These guys are just sue-happy. They see a profitable buisiness (Apple) and want a piece of their pie. Every company that ever existed on the face of the earth has said theirs is the "best". Maybe 3G isn't that fast. Maybe they did hype it a bit, but sue them over it? Jeeze, if every consumer that was dissatisfied with their purchase were to sue, we'd all be in court for a lifetime. Get over it.
Stop going waaaah, already... all it does is demonstrate that you're being a poor sport about somebody having a different opinion than you. Ones who tag your post as a troll are just as entitled to their opinion as the ones that tagged your post as interesting.
Thanks for the reply, but "Troll" has nothing to do with difference of opinion: it's a designation that the person posting (me) is doing so for spam or to cause trouble. I welcome difference of opinion, but people who mark "Troll" are just lazy because they didn't even read the original story this post was referring to. If so, they would have seen my post as a simple nerd joke. Jeeze. So again, I say "Troll markers, get a life."
"Solenodon paradoxus collects food by digging extensive tunnel systems under the ground, then foraging for insects and other invertebrates from the surrounding soil.
Foods eaten include: millipedes (Iulides), ground beetles (Carabidae), various orthopteran insects (Gryllidae, Tettigoniidae, Blattidae), earthworms (Lumbricidae) and various types of snails."
Strange that an animal loaded with venom doesn't go after small mammals or something.
"Solenodon paradoxus is described as a 'slow mover' and a 'clumsy runner with no agility in avoiding enemies and a poor means of defense'"
So what you're saying is, Solenodon paradoxus is the nerd of the jungle.
I think Flash political games will unfortunately fall to the dustbin of history. Just the mere fact that technology changes and Flash (.swf, etc) will almost certainly become obsolete in favor of the latest and greatest file format of the future. Flash will become the.mov or.avi of the internet world. Will Flash games be preserved? Who will take the time and effort to convert them to the new file format? How many times have you encountered a Flash error even today?...Much less the future.
As for static cartoons in.jpg or.gif format, at the very least, these tend to survive because of their stability and wide-spread acceptance that doesn't seem to be waning.
Besides, those Flash games can be a little...childish(?). Whereas a cartoon has a long history of being "acceptable" to adults. Ironic, but true.
I think this statement says it all: "..If somebody were to say, who am I to do that? I would say, 'I had taken an oath to uphold the Constitution'..."
I think that counts for a lot. If the gov is doing something unconstitutional, then it's your duty to uphold that document first. As a gov official, you have an oath to that body of laws first and foremost. Loyalty to gove agencies or executives is secondary at best.
I think we shouldn't look at Wikipedia as being absolute truth, or not truth, but "a reasonable aggregate of truth." I know that's why I look to Wikipedia when I'm curious about something: not as a source of final truth on a subject, but a starting point. Wikipedia does a great job at collecting relevant information and presenting it in an easy to read fashion, but it should only be used as one tool in research.
As the article author suggests, Wikipedia, when compared to magazine articles or books, is still only the best opinions of other humans. True, magazine articles and books typically have more fact-checking involved - because the author has a reputation to protect - but it's still opinion - just like Wikipedia. The only way a reader can assess ultimate truth is to view Wikipedia in comparison to as many other publications as possible - online or offline. This is the scholastic method and should be the method for every Wikipedia reader. I know this isn't always the case, but this isn't always the case for your average book reader or magazine reader either: they read an opinion that jives with them, and it becomes truth - no different than a Wiki entry.
When I was in High School, my teachers used to always say, "school is not a democracy." And they're right. If all the kids voted to have the pricipal expelled in a "true" democratic environment, the kids would have mob rule over the school. In otherwords, you have to have some sort of authoritarian system ruling over the unwashed masses of high schoolers.
That's not to say that students don't have any rights. Of course they do, but in this case, I think the principal has every right to expell the student and it never should have even gone to court. The principal has to maintain discipline and order on some level. He should have the right to expel any student for disruption. If the parents don't like it, demand another principal. THEY have that right.
