You only get your official intellectual card when you get to the grad school level. As an undergrad, My friends and I mostly watched mindless comedies.
I remember seeing Zork for the first time on a friend's Apple II. He was the neighborhood Richy Rich who could afford an Apple (us normal kids had to settle for C64's). I never realized it was released for the C64 too (it would have certainly made me less jealous of Richy Rich, if I had known that).
Yeah, and all you'll be out is the hassle of losing every computer you own for a year or so, tens of thousands of $ in lawyer's fees and lost time at work from having to defend yourself in court, many sleepless nights, etc. What a victory!
Back a few years ago when I built a giant faraday cage around my house--they said I was crazy. The homeowner's association sued me, my wife left me, the mental health people wouldn't let me see the kids, and I lost my job after extolling the virtues of the faraday cage to all the other employees at every opportunity.
But, in the end, I showed them! Now they see I wasn't so crazy. My house has the most secure wifi on the block!
It's the MPAA/RIAA/FBI "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" law--the same one they've used to imprison, sue, and fine thousands of people in recent years (including some that didn't even own a computer)
Going back and watching Star Wars (the real one, not the 1997 CGI-fest), the only thing that seems really cheesy now as an adult is some of the dialogue and Mark Hamill's poor acting. The movie holds up surprisingly well, considering the time it was made (only the hairstyles and Han's vest give it away).
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Yeah, and I want to be called "His Majesty Lord BigWang," but it ain't happening.
No, profitability doesn't necessarily make great gaming. But it does drive the gaming industry. Hardcore gamers are always bitching about how the industry doesn't listen to them. But when you turn around and say things like "Mouse/keyboard are the ONLY way to control a game! Who cares about making money or what casual/console gamers want?" it makes it perfectly understandable *why* they don't listen to you.
Enlighten us, then. Explain the justification for the reservation system, and explain how the choice between reservation or death is a just one. Describe the logical justification for the Trail of Tears. Illustrate to me the honorable behavior at Wounded Knee. Describe to me how the Royal Proclamation of 1763 was well received and how the wholesale land grab by the colonists was immediately stopped. Or perhaps the nobility of using smallpox as a weapon against people seeking to stay warm will stand in stark contrast to those vile brown people?
Atrocities all--except for the "smallpox as weapon" thing, which is a myth (there is only one recorded incidence of such a thing even being discussed, during the French and Indian War in the 1760's, and no evidence to indicate it was ever actually done). Should I provide a equally long list of nasty native attacks against colonial settlements, where innocent men, women, and children were slaughtered? Should I point to the reconsecration of Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan, where noble Aztecs slaughtered over 80,000 war prisoners just to demonstrate their power? Probably not so romantic to have your family killed and scalped just because you happened to run afoul of the wrong tribe on the wrong day, but it happened.
Just remember, when you talk about the horrible treatment of these people by various colonial governments, it's worth noting that there were no "these people." There were many different tribes, in many different times, in many different types of interaction with the Europeans and with each other. And the natives could be every bit as nasty as the colonials. Don't turn them into noble, innocent victims just because they got here a few thousand years earlier than the European tribes.
Wow, looks like someone really bought into that noble savage horseshit. I can almost picture the wind blowing through the Indian's hair as I read your post. But here is my non-hippie interpretation of the noble native American (you politically-correct types might want to avert your eyes):
The "Native Americans" were actually many different tribes, many of whom despised one another. They fought wars with one another where torture, enslavement, rape, and various other atrocities were common. Some even practiced human sacrifice. They did not use "every part of" whatever animal they killed. They were not environmentalists. They were not peaceniks. They weren't even really "natives" (having immigrated from Asia once themselves). The relationship between Europeans and natives was a very complex one. It was not just a case of evil Europeans stealing the land of the noble savage and displacing some romantic hippie communal lifestyle. Some tribes welcomed Europeans, some fought them (using the same brutal tactics they used before the colonists came), some assimilated, some didn't. Many tribes appreciated the technological improvements of the Europeans, some spurned them. Different European "tribes" also treated the natives differently. The Spanish were much more open to intermarriage with the natives than the English. The French were more reluctant to build permanent settelments than the Spanish, British, or Portugese. Again, it was all a very complex cultural interaction--with plenty of atrocities and injustices to go around on all sides.
