People are sheep. So long as everything they read indicates that the PS3 is too expensive and not worth it, it will never sell like the Wii. Ever. Articles like this just keep the flame raging.
This effect is additive in that people then tell their opinion to their friends and strengthen weak assumptions into opinions:
"Hey, I heard it's not worth it?" "Yeah, that's what I heard too." "Must be true..."
They don't realize that a skilled C++ programmer could become productive in C# in a very short amount of time, because these are transferable skills. That would be like Chevy refusing to hire a skilled Ford mechanic
More like that would be like Chevy refusing to hire a guy who has a degree in mechanical engineering and then claiming there's a shortage of skilled auto mechanics.
I hope you see why your degree meant largely nothing to employers who were looking for real world experience.
For $600, they're only getting hardcore people to buy the machine. And this new concept is hardly a compelling reason for a casual player to suddenly change their mind and buy a PS3.
This isn't the proper response to Xbox Live. Live enhances the hardcore gaming experience. This doesn't. It's a casual gamer feature, at best.
So who is Sony hoping to win over with this again? Show me a casual gamer who previously didn't care for the PS3 that is now drooling for a chance to use this new "free" feature.
You're attributing their shitty voting machines to their ATMs. I think your sentiment is EXACTLY why they are probably thinking about exiting the e-voting industry.
I know to some uber-nerds, this guy is some celebrity or something. Not to me. It would have been really nice if the OP spent 5 seconds to explain why he's relevant seeing as the case was over a decade ago. Here's a tidbit from TFA for those of us who would otherwise not bother reading about some random guy's criminal record.
Mr. Schwartz is known and respected on the Internet for his contributions to the progress of the Perl programming language through two books, long-time participation in the comp.lang.perl(.misc) newsgroup, moderation of the comp.lang.perl.announce newsgroup, and training courses.
Later Zoeller went public with his alcoholism and prescription drug addiction, explaining that at the time he made those statements, he was "in the process of polishing off a fifth of Jack (Daniels) after popping a handful of vicodin pills". He further detailed the violent nature of his disease, recalling how he'd viciously beat his wife Dianne and their four children while under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. He also admitted feigning a ruptured spinal disc in 1985 so as to be prescribed a multitude of prescription medication. [4]
He sought professional help and mended his fractured familial relationships. In May 2006, Zoeller said in an interview with Golf Digest magazine that he hadn't beaten his wife in nearly five years.
You gotta admit: if that paragraph isn't true, it is definitely libel by its defaming nature. Most people would be angry if this were in their own wikipedia entry. I know the Slashdot title is sensationalist, but in all honesty, I can see why he'd want to sue.
But the iPhone is less than 1/10th of a PowerEdge 2900 ($7k)! And the PowerEdge doesn't even come with a touch screen! But the iPhone is less than 1/100th of a 2007 BMW M5 ($80k)! And it's 1000th of the size! But the iPhone is less than 1/100000th of No. 5, 1948 ($140M)! And the iPhone can take pictures!
holllly shit. 1 GB of memory used and... what you say? Thunderbird and Windows Media Center? I'm scared to see what happens when someone tries to play a game or run an application that actually uses system resources. Let's see, my XP machine is marked at 0% (popping up task manager spiked it to 5%, unlike your crazy screen shot), and RAM usage is at 700MB and I have open Thunderbird, MySQL Query Browser, Enterprise Architect, MySQL/Apache running in the background, WMP, Open Office, and an instance of Firefox I haven't shut down since I booted up (150megs of RAM and counting). Oh, and my machine hasn't been turned off in days.
Your little screen shot there actually served to scare me away from Vista if anything.
Your description makes me think of EA. I don't know how others view EA, but I think that company tends to make games with great potential, but then they round off the details at the end, cut a few corners, and ship it to save costs and time. My point is, when your company is focusing its energy in many directions, your visions can get dilluted, and your desire grows to ship now rather than later in an attempt to get paid now.
Sort of like: why strive for one 10/10, when you can ship two 9/10's?
Actually, I think somebody else already linked me, but I wrote a library with exactly this perspective in mind. The whole idea is to create one additional step between your NSFW content and your visitors. Sometimes, people just click on stuff without really knowing what it is, or get linked and misunderstand what they are about to load up. This would atleast give those people a chance to save themselves. http://michikono.com/blog/2006/12/29/a-new-library -nsfw-js-protect-your-visitors-at-work/
Last time I checked, Mozilla owed a huge debt of gratitude to Google. Wasn't it Google that helped them get off the ground by making browser development a financially viable business model, and even helped distribute the browser with the Google Pack? In fact, they even describe Firefox as helping you "browse the web quickly and securely." I didn't see Yahoo, MSN, or Ask pushing Firefox the way Google did. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.
