Touch screens are nice because they can be programmed to display whatever controls you wish, but isn't the lack of moving parts another advantage? This seems like it would have MTBF issues.
Where do you get jobs like this? First there's the "MIT artist-in-residence" job where you can send messages into space that will never be received. Now this one where you can prattle on about dystopian piffle hoo-ha and people with higher educations will nod and shake their heads knowingly because they don't want to look unhip, or however you kids describe the squares these days.
Hey, I have some lovely post-post-post modern retro-reconstructionist works that would make a great display somewhere. They fractalize the repetitive nature of our increasingly vapid 21st century existences via surrealist digital sculpture and open mike poetry reads by fast fading reality TV pseduocelebrities.
I don't understand the anti-CGI attitude, and I'm in the older age group that is supposed to. I see a guy in a rubber suit/mask and I *my* brain says nope and starts to laugh. They're *both* fake. Who cares, really, about the tool used to realize the fakeness? Yeah, there's some poorly integrated CGI out there, but there's also CGI most people don't even notice because it's so slickly done and depicts everyday objects.
You don't have the same reaction if the whole film is CGI, do you?
Yeah, but they get stuff for it at least. And don't forget state income tax and gas taxes and piles of other taxes- all of them disappearing down a singularity.
Also, I'm not into the whole schadenfreude thing. The possibly greater misfortune of others does not cheer me.
If you purchase something and Amazon does not collect sales tax, you are supposed to report this directly and pay it directly to the government.
Yeah we have that box on out California state tax forms. We have a good chuckle about it before ignoring it. Sacramento has basically declared itself an openly hostile enemy of the California taxpayer, so there's not a lot of civic spirit around here anymore.
What they need is a disclaimer telling customers that they may need to report the use-tax, and give a hyperlink to more info on that.
Yeah, we'll click right on over to that. Or LOLCats.
Cohen neglects decay of the uranium. Since uranium has a half-life of 4.46 billion years, about half will have decayed by his postulated 5 billion years.
I can't believe someone would counter a plan to provide energy for 5 billion years with "Nuh-uh! It's only good for 2.5 billion!"
Yeah, why design or buy a tool that is convenient and pain-free to use when we could just make every human being strap a different tool onto their face.
Well, they make reading glasses now *without* it sharp metal spikes that poke into your head now, so the whole pain things isn't an issue. And, yeah, I can see how picking up a pair of glasses that live next to your computer is a lot less convenient than forking the whole monitor industry to support low res monitors which will probably cost the same as 200 pairs of reading glasses die to low volume.
And the Rogaine versus hat analogy was better than you thought, although not in the direction you intended. It also appeals to vanity- people can't deal with baldness the same as they can't deal with wearing glasses, even if it's just when reading.
Sort of getting there with Netflix. I don't mid waiting for DVDs- the turnaround time at my house has hit a theoretical minimum. I drop the discs in the mail Monday mornings, and I usually get new ones Wednesday, and a couple times on Tuesday which blew my mind, young man. And I have the Roku box for streaming.
Still, I like watching shows when they are first airing via DVR. I'll be upgrading from my DirecTivo to HD when the new HD Tivo units come out. I love how DirecTV went crawling back to Tivo.:-) That'll teach you to pointlessly reinvent the wheel, DTV. Should have put the money into better compression schemes and transmission codecs.
Heh heh. Same thing happened to me. I finally got a PS3 last year, and switched my Netflix account to allow Blu-Ray. I wasn't expecting much, but, geez, even on my 52 incher it was enormously better than than any DVD. Sad to say my first Blu-Ray was "Transformers". I can never undo that.:-(
Imaginative stuff in the formative years is always good. Gets the brain going. For example, my parents were pretty cool and let me watch James Bond and kung fu films from a young age. By age 10 I could seduce sexy Russian double agents and break a man's spine with my fingertips. Ah, good times.:-)
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Touch screens are nice because they can be programmed to display whatever controls you wish, but isn't the lack of moving parts another advantage? This seems like it would have MTBF issues.
Think about it like a cat.
I tried, but all it did was make me crave a cheeseburger.
Oh, and some vision about a cat up in the ceiling or something.
Wooden clubs VS. dating sites
Temple prostitutes VS. cathouses
Naked neanderthals VS. endless online porn catering to every whim
Mammoth hunts across the savannah VS. six pizza places within two miles
Wooden wagons VS. Audi TT RS
Fall Of Rome VS. Fall Of USA
Science vs. Mad Science
Wait, which one is the "modern" side? ;-)
But the world looks utopian if you're a middle class white guy doing Sasha Grey.
Until the test results come back.
