So what you're saying is because you're one of the unicorn-rare minority of people who actually got enough scholarships and grants to go to school the entire rest of the nation must just be making shit up to cover for their laziness and greed? Yeah, great argument there dumbass.
A better question is why are we freaking out about which fields and degrees women choose to pursue while men are 40% or less of college graduates in the first place.
Suuuure it would, just like how it really does cost cell companies absurd amounts of money to include data in a section of the signal they already need to transmit...
Pretty much every "rule" of grammar that people get angry over has no factual basis. Starting a sentence with "and" or "but" dates back to the equivalent of a miss manners column, and the "split infinitive" is based on a combination of self-righteousness and total ignorance of the fact that infinitives were one word in latin but already split in english.
Actually it was marketing and some anti-trust violations by competitors that killed the dreamcast. Sega spent almost nothing on marketing the dreamcast in the US.
I guess you missed where I mentioned that my resolution and screen space beats yours like a red headed stepchild and I can have two pages of text side by side and NOT be limited to reading something the height of a postage envelope.
Are you blind or just stupid? the parent post claims DVORAK should be faster because it's not designed to prevent jams. Why would speed be related to jams? Because of the claim that QWERTY is designed to slow people down.
No, 1920x1080 is *terrible* at it and you're just insisting the emperor's new aspect ratio is wonderful and good. Try a real resolution on a quality 4:3 and you'll not only have substantially higher vertical resolution but *more space overall* at the same diagonal. 16:9 isn't *good* for anything other than lining the manufacturers pockets because they get to sell you a smaller poorer quality screen for more money, and game designers only like it because the resolution being barely over the 768 vertical lines of the late 90's lets them halfass things even more than they already are.
Imho the real advantage of eye-tracking is in wearable computing. If you track the eye quickly and precisely enough it becomes much easier to do all kinds of nifty mediated reality tricks.
The seperation of church and state was ALSO supposed to prevent the government from giving favorable treatment to a given religion. Nice way to chop off HALF of the seperation of church and state.
Tbh i think it's a combination of the perception that glass is primarily a recording device and the segway effect. It's sole function is conspicuous consumption, it does nothing better, faster, or different than any other device you have. If Glass had taken the eyetap as a base and gone for function instead of a blinged out recording device I'd bet a lot of people would be much less offended. Certainly it'd be out of the ordinary but there's a huge difference between something perceived as primarily designed to record others and something perceived as primary designed to provide additional information to the wearer.
yes yes and the written word will lead to the end of civilized society and the downfall of mankind. We've heard this one before, Socrates bitched about it a few thousand years ago and it's neither more original nor more accurate today.
Right, if they had the balls to do that don't you think they would've done something about the six corporations that control 90% of all american media? Or pretty much ANY of the other abusive and collusive behaviors, like how cellphone companies behave?
Yes because government regulation has proven to be SO effective everywhere else. The largest fine in the history of everything is still less than a quarter's profits on average. Corporations simply Do. Not. CARE. Pass all the regulations you want, they can AFFORD to break them and simply consider it the cost of business.
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So what you're saying is because you're one of the unicorn-rare minority of people who actually got enough scholarships and grants to go to school the entire rest of the nation must just be making shit up to cover for their laziness and greed? Yeah, great argument there dumbass.
A better question is why are we freaking out about which fields and degrees women choose to pursue while men are 40% or less of college graduates in the first place.
Suuuure it would, just like how it really does cost cell companies absurd amounts of money to include data in a section of the signal they already need to transmit...
Exactly. That would require actual investment and work instead of just looking for an excuse to fuck people and pocket more.
Pretty much every "rule" of grammar that people get angry over has no factual basis. Starting a sentence with "and" or "but" dates back to the equivalent of a miss manners column, and the "split infinitive" is based on a combination of self-righteousness and total ignorance of the fact that infinitives were one word in latin but already split in english.
No, the idea is to sell everyone else on the idea of a "lie detector" and then use everyone ELSE'S belief in its infallibility against the victim.
Actually it was marketing and some anti-trust violations by competitors that killed the dreamcast. Sega spent almost nothing on marketing the dreamcast in the US.
I guess you missed where I mentioned that my resolution and screen space beats yours like a red headed stepchild and I can have two pages of text side by side and NOT be limited to reading something the height of a postage envelope.
And 1600x1200 beats the pants off of both of them, with 2048x1536 beating the pants off of that. Imagine if we hadn't been set back a good decade.
Are you blind or just stupid? the parent post claims DVORAK should be faster because it's not designed to prevent jams. Why would speed be related to jams? Because of the claim that QWERTY is designed to slow people down.
No, 1920x1080 is *terrible* at it and you're just insisting the emperor's new aspect ratio is wonderful and good. Try a real resolution on a quality 4:3 and you'll not only have substantially higher vertical resolution but *more space overall* at the same diagonal. 16:9 isn't *good* for anything other than lining the manufacturers pockets because they get to sell you a smaller poorer quality screen for more money, and game designers only like it because the resolution being barely over the 768 vertical lines of the late 90's lets them halfass things even more than they already are.
Imho the real advantage of eye-tracking is in wearable computing. If you track the eye quickly and precisely enough it becomes much easier to do all kinds of nifty mediated reality tricks.
The seperation of church and state was ALSO supposed to prevent the government from giving favorable treatment to a given religion. Nice way to chop off HALF of the seperation of church and state.
Tbh i think it's a combination of the perception that glass is primarily a recording device and the segway effect. It's sole function is conspicuous consumption, it does nothing better, faster, or different than any other device you have. If Glass had taken the eyetap as a base and gone for function instead of a blinged out recording device I'd bet a lot of people would be much less offended. Certainly it'd be out of the ordinary but there's a huge difference between something perceived as primarily designed to record others and something perceived as primary designed to provide additional information to the wearer.
yes yes and the written word will lead to the end of civilized society and the downfall of mankind. We've heard this one before, Socrates bitched about it a few thousand years ago and it's neither more original nor more accurate today.
The difference is whether or not you agree with the people doing the banning.
You asume the FAA has the stomach to actually stand up to corporations instead of giving them a slap on the wrist.
Right, if they had the balls to do that don't you think they would've done something about the six corporations that control 90% of all american media? Or pretty much ANY of the other abusive and collusive behaviors, like how cellphone companies behave?
I think birdshot's going to be the solution to this one.
Yes because government regulation has proven to be SO effective everywhere else. The largest fine in the history of everything is still less than a quarter's profits on average. Corporations simply Do. Not. CARE. Pass all the regulations you want, they can AFFORD to break them and simply consider it the cost of business.
First, fourth, ninth, and tenth amendments.
Now try actually using that as your primary internet connection and see how long it takes before you're cut off, sued, or throttled.
You think people don't already complain about an ISP whose nickname is "Comcrap"?
An idea which completely falls apart when you remember an overwhelming majority of people have only an abusive monopoly or duopoly at best.
Doesn't the fucker have a term limit or something?