My experience has been very contrary to this report. I have both a 360 and PS3, and downloads on the PS3 (especially in the early days) have been EXCRUCIATINGLY slow compared to my 360. Downloading a system update (and the PS3 is CONSTANTLY getting these, even if you just use it to watch blu-rays) is a HUGE pain in the ass on the PS3. It takes forever to download such an update (and that doesn't count the long install time and the fact that I always have to go find my game controller, since the PS3 won't recognize the remote during system updates). 360 downloads, by contrast, are usually quick and relatively painless (even system updates seem to download pretty quickly). Playstation Home took longer to download and install than ANY game I've ever bought on the 360, and it's a pretty simple game.
The original SNL skits those were based on were actually funny. The commercials were most definitely not. It was taking a funny skit, stripping it of everything that made it funny, and just having the character say "Pepsi, Pepsi, Pepsi" over and over again. And having an almost unrecognizable Richard Dean Anderson who looks nothing like McGyver anymore didn't even add a novelty factor.
Yeah, I used to work in a juvenile detention facility where I had to deal with the fallout from a lot of irresponsible crackheads who had decided 11-16 years earlier that their babies had too much potential to abort.
Glorious Leader Kim Jong-il replies "We have internets! You don't think we have internets? Just look at our glorious internets! [holds up 50's-era telephone] See, our internets better than anyone in the world! North Korea internets way better than decadent, capitalist south!"
Your argument that science fiction has "no literary merit" shows that you're the worst kind of literary snob--the stupid kind. A genre has nothing to do with "literary merit." A brilliant writer can write in any genre and still be brilliant. Hemmingway spent a good portion of his career writing about in the sports fiction genre. But his works really were about something much more fundamental. It's doesn't matter whether you're writing a hunting story set in the Jim Crow South, a war story about the Spanish Civil War, or a science fiction story set in the distant future; the important thing is that you're making observations about something more universal, more fundamental than the constraints of your literal-level story. The distinguishing characteristics of "great literature" are completely independent of genre. You should have learned that much in any 100-level university course in literature (assuming you went to university).
It's really an excellent starter lair. I'm hoping to sell to a young evil genius couple. Though it's not really ready for world domination, it's probably just fine for country-wide domination. And while it's true that I had to turn the shark tank into a grow bed, everything is still wheelchair-accessible and cat-friendly. The laser cannon still works too, but the power bill is a real bitch if you use it.
I was about to post the exact same observation. Ayers isn't opposed to Gates program on the merits (or, rather, lack thereof). He's just an ideologue opposed to the idea of ANY corporate investment in what he sees as an exclusively state institution. He got lucky in this case only by accident (opposing every privately-financed initiative in education was BOUND to turn up at least a few duds).
And this is coming from a liberal, lest any of you accuse me of being some right-wing nutball.
Most of us Americans feel the same way about soccer (or football, if you prefer). Watching a soccer game is like watching a seemingly never-ending slog towards someone FINALLY scoring a single fucking goal. But, then, we all see our favorite sports through our own eyes. To each his own.
Faced with exposure to the daylight, they'll just drop the case. They always drop the case when the kid whose lunch money they're trying to steal actually fights back.
You can find a pretty good rundown on the history of Walmart and China here. And, for a pretty fair breakdown of just how aggressive Walmart has gotten at pressuring its suppliers to use Chinese manufacturing, check out the book The Walmart Effect
Ha, very little is "Made in the USA" anymore. Between Walmart pressuring companies to move their manufacturing to China (it's very hard to get them to even do business with you if you tell them your stuff is made in the U.S.), the burgeoning Chinese economy, and recent trade deals; I'm actually surprised anymore when I hear that a manufacturing plant is closing (as I thought they all pretty much already *had* closed). It seems like the only thing that's still made here are cars (even Toyota, BMW, etc. have car plants here). But that's only because China hasn't gotten big into car manufacturing yet ("yet" being the operative word).
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Don't you blaspheme Ben Affleck in this home, young man!
My experience has been very contrary to this report. I have both a 360 and PS3, and downloads on the PS3 (especially in the early days) have been EXCRUCIATINGLY slow compared to my 360. Downloading a system update (and the PS3 is CONSTANTLY getting these, even if you just use it to watch blu-rays) is a HUGE pain in the ass on the PS3. It takes forever to download such an update (and that doesn't count the long install time and the fact that I always have to go find my game controller, since the PS3 won't recognize the remote during system updates). 360 downloads, by contrast, are usually quick and relatively painless (even system updates seem to download pretty quickly). Playstation Home took longer to download and install than ANY game I've ever bought on the 360, and it's a pretty simple game.
