No, but I also don't feel the need to watch content over my TV.
I see, so it doesn't count as useful unless you do it. Gotcha.
If I want to watch full-screen video on a screen, I'll use a computer.
What if you don't have your computer with you? What if you are traveling? Over at a friend's place?
Last I checked, most TVs don't have Apple-specific cabling on them, either, though I'm sure Apple would love to change that.
Why would you think that, other than that you hate Apple? Apple didn't make the dock connector for no reason. They made it because there was nothing else that was as compact (thin) as secure-locking physically, and enabled them to perform the functions they want to perform.
But please enlighten us with your conspiracy theories about how Apple is on a mission to make everything in the world proprietary (despite the fact that they have backed many industry and open standards). Do you really think people who use portable devices want a bunch of awkward and bulky connectors, when they can have just one? You're essentially saying that innovation should not happen in this area.
I'm just saying that Apple doesn't have an exclusive lock on doing things with media,
Right. So, what's the problem?
Look, it's a free country, buy all the Apple-specific cabling you want. Get white plasticky logos on your clothing for all I care... and even if your device happens to depend on that magic connector there's a whole world that depends on other established standards that works just fine without it. Thankfully, you can buy all the plastic flambe you want. Have at it.
Ahhh, that clears things up nicely. You're just an insecure troll. Have a nice day.
Most of the other nifty things the iPod can do work just fine over WiFi.
Right, because all our TVs have WiFi receivers in them for analog video signals? And our stereos all have WiFi receivers if we want to use a fixed line-level audio output, rather than one that's been sent through a headphone amplifier, at variable levels? And our microphones and other audio devices all have a WiFi transmitters if we want to get an audio signal into the iPod?
You may fear lock-in, but your proposal would lock most people out of useful functions. And what about the generations of iPod which never had Wi-Fi?
Use an industry-standard USB cable for charging AND data transfer without having to resort to proprietary cabling?
So, what about the myriad of other functions the dock connector supports, besides just charging and data transfer? Those are very useful, and some would be impossible to implement over USB.
you have fundamentalist athiests in charge of Western media who take every opportunity to attack and discredit any religion
As an atheist, I would really have liked to get the memo that we are now in charge of the Western media. That could have been quite handy for my career.
Let's be clear on this situation: HDD makers, instead of making larger HDDs would rather spin the numbers to make them appear larger instead of actually being larger.
But if all HDD manufacturers are using the same units, then what competitive advantage would there be to making smaller units? People shop for hard drives on a comparison basis, not by a mathematical calculation of the number of bytes.
In fact, because Windows and Mac OS (up until now) have reported these units differently, the wouldn't the hard drive makers be more at risk of customer dissatisfaction when their new HD doesn't show the same number printed on the box? If this is supposed to be some kind of industry conspiracy for more sales, then it's a damned stupid and counterproductive one.
However, since there's never really been any evidence for such a conspiracy, why is this even an issue?
Force them to use powers of 10 and suddenly you're in rounding error hell.
Nobody is talking about forcing logic circuits to operate in powers of 10. This is simply about how humans notate and represent the numbers in particular circumstances. We still have KiB and MiB for binary representations.
(except where HD manufacturers decided to game the system, the bastards)
But that never actually happened, it's just a myth that gets propagated on slashdot. Hard drive manufacturers always measured capacity in base 10, even for early prototypes. And nobody had a problem with that, until the revisionist history propagated in nerdish circles, seemingly around the mid-90s.
If you believe FOX News is the only channel that lies, then you are easily duped.
I don't recall anybody saying that Fox News is the only channel that lies. However, Fox is (by proxy) a topic of this story, so I don't see it as off-topic to mention that it does. Would you prefer that Fox is not accused of lying at all? That because NBC and ABC also lie, then Fox shouldn't be called out on it?
Of course to do such redundancy you would have to carry some device that could copy the pictures. Does there exist cameras, which can do it? I can imagine there are plenty of situations, where people would happily pay the extra cost for the data security, it would not only be for pigeons.
Professional DSLR cameras tend to have two memory card slots these days, and they can be configured to save a copy of every image to both cards, as the photos are taken. Or they can also be used to make a copy of the contents of one card onto the other.
But by getting a root canal, you would be using science and technology to improve your physical characteristics and in a small way you'd be affirming that suffering tooth pain is unnecessary and undesirable.
Which is specifically why I chose that example. Root canals work. I'm not going to argue the philosophy or politics of it, when I can just get it done.
It is the average/affordable/usable sales that fund advancement for the high-tech/advanced. Another excellent example of this is photography.