I mean, what's the worst thing that happens here? Its not like the student is going to jail, they just get expelled and have to go to another school. And everyone learns a lesson: we're not here to accuse the principal of pediphilia, we're here to get an education, and if you don't want to play nice, go to another school.
And the other issue here is: that principal now has a tarnished reputaion he can never get rid of. Whether he's actually a pediphile or not is another story, but some kid claiming he is is a serious slander that will taint the rest of this principal's career.
How about a game where you stand in line for hours in front of the Apple store waiting to buy the new iPhone? You can watch your character sit for hours doing nothing in the hot sun looking at his other Apple gadgets. The more time that goes by, the more chance he has of losing his job because he played hooky from work to sit in line all day. When his "hooky" bar gets depleted, he loses his job.
As for my original post, its been my experience that nobody I know ever watches the Olymics anymore. And it always seems that there are several jokes that go around confirming that nobody watches the "non-exciting" games anyway. So, its just an opinion from my personal experience...but maybe I'm just out of the loop;)
Too bad people can't just respond without assuming they know about a person. And thanks for the Flamebait. At least I was brave enough to state my opinion.
The problem with this test is: who's actually going to watch the Olympics?
If they're using the Olymipcs as a test bed to see how people view media, then somebody in that department needs to be fired. You can't test a wide range of media on content that nobody's going to view in the first place (at least not enough to make it a real "test" of various media strengths).
I think it's obvious to anyone with common sense that this Wii Fit can hardly be considered a workout. On one hand, I commend Nintendo for at least attempting to get people off the couch, but it's only a half-a$$ed attempt. It's kind of like McDonald's offering salads to their menu so they can call themselves a "responsible" fast-food joint. Will Nintendo now say they are a "responsible" video game company? It's too little too late.
Besides, after the buzz wears down, anyone doing these "exercises" will quickly discover there are no results to be had, and the balancing board will end up in the closet with the rest of the rubber bands, abdominizors, and exercises dvds.
Perhaps a better alternative would be to attach electrodes to the player's butt and give them a shock every time they miss. That would keep couch potatoes on their toes.;)
I think this is great. Imagine the day when every component of machinery is self-healing. Machines will have skin, bones, circulatory systems, and yes, brains. With each new technology, we're recreating/modifying nature and ourselves.
The music companies shouldn't complain too much. After all, YouTube is giving their artists free advertising and distribution. Seeing an artist video could result in sales on iTunes or CDs --- all for Free!
This is unfortunate. The courts should have no jurisdiction over someone's stupidity. Using the name "Orion" in your company name is just asking for trouble. It's such a popular and recognizable term. OB and ORF shouldn't be surprised when someone steps on their toes once in awhile. OB acts like it invented the term despite the fact that it's been around for thousands of years.
And then with the courts stepping in and forcing ORF to not use the term in their advertising is playing favorites to OB. I can only imagine that this decision puts a serious dent in ORF's bottom line. If ORF was calling themselves "Kleenex" or some other brand name, that would be understandable, but "Orion?" Come on. OB shouldn't be crying foul when they should've known there would be confusion with the name "Orion." They need to grow up and play ball the old fashion way: may the best man win.
It would be more interesting, and more telling, if you could see a quick graph for each article that displays things like age, state, country, gender, etc. If skewz could do that, you might actually have something interesting.
If it gets popular, I wouldn't doubt it if you start seeing the talking head newzies start using skewz as a quick pulse-meter.
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Whoever flagged me as a "Troll" can you please identify yourself and tell me why you marked me as a "Troll?" I'd really like to know.
These guys are just sue-happy. They see a profitable buisiness (Apple) and want a piece of their pie. Every company that ever existed on the face of the earth has said theirs is the "best". Maybe 3G isn't that fast. Maybe they did hype it a bit, but sue them over it? Jeeze, if every consumer that was dissatisfied with their purchase were to sue, we'd all be in court for a lifetime. Get over it.
What's up with this "Troll" flagger? Got nothing better to do, eh? Jeeze. Get over yourself.
Stop going waaaah, already... all it does is demonstrate that you're being a poor sport about somebody having a different opinion than you. Ones who tag your post as a troll are just as entitled to their opinion as the ones that tagged your post as interesting.
