Also, the Jewish religion is not something anyone can just join like Christianity
Sure I can. I just announce that I'm Jewish, and I'm Jewish. I announce that I'm not, and I'm not. Who's going to stop me? It's not like there's some ultimate authority on Jewishness.
SO stick your head in the sand because the big boys are ACTIVELY suppressing a story? good plan.....
Why would wikipedia even be running a "story"? It's an encyclopedia, not a news site. And what does it have to do with "sticking one's head in in the sand"?
My father used metal tapes in an expensive Nakamichi hi-fi cassette deck. He used them to record his classical music from his vinyl records, so he wouldn't degrade the record with repeat listening.
But I never saw anybody else use them, at most people would buy the "chrome" tapes, which were much more like the normal tapes, only very slightly better. Nothing like these "metal" tapes that cost a small fortune. And they actually were heavy, almost as if the cassette was made of lead - other cassettes seemed flimsy and insubstantial in comparison.
Anyway, it would have been a very small niche - other people into high quality like musicians and audio engineers would have used professional tape equipment like reel-to-reel. Normal people wouldn't have cared. Speaking of reel-to-reel, I still lust for a Nagra portable recorder. Those things are just beautiful machines.
Yes, tape has a higher fidelity than your standard 128 kbps mp3.
I very much doubt that. Even if you're using a well-recorded expensive "metal" tape as your point of comparison, I reckon a well-encoded 128kbps MP3 is still going to beat it for overall audio quality.
Here we branch out into technically superior and characteristically superior.
If you like the audio characteristics of cassettes, a digital audio file can reproduce every single flaw and bit of distortion. You could even apply filters to make brand new CDs sound just like an old cassette.
The problem isn't that these OSs aren't easy enough, the problem is that people ask for the impossible - just as impossible as learning a new language in one day. Some people claim that we should dumb things down, I claim the we should smarten people up.
That's completely retarded. Usability isn't about dumbing things down. Systems can be both easy to use and powerful at the same time. 15 years ago, Macs (and Amigas for that matter) were doing things with ease that DOS/Windows/Linux users would consider extremely difficult. The thing is that the "functionality" nerds couldn't even begin to understand the function that was being provided, because they only thought of function in their own "programatic" terms, rather than what people actually needed to do.
Our patents and copyrights have simply choked the life out of all innovation here.
[citation needed]
You're kidding yourself. Do you really think that innovation in China is anywhere near the level that it is in the US? It appears that you believe that "copying others" is the same as "innovation" when it's actually the opposite.
I'm more surprised by the PCs = Lego aspect. More like a bunch of defective Lego that was rejected by the factory and doesn't quite fit together properly. Assuming that he means PC = Windows.
I was never really afraid of Bush's abuse. We had the press constantly nipping on his heels.
You have a faulty memory. It wasn't until the final couple of years of the Bush administration that the media paid any attention to his abuses. Up until then, the press were cheerleaders for the administration, who helped disseminate their misinformation.
Only if you don't engage your reading comprehension abilities. I mean 99% of people I know who buy cameras. Only the serious enthusiasts and pros buy extra batteries.
That is just one very simple example in two very limited job categories where changing from SI to Metric would introduce horrible, and potentially disastrous, difficulties.
Why would converting from SI to metric be difficult at all? They both use the same units, so there isn't any conversion required.
If I can't use AA or AAA batteries (or some reasonable equivalent) I'm not interested. Even my pro D-SLR has an adapter to use double As.
You've got to be kidding me. AA and AAA batteries just don't have the energy density for sustained heavy use in a device like a DSLR. They may be OK for emergency usage, but l-ion is by far the superior technology.
Do you apply the same principle to your laptop computer? I'd love to see that.
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I don't see what's extremist about Zionism either. It's really just healthy nationalism
There's nothing healthy about nationalism.
the belief that Jews must have a state of their own.
That's extremely extreme. It's separatism, extreme nationalism and religious supremacy combined.
Also, the Jewish religion is not something anyone can just join like Christianity
Sure I can. I just announce that I'm Jewish, and I'm Jewish. I announce that I'm not, and I'm not. Who's going to stop me? It's not like there's some ultimate authority on Jewishness.
#2 Wikipedia shouldn't be in the business of suppressing indisputable facts for anyone.
How is the fact "indisputable" if it has never been published anywhere? Wikipedia isn't supposed to contain primary research.