I think that's backwards. It's Nikon and Canon's premium-paying professional market that funded their move into point-and-shoots and consumer cameras. The technology in the professional cameras is handed down to the consumer ones. It's not like point-and-shoot cameras start out with advanced technology that later gets added to the pro line.
Likewise, in computing the high margins from Apple's Mac Pro, Macbook Pro and professional software help subsidize the lower-cost Macbook and iMac, while high-end software research contributes to consumer apps like iLife.
One complaint I often get to hear from the older ones is that in ye olden days, most people in management were engineers themselves, who had worked up their way through a lifelong career. Those were the days of quality products, of taking pride in the excellence of your work.
Maybe so, but those same engineers are likely to miss other trends, such as the personal computer versus mainframes. To them the personal computer is junk compared to their meticulously crafted machines, but they miss the point entirely.
I'm reminded of the photography industry, where for many years the purists insisted that expensive European lenses and cameras would always be superior, but in reality the Japanese products were the future.
It's the same damn thing. Your just being an ignorant twat attempting to make it go away by arguing semantics.
No it's not the same thing. Semantics are very important when you are saying that a sentence means the same thing as a completely different sentence.
If it's a meaningless distinction, why do you feel the need to rewrite what Obama said, rather than quoting him accurately?
When the option was to have a pacemaker installed or die, telling the woman her mom should have just taken the pill was telling her to die.
She's also going to die if she has surgery, so wouldn't telling her to have surgery be the same thing?
Not to mention that he never said that anybody shouldn't have surgery, but just offered an alternative.
He told a woman that her mom should have not taken the surgery that saved her life and allowed her to live 5 years and counting and said she should have forgotten about the surgery and taken a pain pill.
No, he didn't.
My position is that it's the patient's choice, not yours, not the governments, not some insurance agency who thinks if they wait long enough, she will die before the surgery.
And that's the exact same position as Obama and the government. Nobody is suggesting that the government decides who lives or dies. So I'm not exactly sure who you are arguing with. You position is the same as Obama's - that patients should have choice.
I guess that if you oppose universal health-care, you are actually arguing against patient choice, since your only choices are privately-funded healthcare, or no healthcare at all. Universal healthcare adds a third choice.
The government, some insurance company, whoever, has no right telling a person they should kill themselves rather then being a drain on the system.
Right. But nobody is proposing that idea. Would you care to tell me who is suggesting such a plan?
He said your better off not having the surgery and taking a pain pill to die.
No, he said you may be better off taking a painkiller than opting for surgery. Do you have basic language comprehension problems?
I also note that you've now changed the wording to "take a pain pill to die" which implies some sort of suicide pill. This is clearly not what he was suggesting, he suggested taking a pain pill to relieve pain, not to die.
he said take a pill and die.
No he didn't unless you are hallucinating.
I'm trying to work out what your position is - do you think that people should be forced to have surgery? And what about the fact that the person who has surgery is still going to die - so why don't you word your response as "get surgery and die"?
Go back to your Obama worship and leave the world to people who pay attention to more then his ass.
Quite ironic, considering how much attention you've been paying.
I'd say that, at least initially, one of the things we wanted to do was attempt to engage with a lot of the issues that you see coming up on transhumanist websites, amongst transhumanist listserves, when transhumanists get together and discuss these things
This game actually sounds neat, but in my experience "attempting to engage with a lot of the issues you see on transhumanist websites" is a lot like trying to hold a conversation with a 9/11 Truther or Intelligent Design proponent - I'd rather have root canal surgery.
No he didn't he said that maybe someone would decide to take the pills, and be better off for that decision, than choosing the surgery.
He doesn't say that somebody must take the pills over the surgery, or that there is no choice in the matter.
You can suck Obama's dick elsewhere, but you can't deny what he has said when the video captures him.
Another one of your lies - the video does not capture him saying "take a pain pill and die" as you claimed, it captured him saying something completely different.
This has nothing to do with Obama worship, but everything to do with honest debate and not just making shit up because it suits your political leanings.
Just put them out on land somewhere, you don't have to drive all over them.
Or, how about above the roads? That would mean that maintenance wouldn't require road closures, and you wouldn't be using land that could be used for something else..
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No, but I also don't feel the need to watch content over my TV.
I see, so it doesn't count as useful unless you do it. Gotcha.
If I want to watch full-screen video on a screen, I'll use a computer.
What if you don't have your computer with you? What if you are traveling? Over at a friend's place?
Last I checked, most TVs don't have Apple-specific cabling on them, either, though I'm sure Apple would love to change that.