Thanks for the reply, but "Troll" has nothing to do with difference of opinion: it's a designation that the person posting (me) is doing so for spam or to cause trouble. I welcome difference of opinion, but people who mark "Troll" are just lazy because they didn't even read the original story this post was referring to. If so, they would have seen my post as a simple nerd joke. Jeeze. So again, I say "Troll markers, get a life."
Either way, people marking people as Trolls for no good reason is just rude and abusive (of their power to mark "real" trolls).
Whoever marked me as a "Troll" should get a life. Look at my karma: Excellent. I post here all the time.
If you don't like my post, fine, but don't mark me as a troll before you do some basic research into who I am.
BORG or Skynet? Which is coming first?
It's too bad this EU guy wants to insist on regulation. They need to let the consumers decide, not the gov.
Let the best man (company) win. Don't stifle innovation with silly regulations.
"Solenodon paradoxus collects food by digging extensive tunnel systems under the ground, then foraging for insects and other invertebrates from the surrounding soil.
Foods eaten include: millipedes (Iulides), ground beetles (Carabidae), various orthopteran insects (Gryllidae, Tettigoniidae, Blattidae), earthworms (Lumbricidae) and various types of snails."
Strange that an animal loaded with venom doesn't go after small mammals or something.
"Solenodon paradoxus is described as a 'slow mover' and a 'clumsy runner with no agility in avoiding enemies and a poor means of defense'"
So what you're saying is, Solenodon paradoxus is the nerd of the jungle.
more interesting facts: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Solenodon_paradoxus.html
Somebody might want to tell them to move the cabana next time. It isn't rocket science...oh wait...it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-lyoPP3go
(little cabana too close to launch site gets blown away)
I think Flash political games will unfortunately fall to the dustbin of history. Just the mere fact that technology changes and Flash (.swf, etc) will almost certainly become obsolete in favor of the latest and greatest file format of the future. Flash will become the .mov or .avi of the internet world. Will Flash games be preserved? Who will take the time and effort to convert them to the new file format? How many times have you encountered a Flash error even today?...Much less the future.
As for static cartoons in .jpg or .gif format, at the very least, these tend to survive because of their stability and wide-spread acceptance that doesn't seem to be waning.
Besides, those Flash games can be a little...childish(?). Whereas a cartoon has a long history of being "acceptable" to adults. Ironic, but true.
I think this statement says it all: "..If somebody were to say, who am I to do that? I would say, 'I had taken an oath to uphold the Constitution'..."
I think that counts for a lot. If the gov is doing something unconstitutional, then it's your duty to uphold that document first. As a gov official, you have an oath to that body of laws first and foremost. Loyalty to gove agencies or executives is secondary at best.
I think we shouldn't look at Wikipedia as being absolute truth, or not truth, but "a reasonable aggregate of truth." I know that's why I look to Wikipedia when I'm curious about something: not as a source of final truth on a subject, but a starting point. Wikipedia does a great job at collecting relevant information and presenting it in an easy to read fashion, but it should only be used as one tool in research.
As the article author suggests, Wikipedia, when compared to magazine articles or books, is still only the best opinions of other humans. True, magazine articles and books typically have more fact-checking involved - because the author has a reputation to protect - but it's still opinion - just like Wikipedia. The only way a reader can assess ultimate truth is to view Wikipedia in comparison to as many other publications as possible - online or offline. This is the scholastic method and should be the method for every Wikipedia reader. I know this isn't always the case, but this isn't always the case for your average book reader or magazine reader either: they read an opinion that jives with them, and it becomes truth - no different than a Wiki entry.
When I was in High School, my teachers used to always say, "school is not a democracy." And they're right. If all the kids voted to have the pricipal expelled in a "true" democratic environment, the kids would have mob rule over the school. In otherwords, you have to have some sort of authoritarian system ruling over the unwashed masses of high schoolers.
That's not to say that students don't have any rights. Of course they do, but in this case, I think the principal has every right to expell the student and it never should have even gone to court. The principal has to maintain discipline and order on some level. He should have the right to expel any student for disruption. If the parents don't like it, demand another principal. THEY have that right.