Where do you get jobs like this? First there's the "MIT artist-in-residence" job where you can send messages into space that will never be received. Now this one where you can prattle on about dystopian piffle hoo-ha and people with higher educations will nod and shake their heads knowingly because they don't want to look unhip, or however you kids describe the squares these days.
Hey, I have some lovely post-post-post modern retro-reconstructionist works that would make a great display somewhere. They fractalize the repetitive nature of our increasingly vapid 21st century existences via surrealist digital sculpture and open mike poetry reads by fast fading reality TV pseduocelebrities.
You're right! Let's go confiscate all CEO salaries!
(Sound of CEO salaries being confiscated)
There you go. Well, that gets us through next week. Now what?
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I thought they were all wiped out in the Final Flying Phallus/Furry War of 2007.
NOOP would be funnier.
Just place Assassin's Creed III in the Cultural Revolution and watch heads explode.
I heard they are banning all Wii games with the word "Party" in the title.
I don't understand the anti-CGI attitude, and I'm in the older age group that is supposed to. I see a guy in a rubber suit/mask and I *my* brain says nope and starts to laugh. They're *both* fake. Who cares, really, about the tool used to realize the fakeness? Yeah, there's some poorly integrated CGI out there, but there's also CGI most people don't even notice because it's so slickly done and depicts everyday objects.
You don't have the same reaction if the whole film is CGI, do you?
Yeah, but they get stuff for it at least. And don't forget state income tax and gas taxes and piles of other taxes- all of them disappearing down a singularity.
Also, I'm not into the whole schadenfreude thing. The possibly greater misfortune of others does not cheer me.
Just buy a cat.
If you purchase something and Amazon does not collect sales tax, you are supposed to report this directly and pay it directly to the government.
Yeah we have that box on out California state tax forms. We have a good chuckle about it before ignoring it. Sacramento has basically declared itself an openly hostile enemy of the California taxpayer, so there's not a lot of civic spirit around here anymore.
What they need is a disclaimer telling customers that they may need to report the use-tax, and give a hyperlink to more info on that.
Yeah, we'll click right on over to that. Or LOLCats.
The sales tax is almost 10% where I live. Up yours, Mazerov, and three cheers for Amazon. And here's hoping a meteor hits Sacramento.
Cohen neglects decay of the uranium. Since uranium has a half-life of 4.46 billion years, about half will have decayed by his postulated 5 billion years.
I can't believe someone would counter a plan to provide energy for 5 billion years with "Nuh-uh! It's only good for 2.5 billion!"
Yeah, why design or buy a tool that is convenient and pain-free to use when we could just make every human being strap a different tool onto their face.
Well, they make reading glasses now *without* it sharp metal spikes that poke into your head now, so the whole pain things isn't an issue. And, yeah, I can see how picking up a pair of glasses that live next to your computer is a lot less convenient than forking the whole monitor industry to support low res monitors which will probably cost the same as 200 pairs of reading glasses die to low volume.
And the Rogaine versus hat analogy was better than you thought, although not in the direction you intended. It also appeals to vanity- people can't deal with baldness the same as they can't deal with wearing glasses, even if it's just when reading.
Go to your local grocery or drug store. Ask for "reading glasses". I hope this helps.
Yes, I use them. They're great.
Well, you *could* light your cigar with the burning kid.
When I saw "offense" I envisioned a couple crackers in Eastern Europe getting a drone launched Hellfire missile up the rear. Oh well.
Sort of getting there with Netflix. I don't mid waiting for DVDs- the turnaround time at my house has hit a theoretical minimum. I drop the discs in the mail Monday mornings, and I usually get new ones Wednesday, and a couple times on Tuesday which blew my mind, young man. And I have the Roku box for streaming.
Still, I like watching shows when they are first airing via DVR. I'll be upgrading from my DirecTivo to HD when the new HD Tivo units come out. I love how DirecTV went crawling back to Tivo. :-) That'll teach you to pointlessly reinvent the wheel, DTV. Should have put the money into better compression schemes and transmission codecs.
Heh heh. Same thing happened to me. I finally got a PS3 last year, and switched my Netflix account to allow Blu-Ray. I wasn't expecting much, but, geez, even on my 52 incher it was enormously better than than any DVD. Sad to say my first Blu-Ray was "Transformers". I can never undo that. :-(
I think I've gone aphasic. The summary/quote didn't make an ounce of sense to me.
Imaginative stuff in the formative years is always good. Gets the brain going. For example, my parents were pretty cool and let me watch James Bond and kung fu films from a young age. By age 10 I could seduce sexy Russian double agents and break a man's spine with my fingertips. Ah, good times. :-)