What I see more of is what I would call intellectual stubbornness... And the next time we talked they were in another.NET class. Then acted surprised when they didn't get that job, either. ????
That doesn't really add up. You call it "intellectual stubbornness" yet what they appear to be doing is simply following the norm like sheep. What's intellectual about that?
However Apple has clung to that paradigm right up to the present day.
Uhh, no. Apple loves the third-party iPod market. They make a fortune from licensing, and don't have to develop the products themselves. Seriously, where have you been? Did you completely miss the whole dock-connector phenomenon?
No. DRM has a more specific meaning. This is proprietary hardware. DRM is about restricting the use of media using encryption.
I'm not defending it - it's a stupid thing, and Apple is being very anti-consumer in implementing it this way. But there's no reason to call it something it's not. Has "proprietary" really lost so much of its negative connotations that people must scramble to call everything by the new buzzword "DRM"? That's really stupid, because it just dilutes the meaning of the term, which will make it easier for the likes of the RIAA to confuse the general public.
I know that it is called racism (and rightfully so, most of the time) when you insult people because of their race. But it seems to be a-ok, to insult intelligent people, or make them look like something bad
Being a techie doesn't make one intelligent (as your post clearly demonstrates). Many techies are approximately as intelligent as a bag of hammers.
Are you living in the future or something? In my day, only the wealthiest of people (royalty, aristocrats) could afford 1200 baud. Everybody else used 300 baud acoustic-couple modems, or newspapers.
Warehousing -- drop it several times on a concrete floor from a metre up, landing on all four corners. Does it survive that experience and continue to function OK?
Who the fuck works in a warehouse and drops their electronic devices several times without being fired?
Why is it OK for everyone to expect programmers to work for free, but not graphic artists?
Ummm, who said anything about programmers being expected to work for free? And if some random fool did say such a thing, how did that become "everybody"? If you believe that everybody thinks that, then that means that you must also believe that, and are able to answer your own question.
Well, I "pirate" TV shows which are free to watch. It has nothing to do with price, but rather convenience. I'll usually buy a DVD/Blu-Ray box set of the shows I download when it becomes available.
On the other hand, buying iPhone apps is about as convenient as can be - while pirating them is a fairly annoying and inconvenient process in comparison. So that's a real headscratcher. It's probably just people doing it because they can, with no real interest in the application itself.
Big fucking deal. How many people run jailbroken iPhones or could be bothered to pirate software that usually sells for less than a few bucks? Especially with all the headaches that come with doing so. Not very fucking many, I would imagine. As a developer, would you want that kind of cunt as a customer, anyway? They are probably more trouble than they are worth.
Cater to those that have a brain and you end up poor.
Just because some lousy apps make large amounts of money doesn't mean the reverse is true. I don't think the developers of "Things", "Omnifocus" or "Gas Cubby" are on their way to the poorhouse. And those are clearly intelligent and well-designed apps.
It's almost sickening how people expect developing applications for the iPhone to be a "get rich quick" plan, and equally sickening that any developer who doesn't get rich quick is paraded as evidence that the App Store is fundamentally flawed, or that people shouldn't develop for the iPhone. Developing good software is hard, and often the rewards aren't high. Film at 11.
People need to stop freaking out about every little thing they do and just realise that moderation is everything. Everything can kill you, but few things will do so in moderation.
You say that now, until too much moderation KILLS YOU DEAD!
So, what the heck does that have to do with physical activity, which is the topic we're discussing? I also think you're mistaken that there's no such thing as "passive" gaming. Some gamers become so habituated to a game that there's not a lot of active thinking going on, just habitual responses. Their actions become no more "interactive" than another person's involvement in the plot of their TV show.
It's not the videogames that make a people sedentary. It's the other way around: sedentary people like to play videogames.
That argument is just as illogical as the one you are opposing. If correlation does not equal causation, then it applies in all cases, not just the ones you would like it to apply to.
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which I suppose COULD be considered SF if they weren't so badly done.
Hey, there's nothing in the definition of "Sci-Fi" that says it has to be good.
Exactly. people have been touching up portraits long before PhotoShop was invented.
-1, Molesty.
What I see more of is what I would call intellectual stubbornness... And the next time we talked they were in another .NET class. Then acted surprised when they didn't get that job, either. ????
That doesn't really add up. You call it "intellectual stubbornness" yet what they appear to be doing is simply following the norm like sheep. What's intellectual about that?
But since America loaned too much money in the recent past,
Wouldn't the problem be that America borrowed too much money, not loaning it out?
