I think this is pretty subjective and largely dependent on the individual's standards of what a good father should do/be. A negligent father that provides for their kids is not a good father, but is also not a bad one. Unless his wife and kids have suffered grave emotional and physical distress, then I wouldn't reflect his personal life's shortcomings onto his contribution to society via his writing.
Microsoft was never good at innovation - they were good at mimicking their competitors and creating a decent, competing product, and deploying them will with good marketing... which is a completely legitimate strategy in my opinion since their products aren't THAT bad. The Windows OS, Word/Office, MSN Messenger, X-Box, Zune, Live Search, etc. See a common trend? They are all rehashed versions of, in many cases, successful products.
I read a research article recently (although, may be flawed) stating that a large portion of teenage girls included Facebook in the top 3 most important things in their lives. For boys, it was drastically smaller and replaced with money. Not really relevant to the topic, but I thought it was a neat little tidbit in how technology is blowing up the social importance of our youth - and how the younger generation is going to never know the world without being nearly completely integrated with their peers.
My biggest complaint is the market's price fixing on text messages. There is no way in hell that unlimited texting warrants a $30 price tag when the iPhone comes with a $30 unlimited data plan. Yes, you can play FPS, stream music, videos, browse the web, etc, but those 8 digit text messages are somehow made separate and charged at the same price?
Google had long considered leaving China. I forget where I read it, but I heard they did some sort of analysis where they determined it would less evil to be present in China and be censored than to not be in China and provide no search capability. It was some type of numbered rating scale of good and evil or something. It would be interesting to hear about how they came to this decision. Would be an interesting white paper.
I don't think its that unbelievable. Its just a matter of scaling. A 50% boost to 15MPG is 23MPG. 20MPG is 30MPG. I've seen cold air intakes add 1-5 MPG on certain cars that get MPG in the 15-30MPG range. So, I don't think its too outrageous of claim. Might not be the holy grail of fine tuning a Prius to get another 30MPG, but I'm sure it probably will increase it MPG at least somewhat. In the end, its all about ROI. Will this tack on another 4k to the sticker price, or can this be implemented without too much hassle? And repair cost? Is it durable? Etc.
Burning Platform. No government agency, unless highly budgeted, will submit to change, unless the platform is literally burning beneath them. For some agencies, this means change will never come. This is a HUGE problem in the US. Its not just that our organizations are inefficient, its that they are unable to adapt as well.
Yes, the ice cap is farting. Slowly, silent, and deadly. Isn't there a slang word that can be turned into a buzzword for that? Ah, yes: silent but deadly. It should make its way into white papers soon.
Exactly. I just don't have enough reason to justify the price. I checked it out on more than one occasion, but I hardly find it worth the price when I don't watch that much TV to begin with. Seems like a fun toy, but I'll just find something on regular cable and pocket that extra dough. Its convenient, but not enough to warrant the cost. If they want further adoption, they need a pricing strategy that customers are willing to pay, or come up with some more innovation that people can't live without. Let's be real, majority of the iPod's success was because it was more convenient to have ALL of your music wherever you go (walking, in the car, at a friend's house, etc). Tivo doesn't have that much of a life changing impact unless you are a couch potato who doesn't have the internet.
So, on one hand you have a powerful graphics notebook when its primed (aka Optimus Prime). And on the other hand, you can turn it off and it becomes a cab over semi truck.
I said it elsewhere, but I'll mention it again since its more relevant here.
I'd be curious if the brain was able to answer yes or no to a "should we pull the plug" question.
I'm not a neurologist, but I'd assume that the brain would be operating in some sort of primitive/instinctual/subconscious state and would be unable to make true logical thoughts. Now, with that said, I wonder if the brain would deny any sort of endangerment to its life as a survival mechanism buried in the subconsciousness or would it be able to logically make the connection that it is best to die.
The bad thing about this study is it gives false hope that vegetable-state people are actually capable of being less vegetable-like and more human-like by "communicating." The good news is maybe they can work towards asking the yes/no question of gaining permission to let die to avoid the legal mumbo jumbo. Since this communication is happening on a more subconscious level than actual logistical thinking, I'm wondering if the mind is capable of choosing "yes" to let me die or does the brain default to a "no" in a primal/instinctual process?
Well, what do you expect when you tweet your 140 character essay to your professor? And don't even get me started on how many tweets a bibliography takes up - you have to cite Wikipedia like 4 or 5 times!
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I think this is pretty subjective and largely dependent on the individual's standards of what a good father should do/be. A negligent father that provides for their kids is not a good father, but is also not a bad one. Unless his wife and kids have suffered grave emotional and physical distress, then I wouldn't reflect his personal life's shortcomings onto his contribution to society via his writing.
And thus, mmo gold farming was born.
