Jump-the-shark moments may be scenes like the one described above that finally convince viewers that the show has fundamentally and permanently strayed from its original premise. In those cases, they are viewed as a desperate and futile attempt to keep a series fresh in the face of a decline in ratings. In other cases, the departure or replacement of a main cast member or character or a significant change in setting changes a critical dynamic of the show.
I think the point is that it's cheaper to use the system than to pay a managing manager. With Hyperactive Bob, all you need are turnkeys, and maybe one working manager. As for quality, do you think a manager you pay $7.50/hr is always going to make the optimal decision? What about when they are on vacation? I've seen plenty of mismanaged fast-food stores (when I installed POS systems) and I gotta tell you, I'd NEVER eat at them.
As to whether it's appropriate for a fast food restaurant, look at it this way -- if it saves the franchisee the cost of one full-time employee, that's an extra $20,000 in his pocket (before taxes) at the end of the year. Would you like to give yourself a $20,000 raise by installing this product? I sure would.
It's when you go way over the top to try to maintain interest in your content. Like having Fonzi jump a shark on his motorcycle. Or having a main character die (even if only in a dream sequence). Or getting stars of other shows to be on your show.
I had no idea that having a book review posted in the middle of the day was so... extravagant.
Or maybe someone is co-opting zombies to send relatively harmless spam instead of their normal spam. Or maybe someone is testing a spam engine. Or maybe someone is bored and doing this on a lark.
No matter what, I've seen nary a single one on any of my email accounts. None of my filters are being fooled...
How about being forced to give up your sources, as in TFA?
How about knowing that I'm on a watch list (I was pulled off an airplance boarding line when I was flying to Seattle during the WTO meetings a few years back -- eventually allowed to take the flight, but not before a thorough search -- this was pre-9/11, so such things were extremely rare)? That in itself is enough to discourage me from publishing, which is a restriction of free speech (read OW Holmes or Learned Hand for the judicial analysis of this).
How about the information I'm not reading because someone is too intimidated to publish it?
Personal trauma is not necessary to realize that things are seriously screwed up. This is exactly why things have gotten as bad as they are, and will continue to get worse -- because idiots like you think there is nothing wrong as long as they haven't personally gone through some trauma.
Your complacency is both scary (in terms of the future of the republic) and sad, because there are millions of others like you who are just dandy with everything as long as they have their bread and circus.
I have had the same issue with one of my older brothers, though he also has alcohol issues. There was a nasty downward spiral of videogame/alcohol abuse leading to painful situations leading to more withdrawal and videogame/alcohol abuse ad infinitum. I've been helping him as best I can, and gone to meetings with him, as well as been in on some of his therapy sessions.
Yes, videogame addiction is recognized, but not typically as a primary ailment, but instead a comorbid condition. Typically a mental health professional will consider it a coping mechanism for another disorder, like antisocial disorder, or adjustment disorder, or what-have-you. Depression is often linked to non-chemically addictive behaviors.
At any rate, your brother needs a couple things, one of which is a kick in the butt so maybe he'll recognize the problem. I'm not talking full-scale intervention, but an intervention of some sort sounds like a good idea if it goes on much longer. I would suggest contacting a mental health care professional for advice.
Whatever you do, be supportive but not co-dependent -- don't enable him to continue as he is. Get the rest of your family involved as you see fit.
I've dealt with this situation, probably (because of the alcohol addiction) worse -- but it went on for a decade before we knew enough to get my brother to seek help, and there wasn't an alcohol problem in the beginning. The root problem is neither the alcohol or the video games, and I suspect the same for your brother. Do him a favor and talk to him about what he's doing about getting a job -- and offer encouragement for the little successes (like getting his resume updated).
If the magnets are strong enough, you don't need a box frame (the usual squeaking culprit). You just need a thinnish layer of padding; the mag field will provide the rest of the support needed.
It's all pretty in theory, but has no bearing on how politics actually works in a nation of 300,000,000 people.
Anyway, you lead back to my point yourself in your last sentence:
Americans don't need a "revolution". They need to get off their lazy asses and vote if they don't like what they see.
What if what they see isn't really what's going on? That's the whole reason that freedom of the press is so important to 'democracy' -- so that people can make informed votes.
The current system has become so warped that not only does the average person have no idea of what's happening in DC, but they've no way to find out -- because it all happens behind closed doors. Do you think it's possible for every voter to read every act of law that is voted upon in Congress? And still have time to work for a living, and maintain a close-to-normal life?
