And breakdancing is a fad. It'll lose favor just like every other dance that was big, and they all are pretty crazy. Not to mention, anyone can dance by themselves. That is granted you call breakdancing, dancing. I call it an evolution of that mass seizure that occurs at nightclubs now. Being in sync with another person is something else.
Notice those are touristy lines. They need those for the douche foreigners who don't have manners. Get away from the tourist traps, and those signs become less, and less prominent. If there's an emergency, people will make a call. No ones going to fine them as far as I know. On the flip-side though, I love the smoking bans on the street in many locations. Those have actual laws. Don't work 100% of the time, but pretty damn near. Smokers can be "cool" huddled into those weird "smoking zones" scattered around the place.
Sad to hear that. That's one reason I personally just stay away from other foreigners. I'm not racist, but especially the Nigerians. I can't ignore statistics. Plus I automatically stay away from the likes of Roppongi & Ginza due to the high number of foreigners in both locations.
Seriously? The plane will land in a few hours. If your too important to be disconnected for that long, you need to send someone less important, and do a reality check. It's all about choices. People on international flights need not be making calls especially. Those 10+ hour flights have 1/3-1/2 the passengers sleeping at any given time. Those sleeping passengers will happily show the first person who makes a voice call to some fresher air the moment you start up a conversation on Skype. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!?!?!?
Because cellphone jammers are illegal in the US. In Japan the main cellphone company installs jammers in movie theaters & those kinds of places. I love this place^^
And this is why I love Japan. People are generally polite. I can count on my hand how many times I've seen someone talking on a cellphone on the trains here. No law needed. Just people acting how they would like you to act to them. And it was always someone not Japanese who used a cellphone. It's sad when a foreigner in another country can't stand other foreigners because they are usually an embarrassment.
Shit, try being on an international flight with fuckwits who bring their kids who are under 4 on the plane. Bringing these little kids on a plane due to the pressurization & depressurization is borderline child-abuse in my mind. Kids that young just don't understand why their ears hurt, and thus they scram their heads off continually. This is specially a problem on international flights. If you can afford to leave the country, HIRE A BABYSITTER!!!
Eh? The government is by the people, for the people. If a cellphone ban is representative of anything, it's representative of a FUNCTIONING system. The government types sit up in first-class or have jets chartered. This cellphone thing means nothing to them. The majority wanted it made law to not allow smoking in many states if the business serves food, and shockingly it happened! I don't smoke personally nor really agree with say my own state's law (Nevada) where you can't even smoke in bars if they have food (it's a bar for christ's sake!). It's majority rule at the end of the day.
The MAJORITY doesn't want to hear about your kid's tooth they lost, or uncle Thom's rectal exam. To be honest I'm with them on the sentiment. If I'm stuck in one location for hours on end I'm getting some sleep. Anything urgent will be in voicemail or text message form when you land. You sure as hell won't be doing anything about it before you land. And if your really too important to be disconnected that long, you one need a reality check, and two you should send someone "less important". God knows the world can't go on without you if that plane were to crash!
I'll take that soap box and burn it for you thank you very much. Threadjack a real instance of government gone awry please. This is not one of them.
Have you seen the cam for Dark Knight? It's remarkably good! I sadly can't see the movie till the 2nd (in Japan) so I downloaded two different versions (and I will SO be seeing it the 2nd). A blurry version was out the day of, and a few days later, the good one hit. I'm shocked how good these cam recordings have gotten. Last time I saw one was back during the first Matrix movie. What a difference.
You mean the same sites that are in a language he majority of them can't understand at all? The fact the overwhelming majority know just Chinese is a bigger fiewall than the one the government setup will ever be.
Which I find mildly amusing personally. I was in China last summer for a month. I was all over the place. Hong Kong, Shenzen, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guanzou. You know how many times I actually had a problem with the Firewall of China? Once, in some shitty cafe I snagged Wi-Fi signal from. I was trying sites on purpose that were supposedly blocked at the time. Not once did I ever have a problem. The great Firewall of China is a joke to say the least imo. Full access can be had easily.
There already is. Reason people can't update their system like normal OSX users is because updates will brick their install. They have to wait for specially crafted updates for their machine. It's a cat & mouse game I highly doubt these people will win.
Yay, our favorite kind of evidence on/. Anecdotal wankfest evidence. Show us a current system next to a current system on Apple's site. I'll bet you anything I know where this will go next. You'll either say nothing, troll, or show a system that you consider comparable, but is markedly inferior to the Apple setup. It'll either weigh half a metric ton in comparison, or have a number of missing features (not to mention nothing comparable to iLife on Windows).
