Remember when the left-wingers merely suspected GWB of thinking about possibly doing something similar and how apeshit crazy they went over that slim possibility?
Free speech means the government doesn't control (nor attempt to influence) what people are discussing.
I'd agree with you on "control" but not "attempt to influence." If the government attempting to influence opinions was counter to freedom of speech, then the government couldn't make any public statements at all without attacking freedom of speech.
And who makes really shit consumer products? Kodak. If Kodak is such a leader, then why are they doing so poorly there, and allowing much smaller companies to take the market?
Sometimes I think we look back on old games with too much nostalgia. Whilst there are undoubtedly some really good games, a lot of them were just an exercise in frustration and slow methodical progress - something I don't derive much enjoyment from any more.
Then come back to me and we'll talk about your disdain for moral relativism. Like it or not, nothing is absolute and everything to some degree is relative.
Yeah, everything is relative - but only for certain values of everything. How dare you use words like "nothing" and "everything" in the first place? Those terms aren't nearly relative enough!
Well, at least google hasn't jailed people for thought and information crimes yet.
Really? How do you think their vast "data centers" are powered? By electricity or some shit? How do you think a Google search works? A "computer" uses some fancy "algorithm" to query a "database"?
It's people. Google is made out of people. They're making our information out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!
you might as well rename the Concorde Fallacy - let's forget that we lost the house and the car, and remember that we can get 50 cents on each dollar invested!
You might, but that wouldn't make any sense whatsoever. In what way are the two remotely similar?
The Volt has been being advertised for years, you're a bit late if you think 11 months is far out.
Did you not read my post? I mentioned that the Volt had already received premature advertising. Anyway, how does the fact that it's already been advertised insanely too early excuse it from being advertised ridiculously too early?
11 months is practically tomorrow in manufacturing. They have to tool everything, get parts orders and distribution in line, and make sure they've got the final distribution arranged as well. In 11 months they want all those cars actually rolled off the assembly line, not waiting for someone to retool the system.
What does that have to do with anything? We're not talking about manufacturing here, we're talking about marketing and advertising. I'm sure the assembly lines will run just fine without the product being marketed way too early.
11 months is a short time, considering that the development of the Volt took 4 years already.
So what? Plenty of products started development 4 years ago, that we're not hearing about yet. Call me old-fashioned, but something should actually be interesting or newsworthy to deserve being covered. Just because somebody's been developing something for 4 years doesn't mean we need to give a shit about it.
And consider that pre-production Volts (assembled manually) are already on the roads.
OK, I'm considering that. What am I supposed to be inferring from it? If anything it makes the situation even more absurd, as the tone of the commentator ("only 11 months to go!!!") is even more ridiculous in that context.
... and with just 11 months to go before this car hits the market, I got the answer.
Since when is 11 months a short time until the release of a product? It shouldn't even be being discussed this far out. If it was maybe a month or two until the release, some anticipatory articles would be fine. But this just smells of more bullshit hype or "viral marketing" for the Volt, which has already had previous premature media campaigns.
If you're going to release a product, just release it! Don't crap on about what you plan to release one day.
What an amazing revelation. You must be one proud 13 year-old.
try to understand the point of view of the other side, which, even when you don't think you agree, 9 times out of 10 what the other side is saying has merit
Where did you get that statistic from?
if you're too stupid to realize 'your political party' or 'your news channel' isn't just as fucked up as the other side,
Except that isn't true. Some sides are more correct and truthful than others. Thinking that everything is equally biased is as stupid a fallacy as thinking there is no bias.
The fact is that when it comes to many issues, often one side is just lying and spreading propaganda that has no basis in truth. Sometimes both sides are, but that's much rarer.
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Remember when the left-wingers merely suspected GWB of thinking about possibly doing something similar and how apeshit crazy they went over that slim possibility?
What, exactly, are you referring to?
Free speech means the government doesn't control (nor attempt to influence) what people are discussing.
I'd agree with you on "control" but not "attempt to influence." If the government attempting to influence opinions was counter to freedom of speech, then the government couldn't make any public statements at all without attacking freedom of speech.
And who makes really shit consumer products? Kodak. If Kodak is such a leader, then why are they doing so poorly there, and allowing much smaller companies to take the market?
Kodak saw the digital writing on the film wall a long, long time ago and has been moving to becoming a leader in digital imaging.
Thats nice. How about they do some actual leading, then? All the "moving to becoming" doesn't seem to be working so well.
You've obviously never been a big corporation served with a lawsuit for a patent violation by another big corporation.
Not true! As a child, I was a big corporation, but I grew out of it.