If by "advancing civilization" you mean providing a new and innovative place for procreation of the species, sure. Especially since a maglev bed makes no squeaks -- great for small apartments.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a non-profit that advocates for the public interest and digital rights, is more pointed by suggesting that do-it-yourself media creators should use technology to help conceal their real identities online.
The solution to the lack of a free press is to publish anonymously?
Anyone who still believes that we retain those rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights is off his rocker. Something tells me the US is in need of a (peaceful) revolution in order to shake out the evils that are festering.
Without a free press, really, what are we basing this 'democracy' on?
forcing the city to operate the garage at a financial loss
I think what you mean is "not quite as profitably as before." Parking fees and tickets account for a huge majority of Hoboken's budget revenues.
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You should never keep your wallet in your back pocket, anyway. Besides the fact that you can be pickpocketed anywhere, it's bad for your back and spinal alignment when you sit on it.
Keep it in the inside breast pocket of your jacket, or deep in your front pocket with seomthing (like keys or cell phone) on top of it.
Finally, I suggest studding it with staples or tacks points-outward. Not only does this deter pickpocketers, but you'll be able to tell as soon as someone's lifted it, due to the sudden lack of scratching agony on your thigh. br.OK, that last one's a joke. The first two aren't.
At least with the PC you can get user mods. And nearly infinite obscure, classic, or crappy games for a couple hours enjoyment. And not have to pay $2-10 for a skin du jour or a new level to an existing small game.
don't like the mere SOUND of Worldwide Interoperability of Microwave Access (WiMAX). Maybe THIS is what's causing global warming. Better keep those microwave meals in the freezer!
Screw that, what about all the people on pacemakers? They are all going to have simultaneous heart attacks when the network goes live!
But, even more irony... because it's getting hotter out there, we're using our ACs more than ever before and pumping MORE heat out! I predict that by 2015, the typical summer temps on the equator will be 180F. They're already averaging about 140F and that's up from the relatively cool 95F they used to be back in the 70s.
On the plus side, it will be a relatively cool and dry 8 degrees Kelvin inside my house.
Do you have any idea of what it costs to park in Hoboken? $14 or more for 8 hours of parking, and there are 12,000 indoor parking spots in Hoboken, I'd guess roughly half of those are in decks. Or how much the city makes off parking tickets? We're talking millions in parking revenue each year for the companies operating the decks and millions in parking-ticket revenue for the city itself (using RFID tags now) for a 1-square-mile city with a population of about 40,000.
Plus, if you want to hire a single dev, you'll be paying far more than $66,000 for a competent one in Hoboken -- especially once you consider benefits. Also, what do you do when they are on vacation? This is a clear case of when it is a good idea to outsource an ongoing, uptime-critical project. This company has a proven track record.
Finally, I think you're underestimating the requirements of the software -- oit doesn't just manage the garage, it also physically moves valuable private property. Are you willing to stake that liability on finding a developer who will not make errors? I sure as hell wouldn't be.
Higbrow simply means that the masses aren't into it, but they pretend to be so that people will think better of them -- this is predicated bythe idea that only sophisticates have the capability to really enjoy them.
The problem is that unlike many other art forms historically, major video games are hugely cooperative big money ventures -- so the investors want returns. There is no single person doing video games on the scale of today's hits who are doing it purely for the love of the art, all are beholden to ROI.
Pop art is the closest comparison to what video games are today, but pop art only worked as a genre because of the elitist history it succeeded.
Now my current XP box will become an Ubuntu file and print server in the next few months and I'll move my gaming to consoles.
I hope you're prepared for disappointment, unless you primarily play sports games.
I suspect this will happen to a number of us who have been at this a while and even some casual home users will opt out of the MS patch cycle.
I've already moved out of the patch cycle for my home workstation, WGA did it for me (and I'm running a legit copy). I'd rather deal with more aggresively scanning for malware than deal with the patch cycle and WGA.
And, wonder of wonders, my technological impaired wife asked me yesterday about getting a linux box (to be fair, she didn't use quite those words. It was more like "If we get a Linus [sic] machine next, does it come with a security blanket?") But the fact that she had even been thinking about the existence of *nix boxes was... exilarating. Titillating, even. A sign of the endtimes for MS? Dunno, but it gave me the warm fuzzies.
Of course, the entire front page and all navigation was in Flash, so it was totally invisible to Google's searchbot. And it didn't do anything that couldn't have been done just as easily in vanilla HTML
So you're saying that all we need to do to maintain our privacy wrt the NSA and their searchbots is to correspond only via Flash objects?
