Contrary to what you might believe, there is nothing unethical about making money. The government even gives out grants for entrepreneurs, and lets them keep all the profits; it's good for the economy, overall. The profit motive is a much more powerful incentive to positive social change than the goodness that lies in the hearts of men,
There was a book like that, called "Damage Control". It was about an agency whose sole duty was to clean up the messes left by superheroes. Also, She-Hulk (in her capacity as a lawyer) oftentime takes Superhero cases; Harvey Birdman is largely derived from this idea.
There actually was a comic book like that, called "Damage Control". It was about a team of lawyers and such whose sole duty was to clean up after comic book heroes afterwards. Also, She Hulk oftentimes takes Superhero cases. Harvey Birdman is largely a rip-off of this idea.
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The total percentage of Microsoft employees who use the Microsoft search engine isn't a fair comparison, since Microsoft's flagship product isn't their search engine. (I'm not so sure what it is, but it's not their search engine.) On the other hand, Google and Yahoo are both defined by their search engine. Only a fraction of Microsoft Employees are at work on the search engine, and the search engine isn't a deeply ingrained part of their corporate culture. Not so with Yahoo and Google.
And, even ignoring this, who cares what the people at the company use? That's like assuming that the haircutters which people who are haircutters use are the best haircutters. Preferences are idiosyncratic. I would much prefer to see an article assessing the objective strengths of the different search engines directly, instead of this corporate-interest story.
Another delivery trend, which harkens back to the good old days of kozmo.com, is Max Delivery. They're primarily focused on delivering movies, but will deliver anything. Their MO is to pick up stuff from a variety of stores and deliver it to you. This reduces their overhead, presumably. Also, they use bike couriers.
Delivery.com is a pretty good solution for ordering food online, although all they do is fax your order to participating restaurants.
Well, you're doing a pretty good job of sounding like a Nike ad.
Sure, a culture conducive to doing something will help people who grow up within that culture do that thing. Just another unfair advantage which the scrappy Teutonic and American underdogs will eventually have to overcome.
I can't wait for bright lines to be abolished in all sports, allowing all top-level competitors to do anything they want to do to enhance themselves for peak in-game performance. I don't care about the safety of the athletes; if they're going to be paid such vast sums, I want to see some reality bending performance, and their health and safety be damned.
Joga Bonita, Cyborgs!
Yeah, what a bunch of crap. No matter how much hard work and ingenuity the developed nations of the world put into winning, an unearned genetic endowment is still enough to beat them. Thankfully, this imbalance will be righted soon, as the singularity is nigh.
Affirmative action... leads to people thinking that a miss-represented group of people were only hired because of affirmative action.
Who gives a shit? Those are the same people who didn't think women and minorities belonged in their workplace in the first place.
Actually, the real threat is that the targets of affirmative action will internalize low expectations. This could foster a cultural trend of underperformance (an example: Stereotype Threat").
Re: #4 and #5 --- you think that filesharing is going to lead to the end of quality video programming within a decade, and it's the USA who's overreacting about file-sharing?
I hate to say it, but: LoL.
Anybody else remember playing Doom, Descent, etc. on DWANGO? I followed my FPS addiction from there to Quake I, and then onto Quake II, which remains one of my favorite games of all time. (After the 3.15 patch, the speed-jumping and such made the game very fun, not at all slow like many people's initial impression.)
Then Quake III killed the scene by trying to make DM too newbie-friendly. There, I said it.
When Linux is finally rendered completely user friendly, a legion of people will stop using it immediately. For some people, the hazing effect is part of the appeal. They're called losers.
And I expect that you'll be funding every cause that you favor with your own money.
"Yahoo will be receiving their just karma in the next life."
Yeah, mod company -1 Evil
the days of bloated client-side OS dominance are over. Google will probably unveil google OS concurrently with Vista, thus completely crippling Microsoft, which they will subsequently buy out.
