"My ex-girlfriend is a certified sign language interpretor. "
I think i know why she's your EX
maybe it has to do with acknowledging this
"They truly do not see being deaf as a handicap, some of them even consider the ability to hear an unnecessary burden"
but still finding the need to force this on them:
"The Deaf community needs to wise up and accept that being deaf is a handicap. We have the tools and technology to mitigate and almost eliminate this handicap."
"Won't take you more than about 15 seconds to get kicked out once they find out you can hear, no matter if you can do perfect sign language."
how do they find out you can hear?
what is "perfect" sign language?
sign language is a fluid thing, just like english has different dialecs or accents (british/southern/west coast) so does sign language... it also grows and shrinks as new gestures are made for new concepts or old ones are merged to combine multiple concepts (sign isn't based on another language but rather concepts that each sign represents) so how would they identify "perfection"??
I think what he's saying is that time is not linear from an eternal spiritual view, so while the vessel might be stuck in this linear mortal realm, it could have been populated by your spirit completely.
An interesting thought along these lines in regards to reincarnation, what if we are all just one spirit, forced to relive all lives, thus the evil you perpetrate to others you really perpetrate to yourself.
"Let me suggest an alternative. The consultant was very smart. He knew that without strife and discord, there would be no show. Nothing that people would watch. Reality programs need drama. "
Let me offer an opposing view, you didn't read the article and have no idea what you are talking about.
Since the actual show wasn't a reality show, it was something more akin to "http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-pitch" or home makovers where the homeowner comes back to see their renovation and the show follows the technical aspect of the renovations, there was no need for "manufactured" drama.
In fact, making an indie game from scratch, involving all the technical aspects from both veterans and novices (the programmers and youtubers respectively), and having to do this on an imposed deadline would create all the "real" drama needed to make the show interesting. Not to mention the inside look at what most people never get to see, creatives making entertainment out of nothing.
what this douchebag did was take a creative environment, strip all of the creativity out of it and then throw in heaps of sexism, forced strife, corporate policy and "reality" fakey crap (like forcing a game programmer to re-enter a "scene" 5 times to get the "shot").
the biggest stupidity was that he was just some corporate douche who used the sponsorship ties the program had to force changes he thought would make the program better, he wasn't even someone there to make those decisions, only by throwing his corporate money weight around was he able to get the ones who were in charge of that stuff to concede to his input.
at the end of the article everyone pretty much agreed if this douche had never been there, there would have been no issue...
TL:DR the adults would have gotten along fine without this mental 3yr old.
i watched as a man in front of me waiting to get on the freeway missed that the light had changed because he was looking down on his cell phone texting, he then again missed that the lane was clear to begin proceeding onto the on ramp as he was still texting, i then watched him not more than 30 seconds later look up to see that he was headed into the guardrail, over correct, and then fishtail across three lanes eventually rolling his car several times.
this happened right next to me, if i hadn't floored my gas pedal he would have dragged me along in my car...we stopped and called 911 then continued when they said it was ok to, on the way back from shopping three lanes were still clogged as ambulance, police and firemen dealt with the scene.
i would say that modern phones can be too distracting when driving and with driving being such an incredibly dangerous activity (anyone been in a 60mph car accident besides me, raise your hand) it's probably best not to do anything that will divert your attention from it, even momentarily.
all i see is old or terrible rated movies on netflix AND amazon prime in regards to new releases.. the tv shows are updated more often than any of the new releases, the only way to see these is via dvd in the mail, or downloading them, which is what i do.. i'd happily stream it instead as i pay for service but it's just not there...
sounds good.. thanks for the info, i got my son the expac early for the LOL clone perk blizz gave with it but now (since most of the items that bugged me too are addressed) I might have to grab a copy too...
"My automatic headlights and automatic wipers work perfectly. As does my auto high-beam."
for you, not for the person in front of you that's blinded by your highbeams in their rearview or oncoming traffic on the opposing lanes because you don't want to have to move your arm.