Microsoft was never good at innovation - they were good at mimicking their competitors and creating a decent, competing product, and deploying them will with good marketing... which is a completely legitimate strategy in my opinion since their products aren't THAT bad. The Windows OS, Word/Office, MSN Messenger, X-Box, Zune, Live Search, etc. See a common trend? They are all rehashed versions of, in many cases, successful products.
Plus, if you die, they can rez you.
I read a research article recently (although, may be flawed) stating that a large portion of teenage girls included Facebook in the top 3 most important things in their lives. For boys, it was drastically smaller and replaced with money. Not really relevant to the topic, but I thought it was a neat little tidbit in how technology is blowing up the social importance of our youth - and how the younger generation is going to never know the world without being nearly completely integrated with their peers.
Sounds similar to Meebo, which is free... and utilizes various IM clients (gchat, aim, msn, etc).
My biggest complaint is the market's price fixing on text messages. There is no way in hell that unlimited texting warrants a $30 price tag when the iPhone comes with a $30 unlimited data plan. Yes, you can play FPS, stream music, videos, browse the web, etc, but those 8 digit text messages are somehow made separate and charged at the same price?
The more important question is, in these "video games" are humans NPCs, quest givers, or killable mobs?
And if we are, what kind of loot do we drop?
First Pluto and now this. Neptune is no longer a planet, but rather a cannibal and a thief.
Google had long considered leaving China. I forget where I read it, but I heard they did some sort of analysis where they determined it would less evil to be present in China and be censored than to not be in China and provide no search capability. It was some type of numbered rating scale of good and evil or something. It would be interesting to hear about how they came to this decision. Would be an interesting white paper.
I don't think its that unbelievable. Its just a matter of scaling. A 50% boost to 15MPG is 23MPG. 20MPG is 30MPG. I've seen cold air intakes add 1-5 MPG on certain cars that get MPG in the 15-30MPG range. So, I don't think its too outrageous of claim. Might not be the holy grail of fine tuning a Prius to get another 30MPG, but I'm sure it probably will increase it MPG at least somewhat. In the end, its all about ROI. Will this tack on another 4k to the sticker price, or can this be implemented without too much hassle? And repair cost? Is it durable? Etc.
You don't need to see his identification. *waves hand*
Burning Platform. No government agency, unless highly budgeted, will submit to change, unless the platform is literally burning beneath them. For some agencies, this means change will never come. This is a HUGE problem in the US. Its not just that our organizations are inefficient, its that they are unable to adapt as well.
Yes, the ice cap is farting. Slowly, silent, and deadly. Isn't there a slang word that can be turned into a buzzword for that? Ah, yes: silent but deadly. It should make its way into white papers soon.
Or even better yet, if someone has the same dream as you, is that copyright infringement?
Exactly. I just don't have enough reason to justify the price. I checked it out on more than one occasion, but I hardly find it worth the price when I don't watch that much TV to begin with. Seems like a fun toy, but I'll just find something on regular cable and pocket that extra dough. Its convenient, but not enough to warrant the cost. If they want further adoption, they need a pricing strategy that customers are willing to pay, or come up with some more innovation that people can't live without. Let's be real, majority of the iPod's success was because it was more convenient to have ALL of your music wherever you go (walking, in the car, at a friend's house, etc). Tivo doesn't have that much of a life changing impact unless you are a couch potato who doesn't have the internet.
Red Blocks are OP.
This has movie potential.
So, on one hand you have a powerful graphics notebook when its primed (aka Optimus Prime). And on the other hand, you can turn it off and it becomes a cab over semi truck.
Or, you fool nobody and you receive spam/junk from all of the above.
I said it elsewhere, but I'll mention it again since its more relevant here. I'd be curious if the brain was able to answer yes or no to a "should we pull the plug" question. I'm not a neurologist, but I'd assume that the brain would be operating in some sort of primitive/instinctual/subconscious state and would be unable to make true logical thoughts. Now, with that said, I wonder if the brain would deny any sort of endangerment to its life as a survival mechanism buried in the subconsciousness or would it be able to logically make the connection that it is best to die.
The bad thing about this study is it gives false hope that vegetable-state people are actually capable of being less vegetable-like and more human-like by "communicating." The good news is maybe they can work towards asking the yes/no question of gaining permission to let die to avoid the legal mumbo jumbo. Since this communication is happening on a more subconscious level than actual logistical thinking, I'm wondering if the mind is capable of choosing "yes" to let me die or does the brain default to a "no" in a primal/instinctual process?
Well, what do you expect when you tweet your 140 character essay to your professor? And don't even get me started on how many tweets a bibliography takes up - you have to cite Wikipedia like 4 or 5 times!
So, it is uncertain if our future overlords will be immortal diabetics.
Bah! You beat me to it... :p