I mean, what's the worst thing that happens here? Its not like the student is going to jail, they just get expelled and have to go to another school. And everyone learns a lesson: we're not here to accuse the principal of pediphilia, we're here to get an education, and if you don't want to play nice, go to another school.
And the other issue here is: that principal now has a tarnished reputaion he can never get rid of. Whether he's actually a pediphile or not is another story, but some kid claiming he is is a serious slander that will taint the rest of this principal's career.
The kid deserved to be expelled.
How about a game where you stand in line for hours in front of the Apple store waiting to buy the new iPhone? You can watch your character sit for hours doing nothing in the hot sun looking at his other Apple gadgets. The more time that goes by, the more chance he has of losing his job because he played hooky from work to sit in line all day. When his "hooky" bar gets depleted, he loses his job.
"Oops. You just got fired!"
Play Again?
I love the fact that animator Angus MacLane made a WALL-E out of Legos: http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/06/26/pixar-animator-angus-maclane-builds-best-lego-wall-e-yet-interview/
I love that kind of thing. It shows real talent and eye for visuals.
And here's a Lego Chewbacca just because it's cool: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_33vZjjp9fSQ/RxNKJoOXsWI/AAAAAAAAAY4/owLpXw1jxPU/033.JPG
Thanks for the clarification.
As for my original post, its been my experience that nobody I know ever watches the Olymics anymore. And it always seems that there are several jokes that go around confirming that nobody watches the "non-exciting" games anyway. So, its just an opinion from my personal experience...but maybe I'm just out of the loop ;)
A troll? Wow
Too bad people can't just respond without assuming they know about a person. And thanks for the Flamebait. At least I was brave enough to state my opinion.
The problem with this test is: who's actually going to watch the Olympics?
If they're using the Olymipcs as a test bed to see how people view media, then somebody in that department needs to be fired. You can't test a wide range of media on content that nobody's going to view in the first place (at least not enough to make it a real "test" of various media strengths).
Try these links instead: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/475/1/ http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38413
I think it's obvious to anyone with common sense that this Wii Fit can hardly be considered a workout. On one hand, I commend Nintendo for at least attempting to get people off the couch, but it's only a half-a$$ed attempt. It's kind of like McDonald's offering salads to their menu so they can call themselves a "responsible" fast-food joint. Will Nintendo now say they are a "responsible" video game company? It's too little too late.
;)
Besides, after the buzz wears down, anyone doing these "exercises" will quickly discover there are no results to be had, and the balancing board will end up in the closet with the rest of the rubber bands, abdominizors, and exercises dvds.
Perhaps a better alternative would be to attach electrodes to the player's butt and give them a shock every time they miss. That would keep couch potatoes on their toes.
I think this is great. Imagine the day when every component of machinery is self-healing. Machines will have skin, bones, circulatory systems, and yes, brains. With each new technology, we're recreating/modifying nature and ourselves.
The music companies shouldn't complain too much. After all, YouTube is giving their artists free advertising and distribution. Seeing an artist video could result in sales on iTunes or CDs --- all for Free!
This is unfortunate. The courts should have no jurisdiction over someone's stupidity. Using the name "Orion" in your company name is just asking for trouble. It's such a popular and recognizable term. OB and ORF shouldn't be surprised when someone steps on their toes once in awhile. OB acts like it invented the term despite the fact that it's been around for thousands of years.
And then with the courts stepping in and forcing ORF to not use the term in their advertising is playing favorites to OB. I can only imagine that this decision puts a serious dent in ORF's bottom line. If ORF was calling themselves "Kleenex" or some other brand name, that would be understandable, but "Orion?" Come on. OB shouldn't be crying foul when they should've known there would be confusion with the name "Orion." They need to grow up and play ball the old fashion way: may the best man win.
It would be more interesting, and more telling, if you could see a quick graph for each article that displays things like age, state, country, gender, etc. If skewz could do that, you might actually have something interesting.
If it gets popular, I wouldn't doubt it if you start seeing the talking head newzies start using skewz as a quick pulse-meter.