Why would you think that, other than that you hate Apple? Apple didn't make the dock connector for no reason. They made it because there was nothing else that was as compact (thin) as secure-locking physically, and enabled them to perform the functions they want to perform.
But please enlighten us with your conspiracy theories about how Apple is on a mission to make everything in the world proprietary (despite the fact that they have backed many industry and open standards). Do you really think people who use portable devices want a bunch of awkward and bulky connectors, when they can have just one? You're essentially saying that innovation should not happen in this area.
I'm just saying that Apple doesn't have an exclusive lock on doing things with media,
Right. So, what's the problem?
Look, it's a free country, buy all the Apple-specific cabling you want. Get white plasticky logos on your clothing for all I care... and even if your device happens to depend on that magic connector there's a whole world that depends on other established standards that works just fine without it. Thankfully, you can buy all the plastic flambe you want. Have at it.
Ahhh, that clears things up nicely. You're just an insecure troll. Have a nice day.
Most of the other nifty things the iPod can do work just fine over WiFi.
Right, because all our TVs have WiFi receivers in them for analog video signals? And our stereos all have WiFi receivers if we want to use a fixed line-level audio output, rather than one that's been sent through a headphone amplifier, at variable levels? And our microphones and other audio devices all have a WiFi transmitters if we want to get an audio signal into the iPod?
You may fear lock-in, but your proposal would lock most people out of useful functions. And what about the generations of iPod which never had Wi-Fi?
Use an industry-standard USB cable for charging AND data transfer without having to resort to proprietary cabling?
So, what about the myriad of other functions the dock connector supports, besides just charging and data transfer? Those are very useful, and some would be impossible to implement over USB.
Not to mention that Microsoft used its contract to write software for the Mac for industrial espionage... which resulted in the creation of Windows.
Wait, Microsoft has a mobile phone OS?! Who knew?
you have fundamentalist athiests in charge of Western media who take every opportunity to attack and discredit any religion
As an atheist, I would really have liked to get the memo that we are now in charge of the Western media. That could have been quite handy for my career.
Let's be clear on this situation: HDD makers, instead of making larger HDDs would rather spin the numbers to make them appear larger instead of actually being larger.
But if all HDD manufacturers are using the same units, then what competitive advantage would there be to making smaller units? People shop for hard drives on a comparison basis, not by a mathematical calculation of the number of bytes.
In fact, because Windows and Mac OS (up until now) have reported these units differently, the wouldn't the hard drive makers be more at risk of customer dissatisfaction when their new HD doesn't show the same number printed on the box? If this is supposed to be some kind of industry conspiracy for more sales, then it's a damned stupid and counterproductive one.
However, since there's never really been any evidence for such a conspiracy, why is this even an issue?
Force them to use powers of 10 and suddenly you're in rounding error hell.
Nobody is talking about forcing logic circuits to operate in powers of 10. This is simply about how humans notate and represent the numbers in particular circumstances. We still have KiB and MiB for binary representations.
(except where HD manufacturers decided to game the system, the bastards)
But that never actually happened, it's just a myth that gets propagated on slashdot. Hard drive manufacturers always measured capacity in base 10, even for early prototypes. And nobody had a problem with that, until the revisionist history propagated in nerdish circles, seemingly around the mid-90s.
Because Democrats refuse to listen to the people's voices that are crying out to stop.
Why should they? It's a vocal minority mostly consisting of crackpots. The majority of the people support universal healthcare.
but I don't trust the BBC. They are as slanted as PBS,
Wow, that's... that's so... not very slanted at all.
If you believe FOX News is the only channel that lies, then you are easily duped.
I don't recall anybody saying that Fox News is the only channel that lies. However, Fox is (by proxy) a topic of this story, so I don't see it as off-topic to mention that it does. Would you prefer that Fox is not accused of lying at all? That because NBC and ABC also lie, then Fox shouldn't be called out on it?
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Of course to do such redundancy you would have to carry some device that could copy the pictures. Does there exist cameras, which can do it? I can imagine there are plenty of situations, where people would happily pay the extra cost for the data security, it would not only be for pigeons.
Professional DSLR cameras tend to have two memory card slots these days, and they can be configured to save a copy of every image to both cards, as the photos are taken. Or they can also be used to make a copy of the contents of one card onto the other.
But by getting a root canal, you would be using science and technology to improve your physical characteristics and in a small way you'd be affirming that suffering tooth pain is unnecessary and undesirable.
Which is specifically why I chose that example. Root canals work. I'm not going to argue the philosophy or politics of it, when I can just get it done.
It is the average/affordable/usable sales that fund advancement for the high-tech/advanced. Another excellent example of this is photography.