"So does my collision avoidance braking system,"
except for the person who rear ends you because your car slams on it's brakes when someone cuts you off.
"blind spot monitoring,"
until it fails the first time and you run that family of three off the road because you don't want to turn your head.
"rear cross-traffic detection,"
does nothing as you drive into someone talking on your phone instead of paying attention.
why don't we just be good drivers and pay attention to the road and our surroundings instead of trying to have technology do it for us to the point where we completely rely on it and end up killing people when it fails?
i personally don't want a car to do any of the driving for me, i'll do it myself, and if i'm too tired to drive, can't spend.5 of a second to move my arm or turn my head or care if anyone is in the space im about to drive into.. maybe i shouldn't be driving?
for youth... startups with no funding but the possibility of millions of users and being bought out for $19bn is a LOT more attractive than doing something meaningful for a good wage... that's what you do in your free time AFTER you become a billionaire... right?
trying to make artificial intelligence is the worst idea man has come up with, worse than atmoic bombs i dare say... the one limiting factor of humans is that we die... all the information we have gathered must be passed down to the next generation by teaching them all that has been learned previously... artificial intelligence will not have this limitation.
For example, imagine a battlefield between robots and human opponents:
a human is killed.. immediately all of the training and knowledge up to that point is gone.
any soldier will tell you the difference in survivability between a soldier fresh on the battlefield compared to a seasoned veteran, now compare this to:
a robot soldier is killed, (we must assume that any AI will be networked in some fashion, just like we do now with humans) the previous knowledge, "personality" and situational awareness is transfered to a different "body" and immediately deployed.
it's obvious that humans will only lose information/skills/any technical advantage slowly but steadily with each death, while the AI as a whole will only get better, more efficient and stronger.
the terminator movies are a nice bedtime story but the reality would be much more terminal.
the only positive outcome would be an AI that found human co-existance possible, ala matrix type theology, but any AI would surely see the history of aggression, conquering and oppression of our own selves throughout our past as proof enough that this is inevitably impossible or statistically improbable enough to risk...
eventually if not wiped out or severly hampered by some natural occurance (meteor/ice age/plague) we will bring it down on ourselves with the false hubris we enjoy by being just smart enough to discover concepts and inventions we can never possibly fully understand the implications of or control (e.g grey goo orsuper strains of resistant infectious diseases.)
"How long would any business remain in business if it ignored that fact that its competitors were significantly undercutting them on a directly comparable product in the same market?"
the point is, there ARE no competitors able to undercut them... 2 choices do not a "free market" make...
this sounds like an april fools article:
At the High Court, Mr Miranda claimed his detention under anti-terrorism laws was unlawful.... In his ruling, Lord Justice Laws
so miranda was complaining about his rights and lord justice laws laid down the, um, law...
ok drm may suck, online activation might suck, but what doesn't suck is a one place authentication for all blizzard games and the ability to add a security device:
that makes it impossible for your account to be stolen or abused, and at the same time allows for unlimited installs (like the steam platform) over the life of the product no matter how many hard drives or mainboards you run through.
i don't like the prices for games, i feel a lot of them are way overpriced, but for the value of never losing a cd key/scratched disc, needing a disc, worrying that your account is hacked, it brings it more in line with what i'm willing to pay.
i've just always been very satisfied with blizz stuff even though WoW now is completely lame (no no NOW it is, it wasnt before)
"You have an interesting definition of "past", given that they JUST purged some poor bastard less than a month ago" while the US "purges" criminals all the time via the death penalty
" and have anywhere from 1% to 5% of their population locked away in gulags for political crimes. " while the US has the same amount locked away for the same thing, aka the war on drugs.
"Not really. It will collapse sooner or later, with some subtle help from the South, Japan, the US, and perhaps even China as they tire of the antics of their client state." as will the US with some subtle help from China as they buy our debt and then change currencys.
thought i'd put some contrast up there for ya, seemed fitting.
i wouldn't run ad blocking add-ons if sites didn't purposely using flashing, brightly colored, mentally aggravating ads that are meant to be as conspicuous as possible.