The original SNL skits those were based on were actually funny. The commercials were most definitely not. It was taking a funny skit, stripping it of everything that made it funny, and just having the character say "Pepsi, Pepsi, Pepsi" over and over again. And having an almost unrecognizable Richard Dean Anderson who looks nothing like McGyver anymore didn't even add a novelty factor.
Yeah, I used to work in a juvenile detention facility where I had to deal with the fallout from a lot of irresponsible crackheads who had decided 11-16 years earlier that their babies had too much potential to abort.
Considering that everyone they ever got to play him looks and acts like a chick, how could you tell the difference?
Glorious Leader Kim Jong-il replies "We have internets! You don't think we have internets? Just look at our glorious internets! [holds up 50's-era telephone] See, our internets better than anyone in the world! North Korea internets way better than decadent, capitalist south!"
I'm pretty sure the northern part would be happy to just get some food.
A map tells the tale better than words.
Your argument that science fiction has "no literary merit" shows that you're the worst kind of literary snob--the stupid kind. A genre has nothing to do with "literary merit." A brilliant writer can write in any genre and still be brilliant. Hemmingway spent a good portion of his career writing about in the sports fiction genre. But his works really were about something much more fundamental. It's doesn't matter whether you're writing a hunting story set in the Jim Crow South, a war story about the Spanish Civil War, or a science fiction story set in the distant future; the important thing is that you're making observations about something more universal, more fundamental than the constraints of your literal-level story. The distinguishing characteristics of "great literature" are completely independent of genre. You should have learned that much in any 100-level university course in literature (assuming you went to university).
Wow, your farts must smell AMAZING!
It's really an excellent starter lair. I'm hoping to sell to a young evil genius couple. Though it's not really ready for world domination, it's probably just fine for country-wide domination. And while it's true that I had to turn the shark tank into a grow bed, everything is still wheelchair-accessible and cat-friendly. The laser cannon still works too, but the power bill is a real bitch if you use it.
I was about to post the exact same observation. Ayers isn't opposed to Gates program on the merits (or, rather, lack thereof). He's just an ideologue opposed to the idea of ANY corporate investment in what he sees as an exclusively state institution. He got lucky in this case only by accident (opposing every privately-financed initiative in education was BOUND to turn up at least a few duds).
And this is coming from a liberal, lest any of you accuse me of being some right-wing nutball.
No, real men box.
Most of us Americans feel the same way about soccer (or football, if you prefer). Watching a soccer game is like watching a seemingly never-ending slog towards someone FINALLY scoring a single fucking goal. But, then, we all see our favorite sports through our own eyes. To each his own.
The term "science fiction" implies that science is involved. I suggest just "fiction" instead.
Anyone want to buy a slightly used underwater marijuana farm?
It means trying to get people to do your work for free, because you're too cheap to pay someone for it.
In all fairness, there are factions--two of them. The first one consists of you. The second one consists of EVERYONE ELSE IN THE FUCKING GAME!
"Innovation" doesn't mean squat if, at the end of the day, you produce an annoying, tedious grindfest.
Faced with exposure to the daylight, they'll just drop the case. They always drop the case when the kid whose lunch money they're trying to steal actually fights back.
Maybe they were offended at the implication that any Republican woman swallows.
You can find a pretty good rundown on the history of Walmart and China here. And, for a pretty fair breakdown of just how aggressive Walmart has gotten at pressuring its suppliers to use Chinese manufacturing, check out the book The Walmart Effect
I bet your friends just love it when you come to the comedy club with them.
Joey, have you ever seen a grown man naked?
Bad comparison. When a volcano wants your attention, it spits. When Sarah Palin wants something, she swallows.
Ha, very little is "Made in the USA" anymore. Between Walmart pressuring companies to move their manufacturing to China (it's very hard to get them to even do business with you if you tell them your stuff is made in the U.S.), the burgeoning Chinese economy, and recent trade deals; I'm actually surprised anymore when I hear that a manufacturing plant is closing (as I thought they all pretty much already *had* closed). It seems like the only thing that's still made here are cars (even Toyota, BMW, etc. have car plants here). But that's only because China hasn't gotten big into car manufacturing yet ("yet" being the operative word).