However Apple has clung to that paradigm right up to the present day.
Uhh, no. Apple loves the third-party iPod market. They make a fortune from licensing, and don't have to develop the products themselves. Seriously, where have you been? Did you completely miss the whole dock-connector phenomenon?
So yes - its drm.
No. DRM has a more specific meaning. This is proprietary hardware. DRM is about restricting the use of media using encryption.
I'm not defending it - it's a stupid thing, and Apple is being very anti-consumer in implementing it this way. But there's no reason to call it something it's not. Has "proprietary" really lost so much of its negative connotations that people must scramble to call everything by the new buzzword "DRM"? That's really stupid, because it just dilutes the meaning of the term, which will make it easier for the likes of the RIAA to confuse the general public.
It does nothing to the (digital) music playback
You obviously don't seem to be aware that the music going to the headphones is an analog signal, not digital.
I know that it is called racism (and rightfully so, most of the time) when you insult people because of their race. But it seems to be a-ok, to insult intelligent people, or make them look like something bad
Being a techie doesn't make one intelligent (as your post clearly demonstrates). Many techies are approximately as intelligent as a bag of hammers.
Where have you been? Google Adwords is huge, millions of advertisers are paying per click today.
Since when were they being taken seriously before the discussion?
Are you living in the future or something? In my day, only the wealthiest of people (royalty, aristocrats) could afford 1200 baud. Everybody else used 300 baud acoustic-couple modems, or newspapers.
Hate to be the one to bring this up, but you don't capitalize chimpanzee, ape or monkey, as they are not proper nouns.
Warehousing -- drop it several times on a concrete floor from a metre up, landing on all four corners. Does it survive that experience and continue to function OK?
Who the fuck works in a warehouse and drops their electronic devices several times without being fired?
That doesn't make a lot of sense, because goths are generally obsessed with death, they don't avoid discussing it.
You have to ask: Does he write this stuff, or just slam the keyboard?
He actually writes a lot of his own software to generate music. Early in his career, he was really very innovative in creating his sound.
Why is it OK for everyone to expect programmers to work for free, but not graphic artists?
Ummm, who said anything about programmers being expected to work for free? And if some random fool did say such a thing, how did that become "everybody"? If you believe that everybody thinks that, then that means that you must also believe that, and are able to answer your own question.
Well, I "pirate" TV shows which are free to watch. It has nothing to do with price, but rather convenience. I'll usually buy a DVD/Blu-Ray box set of the shows I download when it becomes available.
On the other hand, buying iPhone apps is about as convenient as can be - while pirating them is a fairly annoying and inconvenient process in comparison. So that's a real headscratcher. It's probably just people doing it because they can, with no real interest in the application itself.
Big fucking deal. How many people run jailbroken iPhones or could be bothered to pirate software that usually sells for less than a few bucks? Especially with all the headaches that come with doing so. Not very fucking many, I would imagine. As a developer, would you want that kind of cunt as a customer, anyway? They are probably more trouble than they are worth.
Cater to those that have a brain and you end up poor.
Just because some lousy apps make large amounts of money doesn't mean the reverse is true. I don't think the developers of "Things", "Omnifocus" or "Gas Cubby" are on their way to the poorhouse. And those are clearly intelligent and well-designed apps.
It's almost sickening how people expect developing applications for the iPhone to be a "get rich quick" plan, and equally sickening that any developer who doesn't get rich quick is paraded as evidence that the App Store is fundamentally flawed, or that people shouldn't develop for the iPhone. Developing good software is hard, and often the rewards aren't high. Film at 11.
Probably write an ode to the mighty Blue Whale, accompanied by interpretive dancers and a musical stage play.
So, every slashdotter is running a half-marathon next week? Just because some slashdotters exercise regularly, doesn't mean that all do.
People need to stop freaking out about every little thing they do and just realise that moderation is everything. Everything can kill you, but few things will do so in moderation.
You say that now, until too much moderation KILLS YOU DEAD!
Where is the +1 genius mode?
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So, what the heck does that have to do with physical activity, which is the topic we're discussing? I also think you're mistaken that there's no such thing as "passive" gaming. Some gamers become so habituated to a game that there's not a lot of active thinking going on, just habitual responses. Their actions become no more "interactive" than another person's involvement in the plot of their TV show.
It's not the videogames that make a people sedentary. It's the other way around: sedentary people like to play videogames.
That argument is just as illogical as the one you are opposing. If correlation does not equal causation, then it applies in all cases, not just the ones you would like it to apply to.