So this is to go with Microsofts Linux/OSX/BSD/AIX killer and Microsofts PS3/Revolution Killer and Microsofts Oracle/MySQL/PostgreSQL/PeopleSoft/Dbase Killer?
Sure a lot of killing going on.... supposedly.
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Simpsons - not liked it for years.
Family Guy - still really enjoy this show. Don't really know what you are talking about, every episode is very different (unless this changes with the newer episodes?)
Futurama - Couldn't really stand anything after the 2nd series. Just wasn't really that good. Nice idea, nicely drawn, but the stories were pretty week. Am I the only one who has this opinion? There was some great episodes, as the earlier quotes imply.
Some things just need to die (Simpsons), and somethings don't (Firefly). I am of the opinion the Futurama is in the latter category.
I see these as different things, Google justification... maybe.
One is handing over data you have collected, the other is adding a filter to keep a country happy. Now is it up to google to decide what China does is right or wrong - I don't see how they could. It might be easy for you to do it, but that is in reality quite a big issue.
1. Worldwide internet communication allows large numbers of international friendships, dampening public support for all geopolitical war.
A lot easier if we all spoke one language.
2. Cheap connectivity makes government propaganda impractical in every countryLets hope so, but the government still has an awful lot of control over what gets published online. (See China for an extreme case) I still see most people getting their information from a few sources - TV mainly.
3. Nearly all software becomes free, as the impracticality of selling infinitely copyable material becomes evident.Nah, not for a very long time at least. There is too much money to be made. And heh, I like programming for a living. What would I do if all software was free? Go back to being a bike courier?
Yes, that is true, but a very simple attitude to the current situation. It is not as if everybody in developing countries has this as there main concern. There are a lot of people who are not starving to death, and would really benefit from such a device. The theory is, that you help these people, and they will help other people directly or indirectly (through creating an economy that is reliant on aid). There is a certain amount of logic to this.
I see this as not so much of a shock, but rather a steady and predictable progression of advertising. You can only really be shocked by something like this, if you come to it from outside our culture. Every year you could pick out an example of where "shocking" advertising has produced something "deplorable". Getting all excited about it right now is a little bit useless. Might as well complain about scantily clad women selling products - no, that is just because you are more used to it.
What ever happened to "albums"? I mean actual pieces of work which as a WHOLE are something more then the individual songs? When was the last time there was something like that?
People change. What people what change. What people spend their money on changes as they get older. If a lot of people still wanted albums, and were willing to pay for it, then they would still exist. Don't try to fight the change. If you are an irregularity, resisting change, holding onto some long lost dream of how things should be, then you will be bitterly disappointed. At least, this has been my experience. Concentrate on the important things!
I was flipping through my copy of EGM with my fiancé just the other day.
Really, what is his name? Come on, outrage over gratuitous violence is one thing, but this is a little bit pansy isn't it. Along the same vein as the UK banning the Austrlian 'bloody' adds, a backlash by the over-sensitive crowd. Just what we need.
The fact is that a lot of games are about violence, and shooting people. If it is the advertising that bothers you - then that is a problem for you. Perhaps it is the fact that you are faced with what gaming is in a very different way, perusing a magazine with your fiance, rather than hidden in your darkened room, firing away at people.
Is it vapourware if they created it and it works, and their are a lot of pictures on that site proving the fact. Just because you can't buy it, doesn't make it vapourware.
Laptops with stuck pixels has always been a problem - and one that most manufacturers will not return. And I think it is unreasonable for them to do this (although it would also really annoy me, having stuck pixels)
IBM always did well in this reguard, with a 30-day no questions asked return policy.
Really? I found the +/- wars as very exciting : At first it looked like - was going to win, with its slightly larger format, then + seemed to be winning the race with more support.. then it all ended rather suddenly with everybody support dual readers/writers. That was a shame.