Now if only we could embed Flash objects in our Slashdot posts to alleviate tinfoil-hat concerns.
Not only that, but it wasn't used as an art pigment until significantly later... so no, American painters during the Revolutionary era were NOT using it.
The first modern cobalt paints date from cobalt green (PG19), discovered around 1780 by the Swedishchemist Sven Rinmann, but not used as an artists' color until around 1835.
Do someone know a "good or recommended" web site with similar concept where you can cash on your knowledge and instinct?
Yes, try this one. They don't explain it too well, but you're wagering on whether given companies will meet, surpass, or fail to meet others' expectations of how they'll perform. Sometimes you're even wagering on just how they'll perform, but normally you're wagering against how others think they'll perform -- that is, can you guess better than everyone else?
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I think the point is that it's cheaper to use the system than to pay a managing manager. With Hyperactive Bob, all you need are turnkeys, and maybe one working manager. As for quality, do you think a manager you pay $7.50/hr is always going to make the optimal decision? What about when they are on vacation? I've seen plenty of mismanaged fast-food stores (when I installed POS systems) and I gotta tell you, I'd NEVER eat at them.
As to whether it's appropriate for a fast food restaurant, look at it this way -- if it saves the franchisee the cost of one full-time employee, that's an extra $20,000 in his pocket (before taxes) at the end of the year. Would you like to give yourself a $20,000 raise by installing this product? I sure would.
I knew that my managers could be replaced by an overgrown abacus and it would increase productivity.
Someone please page me when they create a Hyperactive Bob that functions as a CFO. It would really help with the predictability of workflow.
Do you know what "jump the shark" means?
It's when you go way over the top to try to maintain interest in your content. Like having Fonzi jump a shark on his motorcycle. Or having a main character die (even if only in a dream sequence). Or getting stars of other shows to be on your show.
I had no idea that having a book review posted in the middle of the day was so... extravagant.
Or maybe someone is co-opting zombies to send relatively harmless spam instead of their normal spam.
Or maybe someone is testing a spam engine.
Or maybe someone is bored and doing this on a lark.
No matter what, I've seen nary a single one on any of my email accounts. None of my filters are being fooled...
How about being forced to give up your sources, as in TFA?
How about knowing that I'm on a watch list (I was pulled off an airplance boarding line when I was flying to Seattle during the WTO meetings a few years back -- eventually allowed to take the flight, but not before a thorough search -- this was pre-9/11, so such things were extremely rare)? That in itself is enough to discourage me from publishing, which is a restriction of free speech (read OW Holmes or Learned Hand for the judicial analysis of this).
How about the information I'm not reading because someone is too intimidated to publish it?
Personal trauma is not necessary to realize that things are seriously screwed up. This is exactly why things have gotten as bad as they are, and will continue to get worse -- because idiots like you think there is nothing wrong as long as they haven't personally gone through some trauma.
Your complacency is both scary (in terms of the future of the republic) and sad, because there are millions of others like you who are just dandy with everything as long as they have their bread and circus.
I have had the same issue with one of my older brothers, though he also has alcohol issues. There was a nasty downward spiral of videogame/alcohol abuse leading to painful situations leading to more withdrawal and videogame/alcohol abuse ad infinitum. I've been helping him as best I can, and gone to meetings with him, as well as been in on some of his therapy sessions.
Yes, videogame addiction is recognized, but not typically as a primary ailment, but instead a comorbid condition. Typically a mental health professional will consider it a coping mechanism for another disorder, like antisocial disorder, or adjustment disorder, or what-have-you. Depression is often linked to non-chemically addictive behaviors.
At any rate, your brother needs a couple things, one of which is a kick in the butt so maybe he'll recognize the problem. I'm not talking full-scale intervention, but an intervention of some sort sounds like a good idea if it goes on much longer. I would suggest contacting a mental health care professional for advice.
Whatever you do, be supportive but not co-dependent -- don't enable him to continue as he is. Get the rest of your family involved as you see fit.
I've dealt with this situation, probably (because of the alcohol addiction) worse -- but it went on for a decade before we knew enough to get my brother to seek help, and there wasn't an alcohol problem in the beginning. The root problem is neither the alcohol or the video games, and I suspect the same for your brother. Do him a favor and talk to him about what he's doing about getting a job -- and offer encouragement for the little successes (like getting his resume updated).