SO stick your head in the sand because the big boys are ACTIVELY suppressing a story? good plan.....
Why would wikipedia even be running a "story"? It's an encyclopedia, not a news site. And what does it have to do with "sticking one's head in in the sand"?
My father used metal tapes in an expensive Nakamichi hi-fi cassette deck. He used them to record his classical music from his vinyl records, so he wouldn't degrade the record with repeat listening.
But I never saw anybody else use them, at most people would buy the "chrome" tapes, which were much more like the normal tapes, only very slightly better. Nothing like these "metal" tapes that cost a small fortune. And they actually were heavy, almost as if the cassette was made of lead - other cassettes seemed flimsy and insubstantial in comparison.
Anyway, it would have been a very small niche - other people into high quality like musicians and audio engineers would have used professional tape equipment like reel-to-reel. Normal people wouldn't have cared. Speaking of reel-to-reel, I still lust for a Nagra portable recorder. Those things are just beautiful machines.
Yes, tape has a higher fidelity than your standard 128 kbps mp3.
I very much doubt that. Even if you're using a well-recorded expensive "metal" tape as your point of comparison, I reckon a well-encoded 128kbps MP3 is still going to beat it for overall audio quality.
Here we branch out into technically superior and characteristically superior.
If you like the audio characteristics of cassettes, a digital audio file can reproduce every single flaw and bit of distortion. You could even apply filters to make brand new CDs sound just like an old cassette.
The problem isn't that these OSs aren't easy enough, the problem is that people ask for the impossible - just as impossible as learning a new language in one day. Some people claim that we should dumb things down, I claim the we should smarten people up.
That's completely retarded. Usability isn't about dumbing things down. Systems can be both easy to use and powerful at the same time. 15 years ago, Macs (and Amigas for that matter) were doing things with ease that DOS/Windows/Linux users would consider extremely difficult. The thing is that the "functionality" nerds couldn't even begin to understand the function that was being provided, because they only thought of function in their own "programatic" terms, rather than what people actually needed to do.
Our patents and copyrights have simply choked the life out of all innovation here.
[citation needed]
You're kidding yourself. Do you really think that innovation in China is anywhere near the level that it is in the US? It appears that you believe that "copying others" is the same as "innovation" when it's actually the opposite.
Go sit at the kids table until you grow up a little.
Do I need to repeat myself? The idea that you consider yourself an adult is either too sad or too hilarious to believe.
Breasts, damnit, not beasts!
He didn't like looking at ships? That's pretty perverted.
I thought it was some dialect of Welsh.
You might want to try sanity for a change.
Uhhh, light penetrates clouds.
turinf of od
Turinf of od? But I just wanted a simple turnip!
I'm more surprised by the PCs = Lego aspect. More like a bunch of defective Lego that was rejected by the factory and doesn't quite fit together properly. Assuming that he means PC = Windows.
Canada: Not too bad, probably following the US downhill though
Canada is an English-speaking country?? I've watched all episodes of Degrassi Junior High, and that ain't English they're speaking.
The US needs an arms-length electoral body like Elections Canada to take the Party out of the electoral process.
I don't think Americans would take too kindly to the electoral process being overseen by Canadians.
I was never really afraid of Bush's abuse. We had the press constantly nipping on his heels.
You have a faulty memory. It wasn't until the final couple of years of the Bush administration that the media paid any attention to his abuses. Up until then, the press were cheerleaders for the administration, who helped disseminate their misinformation.
And the ratehooker.com and rateblackjack.com features should account for the other 50%.
Only if you don't engage your reading comprehension abilities. I mean 99% of people I know who buy cameras. Only the serious enthusiasts and pros buy extra batteries.
That is just one very simple example in two very limited job categories where changing from SI to Metric would introduce horrible, and potentially disastrous, difficulties.
Why would converting from SI to metric be difficult at all? They both use the same units, so there isn't any conversion required.
If I can't use AA or AAA batteries (or some reasonable equivalent) I'm not interested. Even my pro D-SLR has an adapter to use double As.
You've got to be kidding me. AA and AAA batteries just don't have the energy density for sustained heavy use in a device like a DSLR. They may be OK for emergency usage, but l-ion is by far the superior technology.
Do you apply the same principle to your laptop computer? I'd love to see that.
Have you ever known anyone who buys a camera who doesn't immediately turn around and buy a second battery?
Yes, about 99% of people.