I convinced myself that + was good, and - was evil, so supporting + was a good thing. Now with the dual drives, they sort of cancel each other out. It is sort of like google's motto "do no evil" - sure that is ok, but not as good as "we do good" - just neutral.
And we all know that you can't trust those neutrals.
Was yahoo ever a big search engine - wasn't it more of a portal. I know that I never used yahoo at all, even for search. I never really thought that yahoo was that big, just had a lot of advertising.
Google is a threat, but they're a threat to themselves.
So they are steadly releasing a bunch of useful services. Somehow this is threatening their search engine dominance? Your statement doesn't really make much sense. Sure their products are marked beta, but they still work fine - if not perfectly.
Nah, I can't tell from a preview what a movie will be like. I am one of the people who think that the people who produce those little previews should be making movies - because they always (generally) look good, and the movie ends up being bad.
As to people not liking movies these days, I think the fact that our tastes have changed, and have become more complex may mean that movies can't provide that same entertainment value anymore.
...and here, classs, we have another example where somebody is desperate to make a comment, and actually has nothing to so, while being pompous and arrogant at the same time as trying to look clever.
While one person makes a analogy which is not perfect, another person attacks them for it.
The two things are different, very different. Quit trying to post useless comments. Some comments on home secutiry/computer security are better than others (this wasn't one of them).
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So this is to go with Microsofts Linux/OSX/BSD/AIX killer and Microsofts PS3/Revolution Killer and Microsofts Oracle/MySQL/PostgreSQL/PeopleSoft/Dbase Killer?
Sure a lot of killing going on.... supposedly.
Simpsons - not liked it for years.
Family Guy - still really enjoy this show. Don't really know what you are talking about, every episode is very different (unless this changes with the newer episodes?)
Futurama - Couldn't really stand anything after the 2nd series. Just wasn't really that good. Nice idea, nicely drawn, but the stories were pretty week. Am I the only one who has this opinion? There was some great episodes, as the earlier quotes imply.
Some things just need to die (Simpsons), and somethings don't (Firefly). I am of the opinion the Futurama is in the latter category.
Just buy the C155, it is almost identical - with a colour screen, that is all.
C155 on motorola's site
Not as cheap as the C115/C116/C117, but not much different. They were selling them here in UK for £10 after christmas. (not on contract)
I see these as different things, Google justification... maybe.
One is handing over data you have collected, the other is adding a filter to keep a country happy. Now is it up to google to decide what China does is right or wrong - I don't see how they could. It might be easy for you to do it, but that is in reality quite a big issue.
... that it isn't Little Johnny Howard.
It has long been my habit to keep aquainted with opinions opposed to my own, and to canvas a wide range of views.
That line really made me laugh.
1. Worldwide internet communication allows large numbers of international friendships, dampening public support for all geopolitical war.
A lot easier if we all spoke one language.
2. Cheap connectivity makes government propaganda impractical in every countryLets hope so, but the government still has an awful lot of control over what gets published online. (See China for an extreme case) I still see most people getting their information from a few sources - TV mainly.
3. Nearly all software becomes free, as the impracticality of selling infinitely copyable material becomes evident.Nah, not for a very long time at least. There is too much money to be made. And heh, I like programming for a living. What would I do if all software was free? Go back to being a bike courier?
Yes, that is true, but a very simple attitude to the current situation. It is not as if everybody in developing countries has this as there main concern. There are a lot of people who are not starving to death, and would really benefit from such a device. The theory is, that you help these people, and they will help other people directly or indirectly (through creating an economy that is reliant on aid). There is a certain amount of logic to this.
I see this as not so much of a shock, but rather a steady and predictable progression of advertising. You can only really be shocked by something like this, if you come to it from outside our culture. Every year you could pick out an example of where "shocking" advertising has produced something "deplorable". Getting all excited about it right now is a little bit useless. Might as well complain about scantily clad women selling products - no, that is just because you are more used to it.
Slashdot is not a "diversity of opinion".
