Or, duh, life-bearing planets are so few and far apart that our primitive tech hasn't noticed anything in the last, oh, moments of time humanity has existed.
Sometimes I'm glad we haven't found anything. How embarrassing it would be, like having guests show up during a ugly fight with your spouse. (hehe, that episode of Office was painful!)
I'm not sure we deserve to meet an advanced alien race. Humans pretty much suck, we'd prolly figure out a way to try to war with them anyway.
If you rely on the schools to construct your child's ethics, you are...um...not just stupid, but unethical yourself.
Don't pass on your major obligation of raising your children: instill in them the understanding of right and wrong your damn self.
The schools can be left with what they do best, teach necessary vocational skills and fundamentals for the future workforce.
Parents do what they do best: feed, clothe, and house them...and make them decent, respectful humans in your spare time.
Try it. It's fun sometimes.
(effective funding, administration, and leadership in the school systems would resolve the inconsequential pirating issues, same as it would for any household or business)
Do we have to expect and then forgive this kind of obvious shysty behavior by our corporate citizens?
Companies are petrified of "leaving money on the table", another way of saying that if they don't try to glean the profits By Any Means Necessary then another company will, and they will fail. Or be quickly punished by Wall Street.
And we are all okay with this business model based on desperation, clawing and scamming and cheating...or at least pushing the edge of decency to absurd limits.
So here we have a company, a country, a civilization that values and rewards cheating the system as far as it can get away with...which is only known in hindsight, as the raw and unapologetic greed that is required to succeed in this world inevitably leads to certain kinds of blindness.
You know the type: not really seeing the poverty of your fellow humans, the destruction of the environment, the wars and civil strife...we sort of acknowledge that it's there but we refuse to honestly admit the causes and will not genuinely cooperate with the solutions.
Because doing that might result in us "leaving money on the table"...for someone else! God forbid someone else rush in and fuck over the people in search of profits instead of us!
Suffice to say, this is a perfect example of a company knowingly gaming the system, because everyone expects (nay---demands!) them to in order to survive.
Great world, you assholes! Competition is good, sure. But is it so good that we forsake our humanity?
(nope, I'm not mad at MS...why should they pay a tax that they might not have to pay? But how do you know if you have to pay it? Well...just try to not pay it as hard as you can. You will soon have your answer!)
No, you don't. That's the magic of Slashdot: you don't HAVE to read the article. The comments are usually good enough to become better informed than if you just read the article itself.
Without the high quality comments, Slashdot is just another lousy news site. Dupes, shoddy editing, out-dated articles, boring topics...
That's bullshit. I don't think anyone cares about cutting a few cm off the unit. That's not a compelling feature. An afterthought at best.
Making the unit quiet? Making the unit cool-looking? Reliable (fuck you 360)? Great games? Cheap? Online community? Keep up with latest tech (Blu-ray, large hd, graphics, etc)
Those are the features people spend money on. I've never heard anyone toss in the "but look how slim it is" in a console argument.
And as far as the 360 goes: It's very loud and unreliable. If it didn't have games (Halo3, Gears, COD4 and Live) it would die, and die horribly.
As it is, I'd like to predict a PS3 comeback and MS as the final loser, maybe even a Sega implosion. And I've rode Xbox since it first dropped. They are in trouble!
Also, could just be arrogance. Could be simple logistics.
Could it be a coincidence? A student of history would tell you not likely. Governments have done all manner of devious stuff in the past, why would you rule anything out?
But what happens to an artist's soul when he signs up with the dark side? At some point, they start to suck ass. Maybe they would have anyway. But just maybe, the gift of talent they possess wastes away under the shadow of greed.
Also, the fan changes. Sure, we naturally grow up and out of an artist. But fans have this special bond with music they like. Something magical happens, it speaks to our soul. There's a connection, and for some of us, and I argue more and more of us, we cannot enjoy the music like we used to when we know enough about the artist to know they they are scumballs. The connection, this soul-link, withers away.
For example: R Kelly. I used to be a big fan, grew up with him. That shit was hot. Classics. But every time I hear him now, I just hear a pedophile, pissing on a 14 year old. Who can take Michael Jackson seriously, even his old classic hits? Some, but most reject him.
