dark web" by accident.
Interesting thing, instruction how people "could avoid detection online" are not illegal, or even immoral. What is the point of including this piece of information?
Telling someone how to hide isn't a crime. Telling an escaped serial killer how to hide is.
It's all about the percentages, not the raw numbers. United Nations says over 3 billion people are using the internet. 60k from 3B is really not a large number, relatively speaking.
And yet a not dissimilar proportion of terrorists means that all Muslims are terrorists, in many people's eyes here.
I think you need to think through the consequences of giving all potential criminals advance notice of warrants that are going to be served against them.
It's worth pointing out that the U.S. became the industrial powerhouse it is by ignoring European patent and copyright law during the late 1800s/early 1900s, and illegally building tools and products based on European designs.
This is incorrect. My understanding is that US IP laws did not protect European works, so US companies were doing nothing illegal according to US law at the time.
Well, presumably the Chinese are not doing anything illegal according to their own laws either.
Or are you just saying that it's good that they can flaunt IP law so that you can have cheaper product?
The standard libertarian-capitalist viewpoint on slashdot is opposed to all laws that interfere with business. All IP laws are bad, therefore good luck to China. Also, yes, it is always seen as a good thing that consumers have cheaper products, because the free market will sort it all out anyway.
So what? Japan used to make poor quality rip offs too. One thing China has going for it is an underdeveloped IP litigation system. Standing up to China won't work. You need to stand up to your leeches - companies that abuse IP protection that stifles innovation.
In what way does not stopping poor quality rip offs aid innovation?
By definition, if you're just copying something you are not innovating.
I thought he inherited his real-estate empire from his mother?
Yes, it is entirely relevant which parent he inherited his wealth from, apart from the fact that it's not.