Look i don't like ads, commercials, billboards, the constant bombardment of corporate marketing pushers trying to influence my every thought and decision and i try to avoid them as much as possible, but i understand the need to funding for sites that run on ad revenue, and i don't mind seeing ads here and there and supporting sites through those ads, but i'm not going to have them shoved down my throat or successfully get my attention through aggravation, it starts with me just blocking them because they are so overtly annoying and disrespectful of the reason im there (to read an article or find information about a subject) and ends with me never visiting their site again...
it's telling that you are fine with activities that require the same sense of adventure and danger, but eschew the ones that give no public admiration.
i guess it makes sense with the way you would ridicule someone who does something for the pure challenge and self betterment of it because that's not enough of a reward for you.
" like flying a helicopter to the top of a mountain"
not design, build, learn to operate AND fly... for fucks sake learn to read. and yes climbing a mountain with only ropes and pegs is quite a feat, i don't think i've ever seen a "musclehead" (whatever the hell that is, i assume you mean bodybuilder) accomplish this, it takes more than muscle mass to finese a mountain.
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"My ex-girlfriend is a certified sign language interpretor. "
I think i know why she's your EX
maybe it has to do with acknowledging this
"They truly do not see being deaf as a handicap, some of them even consider the ability to hear an unnecessary burden"
but still finding the need to force this on them:
"The Deaf community needs to wise up and accept that being deaf is a handicap. We have the tools and technology to mitigate and almost eliminate this handicap."
a cochlear implant is NOT hearing...
"Won't take you more than about 15 seconds to get kicked out once they find out you can hear, no matter if you can do perfect sign language."
how do they find out you can hear?
what is "perfect" sign language?
sign language is a fluid thing, just like english has different dialecs or accents (british/southern/west coast) so does sign language... it also grows and shrinks as new gestures are made for new concepts or old ones are merged to combine multiple concepts (sign isn't based on another language but rather concepts that each sign represents)
so how would they identify "perfection"??
you sound like you're just making shit up..
I think what he's saying is that time is not linear from an eternal spiritual view, so while the vessel might be stuck in this linear mortal realm, it could have been populated by your spirit completely.
An interesting thought along these lines in regards to reincarnation, what if we are all just one spirit, forced to relive all lives, thus the evil you perpetrate to others you really perpetrate to yourself.
"Let me suggest an alternative. The consultant was very smart. He knew that without strife and discord, there would be no show. Nothing that people would watch. Reality programs need drama. "
Let me offer an opposing view, you didn't read the article and have no idea what you are talking about.
Since the actual show wasn't a reality show, it was something more akin to "http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-pitch" or home makovers where the homeowner comes back to see their renovation and the show follows the technical aspect of the renovations, there was no need for "manufactured" drama.
In fact, making an indie game from scratch, involving all the technical aspects from both veterans and novices (the programmers and youtubers respectively), and having to do this on an imposed deadline would create all the "real" drama needed to make the show interesting. Not to mention the inside look at what most people never get to see, creatives making entertainment out of nothing.
what this douchebag did was take a creative environment, strip all of the creativity out of it and then throw in heaps of sexism, forced strife, corporate policy and "reality" fakey crap (like forcing a game programmer to re-enter a "scene" 5 times to get the "shot").
the biggest stupidity was that he was just some corporate douche who used the sponsorship ties the program had to force changes he thought would make the program better, he wasn't even someone there to make those decisions, only by throwing his corporate money weight around was he able to get the ones who were in charge of that stuff to concede to his input.
at the end of the article everyone pretty much agreed if this douche had never been there, there would have been no issue...
TL:DR the adults would have gotten along fine without this mental 3yr old.