Today's Native Americans still love to bitch about the evil white man--but few turn down our vaccinations or technology. And far too few turn down our hand-outs and alcohol. When they build casinos, they don't do it with "noble savage" architects. Again, it remains a complex situation--easy to romanticize, but much harder to *really* understand.
Actually, "You're a Harlan Ellison" would be a MUCH worse insult.
I'm just surprised Mr. Sue-Happy hasn't gotten in with his own lawsuit, claiming that the cellphone was his idea, from one of his crappy TV scripts in the 60's.
With both MS and Apple announcing tablets, maybe ONE of them can tell us exactly who those things are targeted at. In the age of netbooks and smart phones on the low end and real laptops on the high end, I want to know exactly who out there is clamoring to spend $1000 for a half-assed laptop with a glorified touch screen. Maybe there are some artists out there who could really use this screen for drawing or something (and some Mac fans who will buy anything with an Apple logo on it, just cause), but why would any mainstream user want one of these things?
I don't mean that as a troll. Seriously, is anyone here looking to buy a tablet--and if so why?
Sadly, Linux and OSS never get a press conference (who would hold it, after all?). All of these trade shows tend to come down to a pissing contest between Apple and MS, or Verizon/AT&T/Sprint/T-Mobile or whoever, and open source and Linux get overlooked once again. Ask anyone at CES about open source and they'll just stare at you blankly. These trade shows are just a great big proprietary/capitalism/closed-source circle-jerk.
My brother-in-law is one, and I'm pretty sure he's real. Now Santa Claus, on the other hand, does not in fact exist. And if he does exist, that fat bastard owes me years of back presents.
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You only get your official intellectual card when you get to the grad school level. As an undergrad, My friends and I mostly watched mindless comedies.
I remember seeing Zork for the first time on a friend's Apple II. He was the neighborhood Richy Rich who could afford an Apple (us normal kids had to settle for C64's). I never realized it was released for the C64 too (it would have certainly made me less jealous of Richy Rich, if I had known that).
Yeah, and all you'll be out is the hassle of losing every computer you own for a year or so, tens of thousands of $ in lawyer's fees and lost time at work from having to defend yourself in court, many sleepless nights, etc. What a victory!
Since it's smaller than a laptop, but bigger than a smartphone, maybe we need to give it a new name. I propose the term "netbook."
Who *wouldn't* pay $1000 for something like that?
Back a few years ago when I built a giant faraday cage around my house--they said I was crazy. The homeowner's association sued me, my wife left me, the mental health people wouldn't let me see the kids, and I lost my job after extolling the virtues of the faraday cage to all the other employees at every opportunity.
But, in the end, I showed them! Now they see I wasn't so crazy. My house has the most secure wifi on the block!
It's the MPAA/RIAA/FBI "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" law--the same one they've used to imprison, sue, and fine thousands of people in recent years (including some that didn't even own a computer)
There could have been a "sorta locked" third option.
Yeah, number one, baby!
Going back and watching Star Wars (the real one, not the 1997 CGI-fest), the only thing that seems really cheesy now as an adult is some of the dialogue and Mark Hamill's poor acting. The movie holds up surprisingly well, considering the time it was made (only the hairstyles and Han's vest give it away).
Yeah, and I want to be called "His Majesty Lord BigWang," but it ain't happening.
No, profitability doesn't necessarily make great gaming. But it does drive the gaming industry. Hardcore gamers are always bitching about how the industry doesn't listen to them. But when you turn around and say things like "Mouse/keyboard are the ONLY way to control a game! Who cares about making money or what casual/console gamers want?" it makes it perfectly understandable *why* they don't listen to you.