Yes, it is. (I think I just proved my point!)
What ever happened to "albums"? I mean actual pieces of work which as a WHOLE are something more then the individual songs? When was the last time there was something like that?
People change. What people what change. What people spend their money on changes as they get older. If a lot of people still wanted albums, and were willing to pay for it, then they would still exist. Don't try to fight the change. If you are an irregularity, resisting change, holding onto some long lost dream of how things should be, then you will be bitterly disappointed. At least, this has been my experience. Concentrate on the important things!
I was flipping through my copy of EGM with my fiancé just the other day.
Really, what is his name? Come on, outrage over gratuitous violence is one thing, but this is a little bit pansy isn't it. Along the same vein as the UK banning the Austrlian 'bloody' adds, a backlash by the over-sensitive crowd. Just what we need.
The fact is that a lot of games are about violence, and shooting people. If it is the advertising that bothers you - then that is a problem for you. Perhaps it is the fact that you are faced with what gaming is in a very different way, perusing a magazine with your fiance, rather than hidden in your darkened room, firing away at people.
Is it vapourware if they created it and it works, and their are a lot of pictures on that site proving the fact. Just because you can't buy it, doesn't make it vapourware.
Laptops with stuck pixels has always been a problem - and one that most manufacturers will not return. And I think it is unreasonable for them to do this (although it would also really annoy me, having stuck pixels)
IBM always did well in this reguard, with a 30-day no questions asked return policy.
Except Pixar, who make trails that suck for really excellent movies.
Yeah, that is true. I assume they aim their trailers at kids, then when they drag their parents along to see the movie, they are pleasantly surprised.
That won't work though, will it? Because of copy protection.
Maybe this would be a good thing, if a lot of people buy them, and then return them when they don't work. Might get some people thinking.
Really? I found the +/- wars as very exciting : At first it looked like - was going to win, with its slightly larger format, then + seemed to be winning the race with more support.. then it all ended rather suddenly with everybody support dual readers/writers. That was a shame.
I convinced myself that + was good, and - was evil, so supporting + was a good thing. Now with the dual drives, they sort of cancel each other out. It is sort of like google's motto "do no evil" - sure that is ok, but not as good as "we do good" - just neutral.
And we all know that you can't trust those neutrals.
Was yahoo ever a big search engine - wasn't it more of a portal. I know that I never used yahoo at all, even for search. I never really thought that yahoo was that big, just had a lot of advertising.
Google is a threat, but they're a threat to themselves.
So they are steadly releasing a bunch of useful services. Somehow this is threatening their search engine dominance? Your statement doesn't really make much sense. Sure their products are marked beta, but they still work fine - if not perfectly.
Nah, I can't tell from a preview what a movie will be like. I am one of the people who think that the people who produce those little previews should be making movies - because they always (generally) look good, and the movie ends up being bad.
As to people not liking movies these days, I think the fact that our tastes have changed, and have become more complex may mean that movies can't provide that same entertainment value anymore.
This has been true for a while, and a lot of people have said exaclty this. But it has not happened yet? And you want to know why. So do I.
Seems like it should say these words - always connected to the internet.
Doesn't seem so bad then!
...rather than that bad blog->
http://www.ff12.com/
Or a more intersting site:
http://www.ffxii.net/
Don't go touting the Australian system - it just doesn't work. Look at who is in power in Australia at the moment!
...and here, classs, we have another example where somebody is desperate to make a comment, and actually has nothing to so, while being pompous and arrogant at the same time as trying to look clever.
While one person makes a analogy which is not perfect, another person attacks them for it.
The two things are different, very different. Quit trying to post useless comments. Some comments on home secutiry/computer security are better than others (this wasn't one of them).
The "No, I'm Spartacus" defence - works everytime.
Wow, you head must explode everytime you read a newspaper, or watch commercial television.
Of course, you are being very hypothetical. To call this sort of advertising evil is stupid, and that is exactly what you are equating it with.