Yeah, some stuff google does might justify a feeling of distrust. But ad placement for their in-house products? Not having ads for Outlook on Mozilla's homepage doesn't make Mozilla less trustworthy.
I think it's a stretch to believe Microsoft's specifications have over 11 times the "features" of their OpenDocument counter parts... no? I mean 6000 is a *lot*. Printed out, that'll stack up a foot or two... or three.
I am not an expert on these bodies so can someone please explain the difference between EMCA International and ISO and how the approval from each organization differs.
You certainly make a lot of assumptions there. A PhD is not like a regular degree where if you do your homework you eventually graduate. It requires applying your knowledge, doing real research, often applying for grant money, arguing with professors, designing and implementing experiments to test theories, and then - finally - coming up with something totally new.
But even without arguing with you on point #1, I'm astounded that your envy is shown so prominently on point #2. Total sheep? Where is your evidence? Many of Google's employees could arguably make far more money at other jobs doing engineering consulting work, and many of them probably make double most of the Slashdot crowd makes. Sheep? Cult? Show me evidence. Because the way I see it, if a company pays well, lets you spend 20% of your time working on things that interest you, is the up-and-coming new kid on the IT block, and is pumping out millionairs by the month, who wouldn't want a chance at that kind of success and freedom? Compared to virtually ANY OTHER COMPANY that you don't run yourself, Google leads the pack in freedom granted to its employees. That's the direct opposite from the notion of "sheep"
I've been following this story since I'm a bruin, and I've noticed that the media has typically ignored a pretty critical factor in why he may have gotten tasered. In numerous reports, such as in the LA Times, it was mentioned that he tried to instigate others to join him, and even used the term "martyr":
UCLA Police Chief Karl Ross said the officers decided to use the Taser to incapacitate Tabatabainejad after he went limp while they were escorting him out and urged other library patrons to join his resistance.
Mavrick Goodrich, a chemical engineering major who observed the incident, said Tabatabainejad shouted, "Am I the only martyr?"
Does this have any bearing on the decision to try to subdue him using force?
As a side note, it has also been largely unmentioned that the police used the most mild form of tasering, despite this man's loud screaming and profuse cursing:
The officers used the device in stun mode which affects only the part of the body being touched
Lastly, IANAL so I wanted to ask how the law works here... If a police officer grabs you, and you physically shake him off as this man did, are the police in the wrong for grabbing you in the first place? I remember reading somewhere that if you physically resist an officer, it can open a whole lot of nasty doors... Someone please let me know.
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People are sheep. So long as everything they read indicates that the PS3 is too expensive and not worth it, it will never sell like the Wii. Ever. Articles like this just keep the flame raging.
This effect is additive in that people then tell their opinion to their friends and strengthen weak assumptions into opinions:
"Hey, I heard it's not worth it?"
"Yeah, that's what I heard too."
"Must be true..."
More like that would be like Chevy refusing to hire a guy who has a degree in mechanical engineering and then claiming there's a shortage of skilled auto mechanics.
I hope you see why your degree meant largely nothing to employers who were looking for real world experience.
For $600, they're only getting hardcore people to buy the machine. And this new concept is hardly a compelling reason for a casual player to suddenly change their mind and buy a PS3.
This isn't the proper response to Xbox Live. Live enhances the hardcore gaming experience. This doesn't. It's a casual gamer feature, at best.
So who is Sony hoping to win over with this again? Show me a casual gamer who previously didn't care for the PS3 that is now drooling for a chance to use this new "free" feature.
You're attributing their shitty voting machines to their ATMs. I think your sentiment is EXACTLY why they are probably thinking about exiting the e-voting industry.
Good! I hope Microsoft keeps this up.
Firefox searches for you while Microsoft dumps you on an advertisement. Which do you think the consumer appreciates more?
This is short term cash for long term losses.
I don't know if it's that simple.
Don't forget that Microsoft has a near 100% penetration rate among corporations aged 18-24.
What do cows get when they are sick?
Hay Fever.
You gotta admit: if that paragraph isn't true, it is definitely libel by its defaming nature. Most people would be angry if this were in their own wikipedia entry. I know the Slashdot title is sensationalist, but in all honesty, I can see why he'd want to sue.
But the iPhone is less than 1/10th of a PowerEdge 2900 ($7k)! And the PowerEdge doesn't even come with a touch screen!