Atrocities all--except for the "smallpox as weapon" thing, which is a myth (there is only one recorded incidence of such a thing even being discussed, during the French and Indian War in the 1760's, and no evidence to indicate it was ever actually done). Should I provide a equally long list of nasty native attacks against colonial settlements, where innocent men, women, and children were slaughtered? Should I point to the reconsecration of Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan, where noble Aztecs slaughtered over 80,000 war prisoners just to demonstrate their power? Probably not so romantic to have your family killed and scalped just because you happened to run afoul of the wrong tribe on the wrong day, but it happened.
Just remember, when you talk about the horrible treatment of these people by various colonial governments, it's worth noting that there were no "these people." There were many different tribes, in many different times, in many different types of interaction with the Europeans and with each other. And the natives could be every bit as nasty as the colonials. Don't turn them into noble, innocent victims just because they got here a few thousand years earlier than the European tribes.
Wow, looks like someone really bought into that noble savage horseshit. I can almost picture the wind blowing through the Indian's hair as I read your post. But here is my non-hippie interpretation of the noble native American (you politically-correct types might want to avert your eyes):
The "Native Americans" were actually many different tribes, many of whom despised one another. They fought wars with one another where torture, enslavement, rape, and various other atrocities were common. Some even practiced human sacrifice. They did not use "every part of" whatever animal they killed. They were not environmentalists. They were not peaceniks. They weren't even really "natives" (having immigrated from Asia once themselves). The relationship between Europeans and natives was a very complex one. It was not just a case of evil Europeans stealing the land of the noble savage and displacing some romantic hippie communal lifestyle. Some tribes welcomed Europeans, some fought them (using the same brutal tactics they used before the colonists came), some assimilated, some didn't. Many tribes appreciated the technological improvements of the Europeans, some spurned them. Different European "tribes" also treated the natives differently. The Spanish were much more open to intermarriage with the natives than the English. The French were more reluctant to build permanent settelments than the Spanish, British, or Portugese. Again, it was all a very complex cultural interaction--with plenty of atrocities and injustices to go around on all sides.
Today's Native Americans still love to bitch about the evil white man--but few turn down our vaccinations or technology. And far too few turn down our hand-outs and alcohol. When they build casinos, they don't do it with "noble savage" architects. Again, it remains a complex situation--easy to romanticize, but much harder to *really* understand.
Don't worry, Sony has a long history of avoiding DRM in their products.
It's like my grandpa used to say when I was a boy: "Kid, the more power Sony has, the worse the world is."
Actually, "You're a Harlan Ellison" would be a MUCH worse insult. I'm just surprised Mr. Sue-Happy hasn't gotten in with his own lawsuit, claiming that the cellphone was his idea, from one of his crappy TV scripts in the 60's.
Unfair. Mice bathe way more often.
It's Sony. They'll do both.
Now if they can just fix the PS3's godawful remote control (which you're stuck with since almost no universal remote supports bluetooth).
It should be noted that this is an increase of 25GB to 33.4GB per layer. Double layer blu-rays are already capable of storing 50 GB.
Yeah, everything on the iPhone just works--until AT&T's crappy network drops your call yet again or you try to get consistent 3G coverage.
With both MS and Apple announcing tablets, maybe ONE of them can tell us exactly who those things are targeted at. In the age of netbooks and smart phones on the low end and real laptops on the high end, I want to know exactly who out there is clamoring to spend $1000 for a half-assed laptop with a glorified touch screen. Maybe there are some artists out there who could really use this screen for drawing or something (and some Mac fans who will buy anything with an Apple logo on it, just cause), but why would any mainstream user want one of these things?
I don't mean that as a troll. Seriously, is anyone here looking to buy a tablet--and if so why?
Sadly, Linux and OSS never get a press conference (who would hold it, after all?). All of these trade shows tend to come down to a pissing contest between Apple and MS, or Verizon/AT&T/Sprint/T-Mobile or whoever, and open source and Linux get overlooked once again. Ask anyone at CES about open source and they'll just stare at you blankly. These trade shows are just a great big proprietary/capitalism/closed-source circle-jerk.
My brother-in-law is one, and I'm pretty sure he's real. Now Santa Claus, on the other hand, does not in fact exist. And if he does exist, that fat bastard owes me years of back presents.