All of these are certainly up to the companies associated with them. (other than golf, of course.)
McDonalds could increase the amount of ice in drinks to make people buy bigger drinks.
I already don't eat there, this would just be one more reason I shouldn't.
Motion Picture creators could degrade the quality of videos to make people move to a new format.
I'd refuse to buy the new format and I'd purchase from creators who weren't foolish enough to do this.
Nike could make their shoes less comfortable and then sell replacement linings.
Nike shoes already fall apart and cost too much; more reason to buy something else.
Whether or not people would go for it is another thing entirely. AOL can charge whatever rate they want. If the consumer finds it unreasonable, then there's plenty of alternatives.
While that's a good point, you have to consider this though. So one out of every five voters made their choice for Perot. Giving him 20% of the popular vote. And none of the electoral vote.
I'm not saying its insignificant that 20% of people voted for Perot, but this illustrates the need for more proportional voting: it seems wrong that a person with 20% of the popular vote actually receives no electors.
The Republicans also were a third party in the 1850's when the media wasn't a dominant part of your daily life.
In addition, assisting their victory for Abraham Lincoln's election was the first Republican president was the divisions within the Democratic party. Something that today is basically never going to occur on a large enough scale to tip the balance.
The system doesn't allow for such modes of election in the United States. Even if people were willing to realize that a third (or fourth, or fifth, etc.) party is the solution, the system is skewed against such parties. Besides people will never vote that way en masse, because for years and years and years, their perception has been focused on this aspect of third party candidates (on the national level;) they're all nuts, ultra-liberal hippies, or plain unelectable. And why would you "throw away" your vote on that?
The only way a third party is ever gonna win is if runoff elections (in one of its many variants,) is made the new means of election in the US. Which won't happen, since the two major parties who are in a shared monopoly of power aren't gonna push for it. After all, if you're winning the game, why would you change the rules?
When they sold the stock their creed changed from "Do no evil" to "Do no evil to our stockholders".
Just like every other company. In a capitalistic society, the bottom line for any company/corporation is PROFIT. If you can make more of it, then you will go with a decision that results in it. This is true regardless of morals, popular opinion, or even the law in some case (hoping you don't get caught and fined.)
Personally speaking, I think any corporation that's willing to do business within the regulations of an oppressive human-rights violating regime ought to be boycotted in the States. (And globally.) However, this opinion is clearly not a view shared by most; after all, just how much of our imported goods come from China here in the US? We (the people, and the government,) clearly put economics before ethics.
While a lot of Universities are moving away from this, a lot of schools still use SSN for all kinds of identification and logins and such. Just by paying careful attention during different freshman events, like, applying for a student ID, a person can get these information rather easily.
... if you log in, you can change his answers to what you think he should have said.
The great thing about this comment is, its true. And what makes that so great is, the genius that makes wikipedia what it is. We take it for granted, but wikipedia proves to be a great community. Because for every guy that would log in and "fix" what his answers were, someone else will log in and change it to what it really should be. Not to mention, the edit on the fly of it, means up to date information for "hot topics" is always available, and proofread by peers on an ongoing basis.
Given that when I pay for a CD, I'm paying for the music, not the plastic and mylar, can any RIAA person please explain to me why my position is any less valid than Tommi Kyyrä's?
These companies obviously don't want my business as a linux or mac user, therefore they don't foresee any losses as a result of me just pirating their music now do they? After all, if I'm just listening to it on my computer, no on my home stereo or in my car, then they must not feel like they are missing out.
Pure agreement on this one. People certainly love to pan steam for various reasons. I agree that it certainly had some problems when it was first released. But I think its a very smooth model at this point.
People who complain about its online updates and the like seem like fools to me. If you don't want to have it update, then use the offline mode, which works just fine. It beats the hell out of having to manually update. Especially considering how fast it usually downloads for me.
It especially kicks ass in the case of CS:S. Updated player models, new maps, how can you complain?
Also, I'm sorry for all the people who couldn't play HL2 the day it came out. I downloaded it and was playing it about an hour after it was released. Great game. Too short.
...submit stories that read as flamebait on slashdot.
