This is all a big rant about nothing. Guess what, my car has a manual alarm that I can set to go off when I reach a speed. For example if it's 25mph I set it to 25 and it'll tell me when i go over 25 with a beep which I can ignore. Your assertion that such a thing would cause accidents is ridiculous and by the sound of it. Born from ignorance.
I don't want anything I use to be "smart" or smarter than me, or approaching as smart as me.
It's just too easy...
Seriously though, why do you have a problem with stuff you use being smarter then you or nearly as smart as you? Are you that insecure?
How freaking hard is it to learn to drive yourself anyways?
"You know how it is, it's quite easy to accidently speed"
"What stop sign? I was too busy watching that jack-ass in front of me."
"I got lost. I forgot which road I'm suppose to turn down, hey give me a break, I've never been here before."
"What's the speed limit again?"
All those are close approximations to actual quotes I've heard from numerous drivers. This technology or other technology helps in making sure those situations don't happen. If everyone was such a perfect driver as yourself must be, there obviously wouldn't be any speeding cameras, people wouldn't get booked for going through a stop sign, etc. But seeings how not everyone is as perfect as you it does happen on a regular basis. This technology helps curb that.
And a lot of people I know, haven't bought their Windows...
Completely true. But completely irrelevant. Gartner says the people you know brought their computer with Linux pre-installed. Is this the case? Well I know it certainly isn't over here in Australia, yet plenty of people don't buy their windows software. Having Linux pre-installed doesn't encourage or discourage piracy of Windows.
They're kidding right? They spyware is blocked, but it is STILL there and continues to get updated daily. Tell them spyware is why they're computer is so slow and if they don't believe you offer to run adaware on their comp.
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Actually, that's the price for publishing traditional books. Since I've got my PDA I've been enjoying e-books and while the commercial books cost the same as traditional ones, there are a lot of good free e-books out there:) So the cost of publishing can be VERY small (although not $0)
In comparison with the GBA this is an honest surprise and shock to me. This wasn't meant as a flamebait. Then again anyone who disagrees with the slashdot popular list has to either be a troll or off-topic.
The usefulness of PDAs has already been established
Wow, I guess you should rate the post I made in January as flame-bait or overrated as well. Because I asked the exact same question.
The usefulness of PDAs is NOT obvious to people who don't use them. I see nothing wrong with a non-user asking what's so good about them. I would have asked the exact same question had I not decided to get a PDA.
but in the end people realized that the XBox was the more powerful, feature-rich system.
And yet most people I know still play a PS2. That's because no matter how "feature rich" a system is, it's only as good as it's games. And for me the PS2 shits all over the Xbox in terms of games (I pretty much like RPGs exclusively). PSP and DS will only be as successful as their games. DS has the potential to make GREAT games, but they need people to actually make the games.
What're you talking about? He's correct. The liberal party IS conservative. If you don't believe me look just go back to 2000 where Howard opposed becoming free of the Queen.
you really think your more important to the world than say, the mona lisa or something like that?
I think everyone here (except for the mods who mod me up everytime I say "you're new here aren't you") are more important then a painting. And I don't even like most of the people here. I think OJ Simpsons/Michael Jackson/Bush is more important then the Mona Lisa. When it comes right down to it. It's a painting. And if a terrorist had to choose between destroying a human and the Mona Lisa, I'd be a lot happier if the painting was destroyed rather then the human.
Or perhaps you could just stop breaking the law (please tell me if this law is so ridiculous as to count if you have permission to spread the material, I somehow doubt it is though).
Microsoft has said it will remove Media Player from Window, if ordered by the EU this week and will bundle in a media player it calls "Yet Another Media Player" which is said to look completely different from WMP. It will have a different skin.
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This is all a big rant about nothing. Guess what, my car has a manual alarm that I can set to go off when I reach a speed. For example if it's 25mph I set it to 25 and it'll tell me when i go over 25 with a beep which I can ignore. Your assertion that such a thing would cause accidents is ridiculous and by the sound of it. Born from ignorance.
I don't want anything I use to be "smart" or smarter than me, or approaching as smart as me.
It's just too easy...
Seriously though, why do you have a problem with stuff you use being smarter then you or nearly as smart as you? Are you that insecure?
