I've been brought up in the middle of this technology era and I honestly think that old stuff is better.
It's usually designed to last, it's not designed to break after warranty. We honestly don't have that any more. Short term profit has taken hold of every industry so that quality barely exists anymore. Of course it wouldn't surprise me if the companies that make things that last are not doing so well, as they wouldn't have a steady stream of customers.
I don't need or want High Definition and huge televisions. The reason you need HD is because you have a large TV) I've seen some large televisions and HD and thought it looked worse than it did on a small television.
This is why I'm going to be the only geek with a small television. I don't want it to be the focal point of my living room or my life. That's what whiskey on the bookshelf is for. With my rocking chair and bubble pipe.
I don't think it's nostalgia that old is better. I think it's genuinely is. Maybe not with Windows XP though.
GP is trying to connect a celebrity's choice of some product as a legit recommendation when it's obvous it has been paid for. Be it a brand of toilet roll, make up or hairspray. A choice of said product has no bearing on the skills and abilities of that singer. You might trust the celebrity but that probably makes you an idiot. (If you trust a celebrity, on a commercial television show or commercial network advert or on commercial radio or commercial interview, you are naive and gullible.
I too can see that you might want to know what films an actor or actress likes, perhaps they drew inspiration from it. But if they were recommending a mobile phone or some jeans, that is just product placement and absolutely without credibility.
Anonymous is political. Read things written by Anonymous. Then read some political manifestos. They are idealists. They read like freedom fighters. You're kidding yourself if you just think they're angsty kids. Angsty kids with a point.
This is a very good idea. While independent entrepreneurial women are on the rise (just watch The Apprentice and British television) there is a significant problem with teenage prenancies in the UK.
That is 16 year olds (and sometimes younger) having children and living off the state as single mothers.
I think ahead, long term, not just about myself. You might only think about your life and not the impacts of your actions on the future, I do. That makes me selfless.
It's not feasible for me to have children. You should start thinking about the consequences of your actions. The more people like you, the more Idiocracy comes true.
A company would never remove books on your device, would they?
Books will never be re-written to remove dangerous paragraphs will they?
Your Ebook reader will never be designed for obsolescence will it they?
The online services of your ebook will never go down?
If your ebook provider goes bust, they will obviously have thought of that and leave behind the books behind for you to download, right? If they don't go bust they will never phase out the service, ever?
Your Kindle would never be stolen would it?*
Your books will always work on other eReaders?
* This point depends on my assumption that people are more likely to steal an Ebook than a regular book.(Do people honestly steal books?)
Humans consistently underestimate exponential growth. If you have a bigger population, it will grow faster.
Who honestly thinks humans are immune from population cycles of the animal kingdom? of overpopulation killoff? We're due for a war soon. War is just human's way of normalizing the population for resources.
I don't want kids and it annoys me when I see massive families. What does that make me? A dead end in genetic material or "Idiocracy" in the making?
Who needs to burn books and things that last when you have technology to do it for you?
I hate to say it but technology both gives you freedom and inherently takes other freedom away.
Books will slowly become the domain of the academic and public service, so they will gradually fade from prominence. With ebooks, you are at the whim of the ebook publisher, DRM, the ebook reader manufacturer and of course electricity.
Don't let that stop you buying ebooks though, I try own a physical version for important books. I see an ebook as a modern day convenience most certainly not an equivalent replacement.
No I am merely drawing conclusions for large swathes of unhappy people in our culture. I take a look around mea nd people are not happy. These are just my theories why.
Why is it that poor people in villages in distant parts of the world are very content with life but western cultures are not?
We humans are capable of so much more but there are many things that are holding as back. Call me a armchair social anthropologist if you will, do not take what I say to mean I am talking about myself.
Slashdot Mirror
Intersting article.
This is a funny Q&A session on Mongo DB which raises a good point.
I cycle to work on a penny farthing with a top hat adorning my head.
I've been brought up in the middle of this technology era and I honestly think that old stuff is better.
It's usually designed to last, it's not designed to break after warranty. We honestly don't have that any more. Short term profit has taken hold of every industry so that quality barely exists anymore. Of course it wouldn't surprise me if the companies that make things that last are not doing so well, as they wouldn't have a steady stream of customers.
I don't need or want High Definition and huge televisions. The reason you need HD is because you have a large TV) I've seen some large televisions and HD and thought it looked worse than it did on a small television.
This is why I'm going to be the only geek with a small television. I don't want it to be the focal point of my living room or my life. That's what whiskey on the bookshelf is for. With my rocking chair and bubble pipe.
I don't think it's nostalgia that old is better. I think it's genuinely is. Maybe not with Windows XP though.