Flamebait is also known as the catalyst to heated debate. And while there is a difference between something being said just to stir up the bee hive and constructive pondering and comments, I think its important that people don't automatically dismiss a subject with "strong" proponents and opponents as flamebait.
As someone who has been on blood thinners (due to a blood clot in my leg) for the past two years, exessive bleeding is always danger if I get cut. Bandages like these could literally be a lifesaver. I hope they make it to civilian applications soon.
While I feel for your condition, (my best friend's mother has the same issue with clots,) it is unlikely that this product will ever become useful for the average Joe at that cost. Few situations actually call for such rapid clotting in order to save lives. However, I could see this become a useful item not as a household item, but as another tool for paramedics.
"Bleeding is the single largest cause of death on the battlefield," says Jim Hensel, President and CEO of HemCon.
Oh... I thought it was bullets or bombs.
This deserves +10 informative mod.
Christ, do these editors do anything anymore? In the last two days there have been numerous mistakes, plain retarded stories, and at least one glaring dupe. Failures.
No less than 30 seconds after being posted, and subsequent slashdotting, no fewer than eighteen posts immediately use the same stale joke as me about how they could use that heatsink.
What makes this any different from any other company who funds research in order to have scientific or real world proof that their product x is better than someone else's product y. Or in the case of OpenOffice, not so much better, as much as just as good for a far superior price.
I use OpenOffice myself, and I find it satisfactorially meets all of my needs as a college student, with less annoying graphic overhead and for the perfect price. (ie, free.)
Also, I am aware that this was sarcastic, however, a lot of people actually think that way.
My last exam was today, so that means I have exactly two weeks of freedom before I start my summer semester. And how perfect is that? A whole weekend to relax, and of course, go see SW:RotS.
Slashdot Mirror
All of these are certainly up to the companies associated with them. (other than golf, of course.)
McDonalds could increase the amount of ice in drinks to make people buy bigger drinks.
I already don't eat there, this would just be one more reason I shouldn't.
Motion Picture creators could degrade the quality of videos to make people move to a new format.
I'd refuse to buy the new format and I'd purchase from creators who weren't foolish enough to do this.
Nike could make their shoes less comfortable and then sell replacement linings.
Nike shoes already fall apart and cost too much; more reason to buy something else.
Whether or not people would go for it is another thing entirely. AOL can charge whatever rate they want. If the consumer finds it unreasonable, then there's plenty of alternatives.
While that's a good point, you have to consider this though. So one out of every five voters made their choice for Perot. Giving him 20% of the popular vote. And none of the electoral vote.
I'm not saying its insignificant that 20% of people voted for Perot, but this illustrates the need for more proportional voting: it seems wrong that a person with 20% of the popular vote actually receives no electors.
The Republicans also were a third party in the 1850's when the media wasn't a dominant part of your daily life.
In addition, assisting their victory for Abraham Lincoln's election was the first Republican president was the divisions within the Democratic party. Something that today is basically never going to occur on a large enough scale to tip the balance.
The system doesn't allow for such modes of election in the United States. Even if people were willing to realize that a third (or fourth, or fifth, etc.) party is the solution, the system is skewed against such parties. Besides people will never vote that way en masse, because for years and years and years, their perception has been focused on this aspect of third party candidates (on the national level;) they're all nuts, ultra-liberal hippies, or plain unelectable. And why would you "throw away" your vote on that?
The only way a third party is ever gonna win is if runoff elections (in one of its many variants,) is made the new means of election in the US. Which won't happen, since the two major parties who are in a shared monopoly of power aren't gonna push for it. After all, if you're winning the game, why would you change the rules?
When they sold the stock their creed changed from "Do no evil" to "Do no evil to our stockholders". Just like every other company. In a capitalistic society, the bottom line for any company/corporation is PROFIT. If you can make more of it, then you will go with a decision that results in it. This is true regardless of morals, popular opinion, or even the law in some case (hoping you don't get caught and fined.)
Personally speaking, I think any corporation that's willing to do business within the regulations of an oppressive human-rights violating regime ought to be boycotted in the States. (And globally.) However, this opinion is clearly not a view shared by most; after all, just how much of our imported goods come from China here in the US? We (the people, and the government,) clearly put economics before ethics.
They lose 9% in one day, but they're already rebounding it. In the end, that decision will actually cause their stock to RISE.