Artists know this, and most hide their politics and private lives so that we don't hate them and their music. (on the flip side, some music ain't so great but we like the artist/message)
Just to add to that: Google right now is in trouble, long term. They are completely beholden to others for their business: ISP's, OS's, browsers, etc. Any one of them can fuck with them.
They are wisely---and patiently---changing that. Some don't get it. Why buy it when you can't profit off it the next fiscal quarter? They are fools. This is an major power move. Google is in it for the long term, and with moves like this they will become an institution that will outlive us all.
For better or worse. (Google scares the hell out of me...even as I enjoy as much of them as I can...)
At that price, very likely. Margins will be very low given the volumes Wal-Mart could potentially shift they do not need to be high. Don't forget the accessories! The box might be a wash, but monitors, mouses, webcams (one can only hope) etc could put it in the black.
Because our income, adjusted for inflation, has not kept pace.
Whatever, it is what it is.
The real issue: Boxing and fast food? Show me a (dedicated) boxer that fucks with Burger King.
Ads in games should contribute to the experience. Um, in a positive way. BK did not do that, it was a travesty. How about an athletics company? Nike would have been fine, for example.
Yes, they are selling to the patrons, not the athletes, I get it. But wtf...I'd rather it be the goddamn Bud frogs...
Why is that so extremely difficult for you? I get the feeling that you're just extremely difficult. Kind of person you try not to hang out with too often...
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Maybe users only want what MS gives them?
I'm joking. Sort of.
Or, duh, life-bearing planets are so few and far apart that our primitive tech hasn't noticed anything in the last, oh, moments of time humanity has existed.
Sometimes I'm glad we haven't found anything. How embarrassing it would be, like having guests show up during a ugly fight with your spouse. (hehe, that episode of Office was painful!)
I'm not sure we deserve to meet an advanced alien race. Humans pretty much suck, we'd prolly figure out a way to try to war with them anyway.
I can answer this!
Texter hated the stupid movie and was sophisticated enough to keep track of the plot and do something else interesting. (to texter and textee)
Watcher was thankful enough to to get any time with Texter...jerk is always too busy for quality time. And so Watcher settles.
Watcher should have compromised and chose a movie that would interest even jaded Texter.
You? You should be better at focusing on the massive movie screen and not what's going on in the next person's lap.
If you tell us what movie, we can all decide that yes, we would have done anything but actually watch that crap., too.
If you rely on the schools to construct your child's ethics, you are...um...not just stupid, but unethical yourself.
Don't pass on your major obligation of raising your children: instill in them the understanding of right and wrong your damn self.
The schools can be left with what they do best, teach necessary vocational skills and fundamentals for the future workforce.
Parents do what they do best: feed, clothe, and house them...and make them decent, respectful humans in your spare time.
Try it. It's fun sometimes.
(effective funding, administration, and leadership in the school systems would resolve the inconsequential pirating issues, same as it would for any household or business)
Do we have to expect and then forgive this kind of obvious shysty behavior by our corporate citizens?
Companies are petrified of "leaving money on the table", another way of saying that if they don't try to glean the profits By Any Means Necessary then another company will, and they will fail. Or be quickly punished by Wall Street.
And we are all okay with this business model based on desperation, clawing and scamming and cheating...or at least pushing the edge of decency to absurd limits.
So here we have a company, a country, a civilization that values and rewards cheating the system as far as it can get away with...which is only known in hindsight, as the raw and unapologetic greed that is required to succeed in this world inevitably leads to certain kinds of blindness.
You know the type: not really seeing the poverty of your fellow humans, the destruction of the environment, the wars and civil strife...we sort of acknowledge that it's there but we refuse to honestly admit the causes and will not genuinely cooperate with the solutions.
Because doing that might result in us "leaving money on the table"...for someone else! God forbid someone else rush in and fuck over the people in search of profits instead of us!
Suffice to say, this is a perfect example of a company knowingly gaming the system, because everyone expects (nay---demands!) them to in order to survive.
Great world, you assholes! Competition is good, sure. But is it so good that we forsake our humanity?
(nope, I'm not mad at MS...why should they pay a tax that they might not have to pay? But how do you know if you have to pay it? Well...just try to not pay it as hard as you can. You will soon have your answer!)
LiveLeak.com rocks. That is all.
No, you don't. That's the magic of Slashdot: you don't HAVE to read the article. The comments are usually good enough to become better informed than if you just read the article itself.