How freaking hard is it to learn to drive yourself anyways?
"You know how it is, it's quite easy to accidently speed"
"What stop sign? I was too busy watching that jack-ass in front of me."
"I got lost. I forgot which road I'm suppose to turn down, hey give me a break, I've never been here before."
"What's the speed limit again?"
All those are close approximations to actual quotes I've heard from numerous drivers. This technology or other technology helps in making sure those situations don't happen. If everyone was such a perfect driver as yourself must be, there obviously wouldn't be any speeding cameras, people wouldn't get booked for going through a stop sign, etc. But seeings how not everyone is as perfect as you it does happen on a regular basis. This technology helps curb that.
And a lot of people I know, haven't bought their Windows...
Completely true. But completely irrelevant. Gartner says the people you know brought their computer with Linux pre-installed. Is this the case? Well I know it certainly isn't over here in Australia, yet plenty of people don't buy their windows software. Having Linux pre-installed doesn't encourage or discourage piracy of Windows.
If one big player does it, the others have to follow or lose out.
Capitalism at it's finest.
And I don't get spyware now!
They're kidding right? They spyware is blocked, but it is STILL there and continues to get updated daily. Tell them spyware is why they're computer is so slow and if they don't believe you offer to run adaware on their comp.
You fool!
You forgot ????, it's
1) X
2) Y
3) ???
4) Profit
and don't you forget it.
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Actually, that's the price for publishing traditional books. Since I've got my PDA I've been enjoying e-books and while the commercial books cost the same as traditional ones, there are a lot of good free e-books out there :) So the cost of publishing can be VERY small (although not $0)
In comparison with the GBA this is an honest surprise and shock to me. This wasn't meant as a flamebait. Then again anyone who disagrees with the slashdot popular list has to either be a troll or off-topic.
The usefulness of PDAs has already been established
Wow, I guess you should rate the post I made in January as flame-bait or overrated as well. Because I asked the exact same question.
The usefulness of PDAs is NOT obvious to people who don't use them. I see nothing wrong with a non-user asking what's so good about them. I would have asked the exact same question had I not decided to get a PDA.
Well that sucks! A set of batteries a day! What the fucks up with that?
I do like a change of scenery. When my bed gets tiring I go to the lounge. Woot for portability!
but in the end people realized that the XBox was the more powerful, feature-rich system.
And yet most people I know still play a PS2. That's because no matter how "feature rich" a system is, it's only as good as it's games. And for me the PS2 shits all over the Xbox in terms of games (I pretty much like RPGs exclusively). PSP and DS will only be as successful as their games. DS has the potential to make GREAT games, but they need people to actually make the games.
And if they make better games/different types of games that market will grow. The handheld market has plenty of room to grow.
What're you talking about? He's correct. The liberal party IS conservative. If you don't believe me look just go back to 2000 where Howard opposed becoming free of the Queen.
1> I think you meant MPAA. 2> Whose to say it won't be legal? Oh I know it was a joke, but it wasn't a very good one.
What keeps the thief from selling a fake? Then saying, "no, the museum has the fake, I got the real one".
Then respond to that if you don't think there's a need to prove it's fake.
Prove the one the thief has is a fraud.
you really think your more important to the world than say, the mona lisa or something like that?
I think everyone here (except for the mods who mod me up everytime I say "you're new here aren't you") are more important then a painting. And I don't even like most of the people here. I think OJ Simpsons/Michael Jackson/Bush is more important then the Mona Lisa. When it comes right down to it. It's a painting. And if a terrorist had to choose between destroying a human and the Mona Lisa, I'd be a lot happier if the painting was destroyed rather then the human.
People will just look for the safe. No I say put the real one on display and put a fake in a safe. Trick them that way.
merely cause I'm sick of people telling others how to mod.
Or perhaps you could just stop breaking the law (please tell me if this law is so ridiculous as to count if you have permission to spread the material, I somehow doubt it is though).
Microsoft has said it will remove Media Player from Window, if ordered by the EU this week and will bundle in a media player it calls "Yet Another Media Player" which is said to look completely different from WMP. It will have a different skin.
Linux using patented ideas may or may be a great problem.
I've never seen two sides of anything represented so well.
Why not look up the word before you use it? Is it really that hard?
You're new here aren't you?