Of course social norms are based on opinions. And my opinion, along with nearly everyone else's, is my very real basis for calling someone who shows hardcore porno to a little kid "sick." Don't succumb to moral relativism - we live in a society, and thus social norms do matter.
Don't know much about Firewire, do you? Not only can you plug an iPod into more than one computer at once, you can also use it as a boot device. Good luck doing that with your Karma, unless you have one of those rare motherboards that supports USB booting.
Oh, please - you know demn well that Ethernet is far better suited for that kind of thing. Or do you have 50 ft. Firewire cables for wiring up your house? And booting from your MP3 player - now who's talking about an obscure, irrelevant feature?
Unless it supports syncing playlists and transfer queueing, its going to be a far bigger pain to do this over a network than if its connected to a computer.
Er... it does. Maybe you should have, y'know, researched this a bit before you opened your moouth.
Either way, face it: you're wrong. Now shut the fuck up and swallow it like a good little bitch... there you go, that wasn't so bad, was it?
The useful thing is that you can have your Karma hooked up to your stereo - yes, the Karma dock has RCA outputs - and transfer music to it from a computer in another room. Also, you can use more than one computer to transfer music to it without having to swap plugs and move cables, which has definitely handy. Last but no least, you can stream music from the Karma to your computer, which has plenty of possiblities.
Next time, think before you post.
It's nothing compared to the Rio Karma. The Karma supports true gapless playback, and has the best S/N ratio of any mojor HD-based player. The docking cradle has ethernet, and the player has a built-in webserver. Last but not least, it's less expensive than the iPod.
And in four posts, a topic about Japan that has nothing to to with the U.S. turns into yet another Slashdot America-bashing festival. is that a new speed record?
There are plenty of Slashdotters, including me, who are consistently against copyright violations, be they GPL or downloaded music. The fine point is often the "fair use" clause, which many copyright holders want to trample.
"They imported their half-naked women into these regions, together with
their liquors, their theaters, their dance halls, their amusements, their
stories, their newspapers, their novels, their whims, their silly games, and
their vices. . . . "
Rock on! Kind of makes you proud to be a Westerner, doesn't it?
Nice backpedal/speculation/revisionism/whatever. I wish I could read minds the way you do... did you write "2+years" instead of "more than two years" because you wanted to save bandwidth? Or was it because you want to appeal to a mathematically-inclined audience? With your amazing skills of linguistic ESP, I'd know the answer.
In the future, I recommend you wear kneepads to any debate you enter with me, because just like this time, I will continue to completely own you, over and over.
Funny you should say that, because it was the Brazilian who started this argument who introduced the term "social networking" to this thread. I don't use that term outside of this discussion, primarily because I have the same objections to it you do. But apparently, our Brazilian friend does.
Guess you didn't read back that far. In the future, I recommend reading the entire discussion so as not to look like an idiot.
Today Warcraft III, tomorrow, the world!
[Teacher in 2098] "Okay, class. Today we're going to discuss the English-Only Holocaust of 2031. It all began with this game server administrator in the 2000's who started to disconnect players for disobeying his English-only rule. Eventually, this hate-filled, power-mad psychopath would put down his Mountain Dew and take up the mantle of a brutal world dictatorship that marched non-English speakers into the gas chambers by the millions. If only someone had stood up to him back in 2004, countless lives could have been saved. But you know what they say: the frog gets boiled because he doesn't realize the water is slowly getting hotter."
Just thought I'd flesh out your preposterous hyperbole.
So? You've entirely mischaracterized this discussion and his original point. He claimed that social networking was not important to Americans. The degree to which you value your social network really doesn't have much to do with whether you're nice to a stranger on the street. Or do you have a lot of homeless people who asked you for change whom you've welcomed into your social network? Let's take another city I've spent time in: Japan. Let's say that, on average, Japanese people are cooler towards strangers than people in some other city, be it Sao Paulo or wherever. Does that imply that Japanese people don't value their social networking as much? Wrong. Japanese value it as much as any people.
Maybe you should have hit "Preview" instead of "Submit" before you posted what you did...
So you are equating the two? You actually admit that? You think that marching people into gas chambers because of their religion is equivalent to disconnecting people from a game server because they won't obey your English-only rule?
You're an idiot with absolutely no perspective, and I'm disconnecting myself from this thread.
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that this "survey" of the best science-fiction movies was specifically created to generate a high-postcount Slashdot thread?
Of course social norms are based on opinions. And my opinion, along with nearly everyone else's, is my very real basis for calling someone who shows hardcore porno to a little kid "sick." Don't succumb to moral relativism - we live in a society, and thus social norms do matter.
Don't know much about Firewire, do you? Not only can you plug an iPod into more than one computer at once, you can also use it as a boot device. Good luck doing that with your Karma, unless you have one of those rare motherboards that supports USB booting.
Oh, please - you know demn well that Ethernet is far better suited for that kind of thing. Or do you have 50 ft. Firewire cables for wiring up your house? And booting from your MP3 player - now who's talking about an obscure, irrelevant feature? Unless it supports syncing playlists and transfer queueing, its going to be a far bigger pain to do this over a network than if its connected to a computer.