Without the high quality comments, Slashdot is just another lousy news site. Dupes, shoddy editing, out-dated articles, boring topics...
That's bullshit. I don't think anyone cares about cutting a few cm off the unit. That's not a compelling feature. An afterthought at best.
Making the unit quiet? Making the unit cool-looking? Reliable (fuck you 360)? Great games? Cheap? Online community? Keep up with latest tech (Blu-ray, large hd, graphics, etc)
Those are the features people spend money on. I've never heard anyone toss in the "but look how slim it is" in a console argument.
And as far as the 360 goes: It's very loud and unreliable. If it didn't have games (Halo3, Gears, COD4 and Live) it would die, and die horribly.
As it is, I'd like to predict a PS3 comeback and MS as the final loser, maybe even a Sega implosion. And I've rode Xbox since it first dropped. They are in trouble!
Thank you. But:
Who among us will lead the fight for change?
Who among us will rally around whoever is courageous enough to lead?
Also, could just be arrogance. Could be simple logistics.
Could it be a coincidence? A student of history would tell you not likely. Governments have done all manner of devious stuff in the past, why would you rule anything out?
Exactly. Consumers need to practice better patronage: good people support good people, reject the scum.
Cynically, you're right.
But what happens to an artist's soul when he signs up with the dark side? At some point, they start to suck ass. Maybe they would have anyway. But just maybe, the gift of talent they possess wastes away under the shadow of greed.
Also, the fan changes. Sure, we naturally grow up and out of an artist. But fans have this special bond with music they like. Something magical happens, it speaks to our soul. There's a connection, and for some of us, and I argue more and more of us, we cannot enjoy the music like we used to when we know enough about the artist to know they they are scumballs. The connection, this soul-link, withers away.
For example: R Kelly. I used to be a big fan, grew up with him. That shit was hot. Classics. But every time I hear him now, I just hear a pedophile, pissing on a 14 year old. Who can take Michael Jackson seriously, even his old classic hits? Some, but most reject him.
Artists know this, and most hide their politics and private lives so that we don't hate them and their music. (on the flip side, some music ain't so great but we like the artist/message)
Just to add to that: Google right now is in trouble, long term. They are completely beholden to others for their business: ISP's, OS's, browsers, etc. Any one of them can fuck with them.
They are wisely---and patiently---changing that. Some don't get it. Why buy it when you can't profit off it the next fiscal quarter? They are fools. This is an major power move. Google is in it for the long term, and with moves like this they will become an institution that will outlive us all.
For better or worse. (Google scares the hell out of me...even as I enjoy as much of them as I can...)
3G is not very popular because of the cost...the gouging for the monthly plans, the shitty, over-priced technology it runs on.
Maybe it's needed to recoup the investment for the spectrum and infrastructure?
I don't think so. More likely the cell companies are greedy, incompetent assholes with no vision or concern for progress.
Google can and does decide to not index certain sites based on objectionable material.
It's within their power to do so and it's their policy.
On the reverse, are you saying that if only TPB ran a general search engine they would be in the clear, like Google? Easy enough...
But didn't you also list prices in USD? One of the few times i would have modded down if I had the chance...
haha, too bad there's no +1 asshole comment, but funny
Ban Mail-in Rebates.
Yes, make them illegal. The price you post is the price you sell.
I know all the reasons behind rebates. Fuck them all, and fuck anyone who is down with them.
Um, don't know about the rest of you, but for the first few years the PS2 broke all the fucking time. Mostly the optical drive, but whatever.
So don't gas up the PS2 like some sort of gold standard of hardware reliability.
(the recent 360 failure rates are ridiculous...I do give MS credit for addressing it in a reasonably customer friendly manner, though)
I thought they were holed up in some mansion, paying $10k a month rent, paid for by developing web sites and other tech work.
Well, a boxer would have great peripheral vision?
I'm out, I concede!
Because our income, adjusted for inflation, has not kept pace.
Whatever, it is what it is.
The real issue: Boxing and fast food? Show me a (dedicated) boxer that fucks with Burger King.
Ads in games should contribute to the experience. Um, in a positive way. BK did not do that, it was a travesty. How about an athletics company? Nike would have been fine, for example.
Yes, they are selling to the patrons, not the athletes, I get it. But wtf...I'd rather it be the goddamn Bud frogs...
Go ahead, slashdot warrior, soldier on!
Yes, please.
All of the above.