If the magnets are strong enough, you don't need a box frame (the usual squeaking culprit). You just need a thinnish layer of padding; the mag field will provide the rest of the support needed.
It's all pretty in theory, but has no bearing on how politics actually works in a nation of 300,000,000 people.
Anyway, you lead back to my point yourself in your last sentence:
What if what they see isn't really what's going on? That's the whole reason that freedom of the press is so important to 'democracy' -- so that people can make informed votes.
The current system has become so warped that not only does the average person have no idea of what's happening in DC, but they've no way to find out -- because it all happens behind closed doors. Do you think it's possible for every voter to read every act of law that is voted upon in Congress? And still have time to work for a living, and maintain a close-to-normal life?
If by "advancing civilization" you mean providing a new and innovative place for procreation of the species, sure. Especially since a maglev bed makes no squeaks -- great for small apartments.
Anyone who still believes that we retain those rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights is off his rocker. Something tells me the US is in need of a (peaceful) revolution in order to shake out the evils that are festering.
Without a free press, really, what are we basing this 'democracy' on?
Have you compared the quality of today's PC games to those on the consoles? And the differences in the games, such as user mods etc?
There is a big gap between PC Games and console games in terms of user experience.
Because it looks a little nicer, and just 'B' is too vague for the vapid mouthbreathers in the mainstream media.
Besides, 'BN' is already taken.
You should never keep your wallet in your back pocket, anyway. Besides the fact that you can be pickpocketed anywhere, it's bad for your back and spinal alignment when you sit on it.
Keep it in the inside breast pocket of your jacket, or deep in your front pocket with seomthing (like keys or cell phone) on top of it.
Finally, I suggest studding it with staples or tacks points-outward. Not only does this deter pickpocketers, but you'll be able to tell as soon as someone's lifted it, due to the sudden lack of scratching agony on your thigh.
br.OK, that last one's a joke. The first two aren't.
At least with the PC you can get user mods. And nearly infinite obscure, classic, or crappy games for a couple hours enjoyment. And not have to pay $2-10 for a skin du jour or a new level to an existing small game.
Do you have any idea of what it costs to park in Hoboken? $14 or more for 8 hours of parking, and there are 12,000 indoor parking spots in Hoboken, I'd guess roughly half of those are in decks. Or how much the city makes off parking tickets? We're talking millions in parking revenue each year for the companies operating the decks and millions in parking-ticket revenue for the city itself (using RFID tags now) for a 1-square-mile city with a population of about 40,000.
Plus, if you want to hire a single dev, you'll be paying far more than $66,000 for a competent one in Hoboken -- especially once you consider benefits. Also, what do you do when they are on vacation? This is a clear case of when it is a good idea to outsource an ongoing, uptime-critical project. This company has a proven track record.
Finally, I think you're underestimating the requirements of the software -- oit doesn't just manage the garage, it also physically moves valuable private property. Are you willing to stake that liability on finding a developer who will not make errors? I sure as hell wouldn't be.
Higbrow simply means that the masses aren't into it, but they pretend to be so that people will think better of them -- this is predicated bythe idea that only sophisticates have the capability to really enjoy them.
The problem is that unlike many other art forms historically, major video games are hugely cooperative big money ventures -- so the investors want returns. There is no single person doing video games on the scale of today's hits who are doing it purely for the love of the art, all are beholden to ROI.
Pop art is the closest comparison to what video games are today, but pop art only worked as a genre because of the elitist history it succeeded.
I've already moved out of the patch cycle for my home workstation, WGA did it for me (and I'm running a legit copy). I'd rather deal with more aggresively scanning for malware than deal with the patch cycle and WGA.
And, wonder of wonders, my technological impaired wife asked me yesterday about getting a linux box (to be fair, she didn't use quite those words. It was more like "If we get a Linus [sic] machine next, does it come with a security blanket?") But the fact that she had even been thinking about the existence of *nix boxes was... exilarating. Titillating, even. A sign of the endtimes for MS? Dunno, but it gave me the warm fuzzies.
Now if only we could embed Flash objects in our Slashdot posts to alleviate tinfoil-hat concerns.
Wait. Scratch that -- Very Bad Idea. Very Bad.
No. Both Reps and Senators are Congressmen. 'Senator' carries extra weight, so most Senators preferred to be called Senator.
Typically, though, if someone is referred to as 'Congressman' they are a member of the House.
It's the same situation as calling a square a rectangle -- most people call it a square, even though it is factually a rectangle as well.