Er... it does. Maybe you should have, y'know, researched this a bit before you opened your moouth. Either way, face it: you're wrong. Now shut the fuck up and swallow it like a good little bitch... there you go, that wasn't so bad, was it?
You would expose a six-year-old to hardcore pornography? Really?
You're sick.
I just bought your kids a subscription to "Butt-Fuck Sluts Go Nuts." I'm sure you'd have no problem with that; otherwsie, it's censorship, right?
The useful thing is that you can have your Karma hooked up to your stereo - yes, the Karma dock has RCA outputs - and transfer music to it from a computer in another room. Also, you can use more than one computer to transfer music to it without having to swap plugs and move cables, which has definitely handy. Last but no least, you can stream music from the Karma to your computer, which has plenty of possiblities. Next time, think before you post.
With a childish design, built in content control and other kid-friendly features,
Hey! They're ripping off Slashdot!
The "D," as in developers, got outsourced. Now we're all "technologists."
... just like the Rio Karma does. Oh, and unlike your precious iPod, the Karma comes with an ethernet cable - because it's got a webserver inside.
It's nothing compared to the Rio Karma. The Karma supports true gapless playback, and has the best S/N ratio of any mojor HD-based player. The docking cradle has ethernet, and the player has a built-in webserver. Last but not least, it's less expensive than the iPod.
And in other news:
Ford Pintos are perfectly safe automobiles, except for all those fiery explosions.
Peanut M&Ms are extremely healthy food, as long as you don't actually eat them.
George W. Bush has been completely honest with the American public, although his press conferences and speeches were full of lies.
And in four posts, a topic about Japan that has nothing to to with the U.S. turns into yet another Slashdot America-bashing festival. is that a new speed record?
Seriously, what's wrong with iTunes? Just wondering.
There are plenty of Slashdotters, including me, who are consistently against copyright violations, be they GPL or downloaded music. The fine point is often the "fair use" clause, which many copyright holders want to trample.
Hmmm... something in the software world being better because it's most common and more widely compatible... where have I heard this before?
"They imported their half-naked women into these regions, together with their liquors, their theaters, their dance halls, their amusements, their stories, their newspapers, their novels, their whims, their silly games, and their vices. . . . "
Rock on! Kind of makes you proud to be a Westerner, doesn't it?
Whoever modded me down: it was a JOKE. A JOKE. Get a sense of humor, or I'm reporting you to the GNAA.
You racist imperialist neoconservative capitalist cultureless corporate sellout insensitive clod! You can kiss my gay, communist, beautiful black ass!
DO NEVER TEST!
You'd have to get out of your mother's basement first... and that's not likely to happen anytime soon. DO NEVER TEST.
Does anyone else hear a faint, irrelevant buzzing sound?
Nice backpedal/speculation/revisionism/whatever. I wish I could read minds the way you do... did you write "2+years" instead of "more than two years" because you wanted to save bandwidth? Or was it because you want to appeal to a mathematically-inclined audience? With your amazing skills of linguistic ESP, I'd know the answer.
In the future, I recommend you wear kneepads to any debate you enter with me, because just like this time, I will continue to completely own you, over and over.
Funny you should say that, because it was the Brazilian who started this argument who introduced the term "social networking" to this thread. I don't use that term outside of this discussion, primarily because I have the same objections to it you do. But apparently, our Brazilian friend does.
Guess you didn't read back that far. In the future, I recommend reading the entire discussion so as not to look like an idiot.
Today Warcraft III, tomorrow, the world! [Teacher in 2098] "Okay, class. Today we're going to discuss the English-Only Holocaust of 2031. It all began with this game server administrator in the 2000's who started to disconnect players for disobeying his English-only rule. Eventually, this hate-filled, power-mad psychopath would put down his Mountain Dew and take up the mantle of a brutal world dictatorship that marched non-English speakers into the gas chambers by the millions. If only someone had stood up to him back in 2004, countless lives could have been saved. But you know what they say: the frog gets boiled because he doesn't realize the water is slowly getting hotter." Just thought I'd flesh out your preposterous hyperbole.
So? You've entirely mischaracterized this discussion and his original point. He claimed that social networking was not important to Americans. The degree to which you value your social network really doesn't have much to do with whether you're nice to a stranger on the street. Or do you have a lot of homeless people who asked you for change whom you've welcomed into your social network? Let's take another city I've spent time in: Japan. Let's say that, on average, Japanese people are cooler towards strangers than people in some other city, be it Sao Paulo or wherever. Does that imply that Japanese people don't value their social networking as much? Wrong. Japanese value it as much as any people. Maybe you should have hit "Preview" instead of "Submit" before you posted what you did...
So you are equating the two? You actually admit that? You think that marching people into gas chambers because of their religion is equivalent to disconnecting people from a game server because they won't obey your English-only rule? You're an idiot with absolutely no perspective, and I'm disconnecting myself from this thread.