Microsoft is staying mum on the hardware, although Smith notes that we know it involves an infrared camera.
How is it "controller free" if it involves hardware? Isn't that infrared camera the controller?
Then you could navigate with voice commands, gestures and eye movements.
Psssh. That's nothing new. New Yorkers have been navigating that way for decades.
If you like people, then you probably don't want them to be shredded and turned into information.
Sometimes I think we look back on old games with too much nostalgia. Whilst there are undoubtedly some really good games, a lot of them were just an exercise in frustration and slow methodical progress - something I don't derive much enjoyment from any more.
For proof of this, just watch these videos.
Mother: Because he's a fucking dragon. Now shut up and wash the dishes!
Both argue to some extent that past history should not determine investment advice.
That's completely incorrect. The "Concorde fallacy" states the opposite: that past history should determine future investment.
It's the people that are the problem.
That's OK, we can just get rid of them.
When there is money to be made the idea of not doing something because it might mean working with 'evil' people does not stop them
So, you're saying that money is the root of all evil?
Then come back to me and we'll talk about your disdain for moral relativism. Like it or not, nothing is absolute and everything to some degree is relative.
Yeah, everything is relative - but only for certain values of everything. How dare you use words like "nothing" and "everything" in the first place? Those terms aren't nearly relative enough!
Well, at least google hasn't jailed people for thought and information crimes yet.
Really? How do you think their vast "data centers" are powered? By electricity or some shit? How do you think a Google search works? A "computer" uses some fancy "algorithm" to query a "database"?
It's people. Google is made out of people. They're making our information out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!
Normally I would agree with you, but China scares me more than Google.
So, how do you feel about Google China? Or Chinese Google?
There are no operational Galileo satellites in orbit yet.
I bet that makes Galileo so mad that he's spinning in his... uh... satellite coffin. Yeah, that's the ticket. That guy was really out there, you see.
you might as well rename the Concorde Fallacy - let's forget that we lost the house and the car, and remember that we can get 50 cents on each dollar invested!
You might, but that wouldn't make any sense whatsoever. In what way are the two remotely similar?
Yes, but how is that relevant? You can test it all you want - but that has nothing to do with marketing.
The Volt has been being advertised for years, you're a bit late if you think 11 months is far out.
Did you not read my post? I mentioned that the Volt had already received premature advertising. Anyway, how does the fact that it's already been advertised insanely too early excuse it from being advertised ridiculously too early?
11 months is practically tomorrow in manufacturing. They have to tool everything, get parts orders and distribution in line, and make sure they've got the final distribution arranged as well. In 11 months they want all those cars actually rolled off the assembly line, not waiting for someone to retool the system.
What does that have to do with anything? We're not talking about manufacturing here, we're talking about marketing and advertising. I'm sure the assembly lines will run just fine without the product being marketed way too early.
Yeah, you might want to go and die in an (Open Source) fire. Thanks for all the wonderful misleading summaries, dickbag.
11 months is a short time, considering that the development of the Volt took 4 years already.
So what? Plenty of products started development 4 years ago, that we're not hearing about yet. Call me old-fashioned, but something should actually be interesting or newsworthy to deserve being covered. Just because somebody's been developing something for 4 years doesn't mean we need to give a shit about it.
And consider that pre-production Volts (assembled manually) are already on the roads.
OK, I'm considering that. What am I supposed to be inferring from it? If anything it makes the situation even more absurd, as the tone of the commentator ("only 11 months to go!!!") is even more ridiculous in that context.
... and with just 11 months to go before this car hits the market, I got the answer.
Since when is 11 months a short time until the release of a product? It shouldn't even be being discussed this far out. If it was maybe a month or two until the release, some anticipatory articles would be fine. But this just smells of more bullshit hype or "viral marketing" for the Volt, which has already had previous premature media campaigns.
If you're going to release a product, just release it! Don't crap on about what you plan to release one day.
EVERYONE IS FREAKING BIASED TO THEIR OWN BELIEFS
What an amazing revelation. You must be one proud 13 year-old.
try to understand the point of view of the other side, which, even when you don't think you agree, 9 times out of 10 what the other side is saying has merit
Where did you get that statistic from?
if you're too stupid to realize 'your political party' or 'your news channel' isn't just as fucked up as the other side,
Except that isn't true. Some sides are more correct and truthful than others. Thinking that everything is equally biased is as stupid a fallacy as thinking there is no bias.
The fact is that when it comes to many issues, often one side is just lying and spreading propaganda that has no basis in truth. Sometimes both sides are, but that's much rarer.
I don't think that there are enough Gitzo and Manfrotto enthusiasts to make a show about camera supports commercially viable.