But the iPhone is less than 1/100th of a 2007 BMW M5 ($80k)! And it's 1000th of the size!
But the iPhone is less than 1/100000th of No. 5, 1948 ($140M)! And the iPhone can take pictures!
And finally...
The iPhone is as expensive as a Boba Fett Blaster Signature Edition Prop Replica ($679.99), and 10 times as functional!
How can you pass??
Easy, just upload it back.
holllly shit. 1 GB of memory used and... what you say? Thunderbird and Windows Media Center? I'm scared to see what happens when someone tries to play a game or run an application that actually uses system resources. Let's see, my XP machine is marked at 0% (popping up task manager spiked it to 5%, unlike your crazy screen shot), and RAM usage is at 700MB and I have open Thunderbird, MySQL Query Browser, Enterprise Architect, MySQL/Apache running in the background, WMP, Open Office, and an instance of Firefox I haven't shut down since I booted up (150megs of RAM and counting). Oh, and my machine hasn't been turned off in days.
Your little screen shot there actually served to scare me away from Vista if anything.
Your description makes me think of EA. I don't know how others view EA, but I think that company tends to make games with great potential, but then they round off the details at the end, cut a few corners, and ship it to save costs and time. My point is, when your company is focusing its energy in many directions, your visions can get dilluted, and your desire grows to ship now rather than later in an attempt to get paid now.
Sort of like: why strive for one 10/10, when you can ship two 9/10's?
Should I tag this as "sony", "nail", or "coffin"?
Actually, I think somebody else already linked me, but I wrote a library with exactly this perspective in mind. The whole idea is to create one additional step between your NSFW content and your visitors. Sometimes, people just click on stuff without really knowing what it is, or get linked and misunderstand what they are about to load up. This would atleast give those people a chance to save themselves. http://michikono.com/blog/2006/12/29/a-new-library -nsfw-js-protect-your-visitors-at-work/
Unfortunately, Firefox's default permission settings dictate that they trust nobody.
Zing!
Last time I checked, Mozilla owed a huge debt of gratitude to Google. Wasn't it Google that helped them get off the ground by making browser development a financially viable business model, and even helped distribute the browser with the Google Pack? In fact, they even describe Firefox as helping you "browse the web quickly and securely." I didn't see Yahoo, MSN, or Ask pushing Firefox the way Google did. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.
Yeah, some stuff google does might justify a feeling of distrust. But ad placement for their in-house products? Not having ads for Outlook on Mozilla's homepage doesn't make Mozilla less trustworthy.
Softmaker is distributed for the children.
Think of the children!
Except that the month following launch is the biggest spending month of the year.
I think it's a stretch to believe Microsoft's specifications have over 11 times the "features" of their OpenDocument counter parts... no? I mean 6000 is a *lot*. Printed out, that'll stack up a foot or two... or three.
I am not an expert on these bodies so can someone please explain the difference between EMCA International and ISO and how the approval from each organization differs.
Oh, don't be so negative! ;)
You certainly make a lot of assumptions there. A PhD is not like a regular degree where if you do your homework you eventually graduate. It requires applying your knowledge, doing real research, often applying for grant money, arguing with professors, designing and implementing experiments to test theories, and then - finally - coming up with something totally new.
But even without arguing with you on point #1, I'm astounded that your envy is shown so prominently on point #2. Total sheep? Where is your evidence? Many of Google's employees could arguably make far more money at other jobs doing engineering consulting work, and many of them probably make double most of the Slashdot crowd makes. Sheep? Cult? Show me evidence. Because the way I see it, if a company pays well, lets you spend 20% of your time working on things that interest you, is the up-and-coming new kid on the IT block, and is pumping out millionairs by the month, who wouldn't want a chance at that kind of success and freedom? Compared to virtually ANY OTHER COMPANY that you don't run yourself, Google leads the pack in freedom granted to its employees. That's the direct opposite from the notion of "sheep"
And you listed three things, not two. Troll.
How about the fact that an apple sleeve accessory is destroying it by over 30 slots?
Does this have any bearing on the decision to try to subdue him using force?
As a side note, it has also been largely unmentioned that the police used the most mild form of tasering, despite this man's loud screaming and profuse cursing:
Lastly, IANAL so I wanted to ask how the law works here... If a police officer grabs you, and you physically shake him off as this man did, are the police in the wrong for grabbing you in the first place? I remember reading somewhere that if you physically resist an officer, it can open a whole lot of nasty doors... Someone please let me know.