And yes, I do own a Macbook, but only a Macbook. I have 5 windows machines (2 are cheap servers) so I do know bullshit when I smell it.
I got the same thing with Fujitsu when I was ordering some rubber skids for the bottom of my Lifebook. Who'd a thunk 4 small hunks of rubber needed so much packaging. I could have shipped my laptop in that box!
All I gota say is amen! I live in Nevada where all the other states want to dump their material, and while I have no desire to live in a state with the shoddily built storage site thats been built here, I would be ALL over moving next to a plant too. I would still want to be a respectable distance away though. Maybe half a mile or so. I would like to be able to not see it from my front door after all.
You would assume keep burning something that WILL injure people over something that "might" in the event of a near impossible meltdown. Not to mention coal pumps out allot more radioactive material than a plant will! Sure, coal is dispersed over the entire planet, but thats a ton of material floating around in the atmosphere. Thats not even counting the numerous other shit thats emitted when you burn coal. I don't know about you, but I'll happily take the EXTREMELY unlikely possibility of a plant going critical over the shit thats emitted by coal flying around everywhere. I wonder if people like the GP would suddenly change their tune if they ever experienced living near a coal burning power-station. It's a guarantee the coal will injure many living near the plant in the long-term, and the rest of us further away in the even longer term.
Nuke-plant? No one has their life impacted short of a leak, or catastrophic meltdown. Which by the way, how long ago was the last time a nuke-plant injured anyone? Oh yeah...Chernobyl. The last actual meltdown was the 3-mile incident which no casualties occurred. Those were also when the technology was still largely misunderstood. Proper precautionary measures have since been adapted that far exceed any possible future meltdowns. Reactors have had their problems since, but have shown themselves quite safe. But by all means! Don't let logic & reason sway you. You have principles!
Great way to stay on the sidelines of understanding. Yes, USB 2.0 is "faster" than Firewire on paper. However, 2.0's max/burst speed of 480Mbit/s is very different from it's average speed (about 240Mbit/s), and substantially lower than Firewire's sustained speed. It's a side effect of something that relies on the host to do the heavy lifting vs a device that handles it's own heavy lifting. Not looking forward to similar crap with USB 3.0, not to mention the continuance of shitastic driver support I've always seen from USB vs Firewire.
Because maybe we have fond childhood memories of that show? I gladly admit I record that show. It's so terrible it's awesome. At least Hulk is on the TV, and it's not "Hogan Knows Best" as a springboard for his daughter's crappy singing carer.
Well, if the demand was there I'm sure there would be many "good" FLAC encoders for on-the-fly syncing. Thing is, if you cared that much (instead of having a straw man argument) you'd look around, and likely find one. Hell, obviously space is NOT an issue to you so why not just make a copy for syncing on your HD? 1 whole compressed album would take up the space of 1.5-2 whol FLAC songs.
1.5 billion? Closer to 200-300 million. Everyone who isn't in that number can't AFFORD a computer (and thats being generous), let alone a luxury item like an iPod. I love it when that 1.5 billion number is thrown around. It means almost NOTHING outside of strategic military numbers right now.
Because those buttons don't need to be that big. I rarely if ever use any buttons or dialogs to make programs open, work, or go away. I use keyboard shortcuts for everything almost. The mouse is used primarily for design work, and focus specific needs. The OS, and programs are made with this in mind, and the actual dialog windows you use with a mouse as more of an afterthought.
It's your choice as a consumer to buy locked down phones, or not. It's not an American cellphone situation. It's called market forces. As you yourself have said, you paid $20 for a KRAZR. Which is oddly what most budget shoppers do. Yes it's locked down, but you paid once again, $20. Same goes for the iPhone crowd. If they want the iPhone they have to play by the carriers rules. Nothing says they HAVE to buy an iPhone. It's their problem if they want a status symbol that badly. Cellphones cost money to make. End of story. Yes you paid $20 for your phone, but you'll pay the other $150 (plus more I'm sure) during the 2 year contract you get stuck in. Me? I pay whatever the cost for a phone that does everything I want, and is not locked down in the slightest (Nokia N95). Every time I hear someone bitch about phones being locked down, or not being able to do what they want because of the damned phone companies I just smile, and remember they have no concept of long term cost vs paying up front for what they are getting. You pay far more at the end of the day with contracts for what you get, and are very limited. It's not the phone companies fault if people can't think for themselves.