"This is the future, and your vehicle will talk to other vehicles whether you like it or not.""
not if i encase my car in aluminum foil.
i watched as a man in front of me waiting to get on the freeway missed that the light had changed because he was looking down on his cell phone texting, he then again missed that the lane was clear to begin proceeding onto the on ramp as he was still texting, i then watched him not more than 30 seconds later look up to see that he was headed into the guardrail, over correct, and then fishtail across three lanes eventually rolling his car several times.
this happened right next to me, if i hadn't floored my gas pedal he would have dragged me along in my car...we stopped and called 911 then continued when they said it was ok to, on the way back from shopping three lanes were still clogged as ambulance, police and firemen dealt with the scene.
i would say that modern phones can be too distracting when driving and with driving being such an incredibly dangerous activity (anyone been in a 60mph car accident besides me, raise your hand) it's probably best not to do anything that will divert your attention from it, even momentarily.
Stop a cold?
how do you prove that it stopped a cold? do you have the same subject subjected to the cold with and without the zinc treatment?
how would you even prove this? dose the nasal cavities with zinc then dose with virus and test the blood for traces of the virus?
Link to any studies?
i call bullshit.
BTW i used that zicam crap once and lost taste for three days afterwards...
all i see is old or terrible rated movies on netflix AND amazon prime in regards to new releases.. the tv shows are updated more often than any of the new releases, the only way to see these is via dvd in the mail, or downloading them, which is what i do.. i'd happily stream it instead as i pay for service but it's just not there...
sounds good.. thanks for the info, i got my son the expac early for the LOL clone perk blizz gave with it but now (since most of the items that bugged me too are addressed) I might have to grab a copy too...
Sweet online only play and 3 more expansions at only 40 (or less if you wait) a pop coming to up level to 100!!!
Totally interested!
"My automatic headlights and automatic wipers work perfectly. As does my auto high-beam."
for you, not for the person in front of you that's blinded by your highbeams in their rearview or oncoming traffic on the opposing lanes because you don't want to have to move your arm.
"So does my collision avoidance braking system,"
except for the person who rear ends you because your car slams on it's brakes when someone cuts you off.
"blind spot monitoring,"
until it fails the first time and you run that family of three off the road because you don't want to turn your head.
"rear cross-traffic detection,"
does nothing as you drive into someone talking on your phone instead of paying attention.
why don't we just be good drivers and pay attention to the road and our surroundings instead of trying to have technology do it for us to the point where we completely rely on it and end up killing people when it fails?
i personally don't want a car to do any of the driving for me, i'll do it myself, and if i'm too tired to drive, can't spend .5 of a second to move my arm or turn my head or care if anyone is in the space im about to drive into.. maybe i shouldn't be driving?
for youth... startups with no funding but the possibility of millions of users and being bought out for $19bn is a LOT more attractive than doing something meaningful for a good wage... that's what you do in your free time AFTER you become a billionaire... right?
trying to make artificial intelligence is the worst idea man has come up with, worse than atmoic bombs i dare say... the one limiting factor of humans is that we die... all the information we have gathered must be passed down to the next generation by teaching them all that has been learned previously... artificial intelligence will not have this limitation.
For example, imagine a battlefield between robots and human opponents:
a human is killed.. immediately all of the training and knowledge up to that point is gone.
any soldier will tell you the difference in survivability between a soldier fresh on the battlefield compared to a seasoned veteran, now compare this to:
a robot soldier is killed, (we must assume that any AI will be networked in some fashion, just like we do now with humans) the previous knowledge, "personality" and situational awareness is transfered to a different "body" and immediately deployed.
it's obvious that humans will only lose information/skills/any technical advantage slowly but steadily with each death, while the AI as a whole will only get better, more efficient and stronger.
the terminator movies are a nice bedtime story but the reality would be much more terminal.
the only positive outcome would be an AI that found human co-existance possible, ala matrix type theology, but any AI would surely see the history of aggression, conquering and oppression of our own selves throughout our past as proof enough that this is inevitably impossible or statistically improbable enough to risk...
eventually if not wiped out or severly hampered by some natural occurance (meteor/ice age/plague) we will bring it down on ourselves with the false hubris we enjoy by being just smart enough to discover concepts and inventions we can never possibly fully understand the implications of or control (e.g grey goo orsuper strains of resistant infectious diseases.)