Wish I could mod this up. Fantastic points.
While a lot of Universities are moving away from this, a lot of schools still use SSN for all kinds of identification and logins and such. Just by paying careful attention during different freshman events, like, applying for a student ID, a person can get these information rather easily.
The great thing about this comment is, its true. And what makes that so great is, the genius that makes wikipedia what it is. We take it for granted, but wikipedia proves to be a great community. Because for every guy that would log in and "fix" what his answers were, someone else will log in and change it to what it really should be. Not to mention, the edit on the fly of it, means up to date information for "hot topics" is always available, and proofread by peers on an ongoing basis.
*raises his mug* Cheers Jimbo, great concept.
Given that when I pay for a CD, I'm paying for the music, not the plastic and mylar, can any RIAA person please explain to me why my position is any less valid than Tommi Kyyrä's?
/end broken logic.
These companies obviously don't want my business as a linux or mac user, therefore they don't foresee any losses as a result of me just pirating their music now do they? After all, if I'm just listening to it on my computer, no on my home stereo or in my car, then they must not feel like they are missing out.
Seems justified to me.
Pure agreement on this one. People certainly love to pan steam for various reasons. I agree that it certainly had some problems when it was first released. But I think its a very smooth model at this point. People who complain about its online updates and the like seem like fools to me. If you don't want to have it update, then use the offline mode, which works just fine. It beats the hell out of having to manually update. Especially considering how fast it usually downloads for me. It especially kicks ass in the case of CS:S. Updated player models, new maps, how can you complain? Also, I'm sorry for all the people who couldn't play HL2 the day it came out. I downloaded it and was playing it about an hour after it was released. Great game. Too short.
...submit stories that read as flamebait on slashdot.
Flamebait is also known as the catalyst to heated debate. And while there is a difference between something being said just to stir up the bee hive and constructive pondering and comments, I think its important that people don't automatically dismiss a subject with "strong" proponents and opponents as flamebait.
Slashvertize.
That might not be the future, but it sure is the present.
Lazy/stupid people driving the IT economy ...
Consumers and Managers find common ground.
As someone who has been on blood thinners (due to a blood clot in my leg) for the past two years, exessive bleeding is always danger if I get cut. Bandages like these could literally be a lifesaver. I hope they make it to civilian applications soon.
While I feel for your condition, (my best friend's mother has the same issue with clots,) it is unlikely that this product will ever become useful for the average Joe at that cost. Few situations actually call for such rapid clotting in order to save lives. However, I could see this become a useful item not as a household item, but as another tool for paramedics.
Yup, 3.25.03. Once more, the slashdot "editors" astound me with their grasp of the definition of news.
"Bleeding is the single largest cause of death on the battlefield," says Jim Hensel, President and CEO of HemCon. Oh... I thought it was bullets or bombs.
Those are indirect causes.
This deserves +10 informative mod. Christ, do these editors do anything anymore? In the last two days there have been numerous mistakes, plain retarded stories, and at least one glaring dupe. Failures.
GOOD GOD! IT'S HUGE!
My fears concerning CPU cooling will be realized when the following phrase is used to describe Zalman's latest heatsink: "That's no moon."
No less than 30 seconds after being posted, and subsequent slashdotting, no fewer than eighteen posts immediately use the same stale joke as me about how they could use that heatsink.
We are a collectively sad bunch of nerds.
Too bad they didn't use it on their servers; because they are probably on fire right now due to /.'ing
What makes this any different from any other company who funds research in order to have scientific or real world proof that their product x is better than someone else's product y. Or in the case of OpenOffice, not so much better, as much as just as good for a far superior price.
I use OpenOffice myself, and I find it satisfactorially meets all of my needs as a college student, with less annoying graphic overhead and for the perfect price. (ie, free.)
Also, I am aware that this was sarcastic, however, a lot of people actually think that way.
.. who die a little inside.
Virgins will be ritualistical sacrificed to power the laptops of the Profane!
My last exam was today, so that means I have exactly two weeks of freedom before I start my summer semester. And how perfect is that? A whole weekend to relax, and of course, go see SW:RotS.
(and please, please, don't suck.)
Sincerely, a huge original trilogy fan.