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Contrary to what you might believe, there is nothing unethical about making money. The government even gives out grants for entrepreneurs, and lets them keep all the profits; it's good for the economy, overall. The profit motive is a much more powerful incentive to positive social change than the goodness that lies in the hearts of men,
-Nyb
There was a book like that, called "Damage Control". It was about an agency whose sole duty was to clean up the messes left by superheroes. Also, She-Hulk (in her capacity as a lawyer) oftentime takes Superhero cases; Harvey Birdman is largely derived from this idea.
There actually was a comic book like that, called "Damage Control". It was about a team of lawyers and such whose sole duty was to clean up after comic book heroes afterwards. Also, She Hulk oftentimes takes Superhero cases. Harvey Birdman is largely a rip-off of this idea.
see the book "The Physics of Superheroes". It's about exactly what you would expect.
Wow, you're a complete tool.
The total percentage of Microsoft employees who use the Microsoft search engine isn't a fair comparison, since Microsoft's flagship product isn't their search engine. (I'm not so sure what it is, but it's not their search engine.) On the other hand, Google and Yahoo are both defined by their search engine. Only a fraction of Microsoft Employees are at work on the search engine, and the search engine isn't a deeply ingrained part of their corporate culture. Not so with Yahoo and Google. And, even ignoring this, who cares what the people at the company use? That's like assuming that the haircutters which people who are haircutters use are the best haircutters. Preferences are idiosyncratic. I would much prefer to see an article assessing the objective strengths of the different search engines directly, instead of this corporate-interest story.
Another delivery trend, which harkens back to the good old days of kozmo.com, is Max Delivery. They're primarily focused on delivering movies, but will deliver anything. Their MO is to pick up stuff from a variety of stores and deliver it to you. This reduces their overhead, presumably. Also, they use bike couriers. Delivery.com is a pretty good solution for ordering food online, although all they do is fax your order to participating restaurants.
Ghost = Spirit Spirit = Soul Hence, "Soulless Ghost" makes no sense.
Well, you're doing a pretty good job of sounding like a Nike ad. Sure, a culture conducive to doing something will help people who grow up within that culture do that thing. Just another unfair advantage which the scrappy Teutonic and American underdogs will eventually have to overcome. I can't wait for bright lines to be abolished in all sports, allowing all top-level competitors to do anything they want to do to enhance themselves for peak in-game performance. I don't care about the safety of the athletes; if they're going to be paid such vast sums, I want to see some reality bending performance, and their health and safety be damned. Joga Bonita, Cyborgs!
Yeah, what a bunch of crap. No matter how much hard work and ingenuity the developed nations of the world put into winning, an unearned genetic endowment is still enough to beat them. Thankfully, this imbalance will be righted soon, as the singularity is nigh.
It's called Fresh Direct.
Affirmative action ... leads to people thinking that a miss-represented group of people were only hired because of affirmative action.
Who gives a shit? Those are the same people who didn't think women and minorities belonged in their workplace in the first place.
Actually, the real threat is that the targets of affirmative action will internalize low expectations. This could foster a cultural trend of underperformance (an example: Stereotype Threat").
Chinese people are good at extending the math done by white guys, yes.
Re: #4 and #5 --- you think that filesharing is going to lead to the end of quality video programming within a decade, and it's the USA who's overreacting about file-sharing? I hate to say it, but: LoL.
Yes, and giving the anti-intellectuals more influence over public funds is a great idea. Isn't this already enough of a kakistocracy?
Anybody else remember playing Doom, Descent, etc. on DWANGO? I followed my FPS addiction from there to Quake I, and then onto Quake II, which remains one of my favorite games of all time. (After the 3.15 patch, the speed-jumping and such made the game very fun, not at all slow like many people's initial impression.) Then Quake III killed the scene by trying to make DM too newbie-friendly. There, I said it.
When Linux is finally rendered completely user friendly, a legion of people will stop using it immediately. For some people, the hazing effect is part of the appeal. They're called losers.
And I expect that you'll be funding every cause that you favor with your own money. "Yahoo will be receiving their just karma in the next life." Yeah, mod company -1 Evil
There is something broken about a system which declares everybody either a coward or a thief.
the days of bloated client-side OS dominance are over. Google will probably unveil google OS concurrently with Vista, thus completely crippling Microsoft, which they will subsequently buy out.