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And breakdancing is a fad. It'll lose favor just like every other dance that was big, and they all are pretty crazy. Not to mention, anyone can dance by themselves. That is granted you call breakdancing, dancing. I call it an evolution of that mass seizure that occurs at nightclubs now. Being in sync with another person is something else.
Quite illegal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_jammer
Notice those are touristy lines. They need those for the douche foreigners who don't have manners. Get away from the tourist traps, and those signs become less, and less prominent. If there's an emergency, people will make a call. No ones going to fine them as far as I know. On the flip-side though, I love the smoking bans on the street in many locations. Those have actual laws. Don't work 100% of the time, but pretty damn near. Smokers can be "cool" huddled into those weird "smoking zones" scattered around the place.
Sad to hear that. That's one reason I personally just stay away from other foreigners. I'm not racist, but especially the Nigerians. I can't ignore statistics. Plus I automatically stay away from the likes of Roppongi & Ginza due to the high number of foreigners in both locations.
Seriously? The plane will land in a few hours. If your too important to be disconnected for that long, you need to send someone less important, and do a reality check. It's all about choices. People on international flights need not be making calls especially. Those 10+ hour flights have 1/3-1/2 the passengers sleeping at any given time. Those sleeping passengers will happily show the first person who makes a voice call to some fresher air the moment you start up a conversation on Skype. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!?!?!?
Because cellphone jammers are illegal in the US. In Japan the main cellphone company installs jammers in movie theaters & those kinds of places. I love this place^^
And this is why I love Japan. People are generally polite. I can count on my hand how many times I've seen someone talking on a cellphone on the trains here. No law needed. Just people acting how they would like you to act to them. And it was always someone not Japanese who used a cellphone. It's sad when a foreigner in another country can't stand other foreigners because they are usually an embarrassment.
Shit, try being on an international flight with fuckwits who bring their kids who are under 4 on the plane. Bringing these little kids on a plane due to the pressurization & depressurization is borderline child-abuse in my mind. Kids that young just don't understand why their ears hurt, and thus they scram their heads off continually. This is specially a problem on international flights. If you can afford to leave the country, HIRE A BABYSITTER!!!
Eh? The government is by the people, for the people. If a cellphone ban is representative of anything, it's representative of a FUNCTIONING system. The government types sit up in first-class or have jets chartered. This cellphone thing means nothing to them. The majority wanted it made law to not allow smoking in many states if the business serves food, and shockingly it happened! I don't smoke personally nor really agree with say my own state's law (Nevada) where you can't even smoke in bars if they have food (it's a bar for christ's sake!). It's majority rule at the end of the day.
The MAJORITY doesn't want to hear about your kid's tooth they lost, or uncle Thom's rectal exam. To be honest I'm with them on the sentiment. If I'm stuck in one location for hours on end I'm getting some sleep. Anything urgent will be in voicemail or text message form when you land. You sure as hell won't be doing anything about it before you land. And if your really too important to be disconnected that long, you one need a reality check, and two you should send someone "less important". God knows the world can't go on without you if that plane were to crash!
I'll take that soap box and burn it for you thank you very much. Threadjack a real instance of government gone awry please. This is not one of them.
Why yes people do. I live in Japan so the movie is still a ways off here. Theres one good rip out, and one blurry one. Cams have come a long ways.
Have you seen the cam for Dark Knight? It's remarkably good! I sadly can't see the movie till the 2nd (in Japan) so I downloaded two different versions (and I will SO be seeing it the 2nd). A blurry version was out the day of, and a few days later, the good one hit. I'm shocked how good these cam recordings have gotten. Last time I saw one was back during the first Matrix movie. What a difference.
You mean the same sites that are in a language he majority of them can't understand at all? The fact the overwhelming majority know just Chinese is a bigger fiewall than the one the government setup will ever be.
Which I find mildly amusing personally. I was in China last summer for a month. I was all over the place. Hong Kong, Shenzen, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guanzou. You know how many times I actually had a problem with the Firewall of China? Once, in some shitty cafe I snagged Wi-Fi signal from. I was trying sites on purpose that were supposedly blocked at the time. Not once did I ever have a problem. The great Firewall of China is a joke to say the least imo. Full access can be had easily.
There already is. Reason people can't update their system like normal OSX users is because updates will brick their install. They have to wait for specially crafted updates for their machine. It's a cat & mouse game I highly doubt these people will win.
Yay, our favorite kind of evidence on /. Anecdotal wankfest evidence. Show us a current system next to a current system on Apple's site. I'll bet you anything I know where this will go next. You'll either say nothing, troll, or show a system that you consider comparable, but is markedly inferior to the Apple setup. It'll either weigh half a metric ton in comparison, or have a number of missing features (not to mention nothing comparable to iLife on Windows).