You are logic incarnate.
GP is trying to connect a celebrity's choice of some product as a legit recommendation when it's obvous it has been paid for. Be it a brand of toilet roll, make up or hairspray. A choice of said product has no bearing on the skills and abilities of that singer. You might trust the celebrity but that probably makes you an idiot. (If you trust a celebrity, on a commercial television show or commercial network advert or on commercial radio or commercial interview, you are naive and gullible.
I too can see that you might want to know what films an actor or actress likes, perhaps they drew inspiration from it. But if they were recommending a mobile phone or some jeans, that is just product placement and absolutely without credibility.
Don't mind GP, he's just a troll. We're just waiting for him to get bored with the site.
Are you a historian? Your posts in this thread have been especially pertinent.
Anonymous is political. Read things written by Anonymous. Then read some political manifestos. They are idealists. They read like freedom fighters. You're kidding yourself if you just think they're angsty kids. Angsty kids with a point.
I wasn't aware that Hitler advocated contraception like condoms or abortions. Even just financial incentives are a way to control populations.
One day you might break your legs jumping to conclusions.
Yes, the author does not have a good track record.
He apologized for it but you do have to wonder. Money blinds.
Yes.
I find knowledge more important than children. My aspirations are mental, not physical.
It makes it faster to crack. English passwords have letters that usually follow on from eachother.
A good password cracker would try English word combinations before rando letters.
Say you start on A your cracker might try a N next rather than a Z because that's more likely.
Fertility rates would argue otherwise.
I only know the UK because I live there.
Teenage pregnancies in the UK. Large families in council house estates.
This is a very good idea. While independent entrepreneurial women are on the rise (just watch The Apprentice and British television) there is a significant problem with teenage prenancies in the UK.
That is 16 year olds (and sometimes younger) having children and living off the state as single mothers.
There's a massive page on Wikipedia dedicated to it.
We're frankly overrun. You go to a coastal town and you will see young girls with babies everywhere: Cleethorpes, Ramsgate, Margate. It's horrific.
Congratulations. A hypocrit, on the internet.
I think ahead, long term, not just about myself. You might only think about your life and not the impacts of your actions on the future, I do. That makes me selfless.
It's not feasible for me to have children. You should start thinking about the consequences of your actions. The more people like you, the more Idiocracy comes true.
Forgot to preview that one. That should say people are more likely to steal an ebook rindle (like a Kindle) than they are your soppy romantic novel.
You are absolutely correct.
A company would never remove books on your device, would they?
Books will never be re-written to remove dangerous paragraphs will they?
Your Ebook reader will never be designed for obsolescence will it they?
The online services of your ebook will never go down?
If your ebook provider goes bust, they will obviously have thought of that and leave behind the books behind for you to download, right? If they don't go bust they will never phase out the service, ever?
Your Kindle would never be stolen would it?*
Your books will always work on other eReaders?
* This point depends on my assumption that people are more likely to steal an Ebook than a regular book.(Do people honestly steal books?)
Population control.
We cannot sustain this a constant growing population.
Call me immoral but people should stop having as many kids as they are.
I must be old and grumpy and cynical.
Humans consistently underestimate exponential growth. If you have a bigger population, it will grow faster.
Who honestly thinks humans are immune from population cycles of the animal kingdom? of overpopulation killoff? We're due for a war soon. War is just human's way of normalizing the population for resources.
I don't want kids and it annoys me when I see massive families. What does that make me? A dead end in genetic material or "Idiocracy" in the making?
It's more geekier than Reddit or Digg. You don't get long interesting comments on Reddit or Digg. It's a bunch of kids spouting memes.
Who needs to burn books and things that last when you have technology to do it for you?
I hate to say it but technology both gives you freedom and inherently takes other freedom away.
Books will slowly become the domain of the academic and public service, so they will gradually fade from prominence. With ebooks, you are at the whim of the ebook publisher, DRM, the ebook reader manufacturer and of course electricity.
Don't let that stop you buying ebooks though, I try own a physical version for important books. I see an ebook as a modern day convenience most certainly not an equivalent replacement.
Absolutely off topic but this is so true.
Something is wrong with you if you are comfortable around people holdings live firearms.
If you think LulzSec is wrong, then you don't really understand the situation.
No I am merely drawing conclusions for large swathes of unhappy people in our culture. I take a look around mea nd people are not happy. These are just my theories why.
Why is it that poor people in villages in distant parts of the world are very content with life but western cultures are not?
We humans are capable of so much more but there are many things that are holding as back. Call me a armchair social anthropologist if you will, do not take what I say to mean I am talking about myself.