I think that's backwards. It's Nikon and Canon's premium-paying professional market that funded their move into point-and-shoots and consumer cameras. The technology in the professional cameras is handed down to the consumer ones. It's not like point-and-shoot cameras start out with advanced technology that later gets added to the pro line.
Likewise, in computing the high margins from Apple's Mac Pro, Macbook Pro and professional software help subsidize the lower-cost Macbook and iMac, while high-end software research contributes to consumer apps like iLife.
The 100$ video card tends to have 50% of the performance of the 200$ one, which has 50% of the performance of the 400$ one.
Not in reality.
One complaint I often get to hear from the older ones is that in ye olden days, most people in management were engineers themselves, who had worked up their way through a lifelong career. Those were the days of quality products, of taking pride in the excellence of your work.
Maybe so, but those same engineers are likely to miss other trends, such as the personal computer versus mainframes. To them the personal computer is junk compared to their meticulously crafted machines, but they miss the point entirely.
I'm reminded of the photography industry, where for many years the purists insisted that expensive European lenses and cameras would always be superior, but in reality the Japanese products were the future.
It's the same damn thing. Your just being an ignorant twat attempting to make it go away by arguing semantics.
No it's not the same thing. Semantics are very important when you are saying that a sentence means the same thing as a completely different sentence.
If it's a meaningless distinction, why do you feel the need to rewrite what Obama said, rather than quoting him accurately?
When the option was to have a pacemaker installed or die, telling the woman her mom should have just taken the pill was telling her to die.
She's also going to die if she has surgery, so wouldn't telling her to have surgery be the same thing?
Not to mention that he never said that anybody shouldn't have surgery, but just offered an alternative.
He told a woman that her mom should have not taken the surgery that saved her life and allowed her to live 5 years and counting and said she should have forgotten about the surgery and taken a pain pill.
No, he didn't.
My position is that it's the patient's choice, not yours, not the governments, not some insurance agency who thinks if they wait long enough, she will die before the surgery.
And that's the exact same position as Obama and the government. Nobody is suggesting that the government decides who lives or dies. So I'm not exactly sure who you are arguing with. You position is the same as Obama's - that patients should have choice.
I guess that if you oppose universal health-care, you are actually arguing against patient choice, since your only choices are privately-funded healthcare, or no healthcare at all. Universal healthcare adds a third choice.
The government, some insurance company, whoever, has no right telling a person they should kill themselves rather then being a drain on the system.
Right. But nobody is proposing that idea. Would you care to tell me who is suggesting such a plan?
However for some reason I feel as if this game will involve fighting hordes of Tom Cruises and a John Travolta every now and then.
And then, Xenu sues you for copyright infringement and you seek exile in Canada.
He said your better off not having the surgery and taking a pain pill to die.
No, he said you may be better off taking a painkiller than opting for surgery. Do you have basic language comprehension problems?
I also note that you've now changed the wording to "take a pain pill to die" which implies some sort of suicide pill. This is clearly not what he was suggesting, he suggested taking a pain pill to relieve pain, not to die.
he said take a pill and die.
No he didn't unless you are hallucinating.
I'm trying to work out what your position is - do you think that people should be forced to have surgery? And what about the fact that the person who has surgery is still going to die - so why don't you word your response as "get surgery and die"?
Go back to your Obama worship and leave the world to people who pay attention to more then his ass.
Quite ironic, considering how much attention you've been paying.
I'd say that, at least initially, one of the things we wanted to do was attempt to engage with a lot of the issues that you see coming up on transhumanist websites, amongst transhumanist listserves, when transhumanists get together and discuss these things
This game actually sounds neat, but in my experience "attempting to engage with a lot of the issues you see on transhumanist websites" is a lot like trying to hold a conversation with a 9/11 Truther or Intelligent Design proponent - I'd rather have root canal surgery.
No he didn't he said that maybe someone would decide to take the pills, and be better off for that decision, than choosing the surgery.
He doesn't say that somebody must take the pills over the surgery, or that there is no choice in the matter.
You can suck Obama's dick elsewhere, but you can't deny what he has said when the video captures him.
Another one of your lies - the video does not capture him saying "take a pain pill and die" as you claimed, it captured him saying something completely different.
This has nothing to do with Obama worship, but everything to do with honest debate and not just making shit up because it suits your political leanings.
Just put them out on land somewhere, you don't have to drive all over them.
Or, how about above the roads? That would mean that maintenance wouldn't require road closures, and you wouldn't be using land that could be used for something else..
Most likely, it will be firewire.
So, it burns?