And yes, I do own a Macbook, but only a Macbook. I have 5 windows machines (2 are cheap servers) so I do know bullshit when I smell it.
I got the same thing with Fujitsu when I was ordering some rubber skids for the bottom of my Lifebook. Who'd a thunk 4 small hunks of rubber needed so much packaging. I could have shipped my laptop in that box!
All I gota say is amen! I live in Nevada where all the other states want to dump their material, and while I have no desire to live in a state with the shoddily built storage site thats been built here, I would be ALL over moving next to a plant too. I would still want to be a respectable distance away though. Maybe half a mile or so. I would like to be able to not see it from my front door after all.
You would assume keep burning something that WILL injure people over something that "might" in the event of a near impossible meltdown. Not to mention coal pumps out allot more radioactive material than a plant will! Sure, coal is dispersed over the entire planet, but thats a ton of material floating around in the atmosphere. Thats not even counting the numerous other shit thats emitted when you burn coal. I don't know about you, but I'll happily take the EXTREMELY unlikely possibility of a plant going critical over the shit thats emitted by coal flying around everywhere. I wonder if people like the GP would suddenly change their tune if they ever experienced living near a coal burning power-station. It's a guarantee the coal will injure many living near the plant in the long-term, and the rest of us further away in the even longer term.
Nuke-plant? No one has their life impacted short of a leak, or catastrophic meltdown. Which by the way, how long ago was the last time a nuke-plant injured anyone? Oh yeah...Chernobyl. The last actual meltdown was the 3-mile incident which no casualties occurred. Those were also when the technology was still largely misunderstood. Proper precautionary measures have since been adapted that far exceed any possible future meltdowns. Reactors have had their problems since, but have shown themselves quite safe. But by all means! Don't let logic & reason sway you. You have principles!
Great way to stay on the sidelines of understanding. Yes, USB 2.0 is "faster" than Firewire on paper. However, 2.0's max/burst speed of 480Mbit/s is very different from it's average speed (about 240Mbit/s), and substantially lower than Firewire's sustained speed. It's a side effect of something that relies on the host to do the heavy lifting vs a device that handles it's own heavy lifting. Not looking forward to similar crap with USB 3.0, not to mention the continuance of shitastic driver support I've always seen from USB vs Firewire.
Because maybe we have fond childhood memories of that show? I gladly admit I record that show. It's so terrible it's awesome. At least Hulk is on the TV, and it's not "Hogan Knows Best" as a springboard for his daughter's crappy singing carer.
Well, if the demand was there I'm sure there would be many "good" FLAC encoders for on-the-fly syncing. Thing is, if you cared that much (instead of having a straw man argument) you'd look around, and likely find one. Hell, obviously space is NOT an issue to you so why not just make a copy for syncing on your HD? 1 whole compressed album would take up the space of 1.5-2 whol FLAC songs.
1.5 billion? Closer to 200-300 million. Everyone who isn't in that number can't AFFORD a computer (and thats being generous), let alone a luxury item like an iPod. I love it when that 1.5 billion number is thrown around. It means almost NOTHING outside of strategic military numbers right now.
Except that Guitar Hero doesn't use a headset. That alone should be enough to bypass this if t even has legitimacy to it.
Because those buttons don't need to be that big. I rarely if ever use any buttons or dialogs to make programs open, work, or go away. I use keyboard shortcuts for everything almost. The mouse is used primarily for design work, and focus specific needs. The OS, and programs are made with this in mind, and the actual dialog windows you use with a mouse as more of an afterthought.
It's your choice as a consumer to buy locked down phones, or not. It's not an American cellphone situation. It's called market forces. As you yourself have said, you paid $20 for a KRAZR. Which is oddly what most budget shoppers do. Yes it's locked down, but you paid once again, $20. Same goes for the iPhone crowd. If they want the iPhone they have to play by the carriers rules. Nothing says they HAVE to buy an iPhone. It's their problem if they want a status symbol that badly. Cellphones cost money to make. End of story. Yes you paid $20 for your phone, but you'll pay the other $150 (plus more I'm sure) during the 2 year contract you get stuck in. Me? I pay whatever the cost for a phone that does everything I want, and is not locked down in the slightest (Nokia N95). Every time I hear someone bitch about phones being locked down, or not being able to do what they want because of the damned phone companies I just smile, and remember they have no concept of long term cost vs paying up front for what they are getting. You pay far more at the end of the day with contracts for what you get, and are very limited. It's not the phone companies fault if people can't think for themselves.