*imagines the office of the future daily announcements as people climb the ranks*
general staff...
assistant Manager
Manager!
General Manager!
Vice PRESIDENT!!!
!EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT!
!!CEO!!
!!!CHAIRMAN!!!
WICKED SICK,SICK,SICK...
"How long would any business remain in business if it ignored that fact that its competitors were significantly undercutting them on a directly comparable product in the same market?"
the point is, there ARE no competitors able to undercut them... 2 choices do not a "free market" make...
comcast and att already ARE evil, so if it's a choice over who could be evil in the future and who IS evil now, i'll take a chance with the future...
this sounds like an april fools article: .... In his ruling, Lord Justice Laws
At the High Court, Mr Miranda claimed his detention under anti-terrorism laws was unlawful
so miranda was complaining about his rights and lord justice laws laid down the, um, law...
awesome...
ok drm may suck, online activation might suck, but what doesn't suck is a one place authentication for all blizzard games and the ability to add a security device:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Battle....
that makes it impossible for your account to be stolen or abused, and at the same time allows for unlimited installs (like the steam platform) over the life of the product no matter how many hard drives or mainboards you run through.
i don't like the prices for games, i feel a lot of them are way overpriced, but for the value of never losing a cd key/scratched disc, needing a disc, worrying that your account is hacked, it brings it more in line with what i'm willing to pay.
i've just always been very satisfied with blizz stuff even though WoW now is completely lame (no no NOW it is, it wasnt before)
". Tilikum at SeaWorld. In 2010 he attacked and killed his trainerDawn Brancheau, in his third fatal incident."
tilikum was a killer whale, not a dolphin.
"You have an interesting definition of "past", given that they JUST purged some poor bastard less than a month ago"
while the US "purges" criminals all the time via the death penalty
" continue to hold a US Citizen without charges"
*cough* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
" and have anywhere from 1% to 5% of their population locked away in gulags for political crimes. "
while the US has the same amount locked away for the same thing, aka the war on drugs.
"Not really. It will collapse sooner or later, with some subtle help from the South, Japan, the US, and perhaps even China as they tire of the antics of their client state."
as will the US with some subtle help from China as they buy our debt and then change currencys.
thought i'd put some contrast up there for ya, seemed fitting.
I call bullshit!!
they obviously altered the performance of the computers by measuring their performance.
i wouldn't run ad blocking add-ons if sites didn't purposely using flashing, brightly colored, mentally aggravating ads that are meant to be as conspicuous as possible.
Look i don't like ads, commercials, billboards, the constant bombardment of corporate marketing pushers trying to influence my every thought and decision and i try to avoid them as much as possible, but i understand the need to funding for sites that run on ad revenue, and i don't mind seeing ads here and there and supporting sites through those ads, but i'm not going to have them shoved down my throat or successfully get my attention through aggravation, it starts with me just blocking them because they are so overtly annoying and disrespectful of the reason im there (to read an article or find information about a subject) and ends with me never visiting their site again...
it's telling that you are fine with activities that require the same sense of adventure and danger, but eschew the ones that give no public admiration.
i guess it makes sense with the way you would ridicule someone who does something for the pure challenge and self betterment of it because that's not enough of a reward for you.
tl:dr you 're an asshole.
" like flying a helicopter to the top of a mountain"
not design, build, learn to operate AND fly... for fucks sake learn to read. and yes climbing a mountain with only ropes and pegs is quite a feat, i don't think i've ever seen a "musclehead" (whatever the hell that is, i assume you mean bodybuilder) accomplish this, it takes more than muscle mass to finese a mountain.