And that is the way it should be. Unless you're working in a sweat-shop type setting where it's really easy to count how many shoes you've made during the day, then your employer is paying for your time. Time might be money for a company, but for me, my time is my life. I'd sure as hell prefer to spend my time doing something besides work, but I'm perfectly willing to trade some of it for some money. If my employer doesn't want to pay me to boot my computer, that's their problem, not mine. Asking me to give away my most precious asset (my time) is simply not a realistic idea in today's world. The days when that sort of sacrifice and loyalty were reciprocated are long gone.
It reminds me of my father's workplace, a will-remain-nameless power generating facility, where some new manager thought it'd be a good idea to cut the janitorial staff. The engineers and electricians (and management) would be responsible for keeping their own areas clean. It might seem reasonable to some people, but they were then paying high wages to their engineers and management to do janitorial work. I believe it changed when the director at the station remarked to his secretary, "I noticed my garbage hasn't been taken out for the past week, who's responsible for that?" to which she replied "You are."
I have to agree. As much as I wanted to buy into the sensationalist headline, there really are some valid concerns. For me though, the real issue wasn't that the system could be used to set up such a 'business' but instead, was it? Picking up random people and driving them to work isn't carpooling, it's a taxi service, and as such it needs to be regulated for the same reasons. Safety, insurance, etc.
So you get a high when you extort the needy?
1. The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.
Because I hear you saying that you're judging who's needy, and then basically telling them to 'accept Christ' or wallow in misery.
As an agnostic, I argue that the church's only role should be in 'moral guidance', providing the 'noble lie' to give the weak minded structure. You only have to look at the Vatican to see how much wealth has been accumulated that has helped no-one.
Yes, they could have paid it to him, but would they have? The problem with every free market capitalist solution is the same, the race to the bottom. Every business is compelled to maximize profits, pay as little for labor as they can get away with (screw the employees), charge as much for their product or service as they can get away with (screw the customer), and competition only enforces these two basic rules.
Having a privatized layer inbetween you and your healthcare only puts that money you think you're saving on providing for other people who need health care into the pockets of private company shareholders. It constantly surprises me how people are more willing to give their money to someone who is rich than someone who is poor.
And yet you put up with a public police and fire service... remarkable. How do you sleep at night, paying for all those fires to be put out, all those criminals to be arrested?
Everyone seems to forget why the Canadian health care system is in such a sad state of repair. Long story short, the liberals had to cut tons of spending in order to pay back some of the massive debt inherited from the conservatives. Health care was one of the biggest casualties. Many small communities lost their services. It wasn't a failure of socialized medicine, it was the result of overspending by the PC's and underspending by the Liberals.
If you want to get their attention, download the game off bit-torrent. Don't play it, just keep downloading it over, and over, and over. Start a grass-roots movement convincing everyone to do the same. Then, when the number of downloads exceeds the population of the earth, and the only possible explanation is that every man, woman, child, and household pet has a copy of their silly game, and that they've obviously lost 9 or 10 billion sales due to piracy, maybe something will click and they'll realize that this whole DRM thing was a huge waste of time and money.
* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
* The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980)
* Life, the Universe and Everything (1982)
* So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish (1984)
* Mostly Harmless (1992)
then buy AudioSurf. It builds 'tracks' based on mp3's, and plays somewhat like Klax. It's an excellent game and you'll have fun re-experiencing your favourite music.
I just saw a study from florida that showed the average occupancy of minivans at 1.67 people. I can't imagine SUV's being any different. The fact of the matter is, that people routinely buy and drive unsuited for their needs.
If I were you, I'd give Champions Online a look over, coming to a PC near you (maybe) Spring 2009 (possibly).
http://www.champions-online.com/
Also, see if you can locate a trial code for City of Heroes. It's not perfect, but you might find some of what you're looking for.
I think the problem with the current system is that it scales horribly. Right now we're barely pushing 2 Megapixel displays with all those shader effects turned on. If the Japanese have their way we'll have 33MP displays in only 7 years - because this is the 'broadcast standard' they're shooting for. Can they double the performance of the current tech every 2 years to eventually meet that? I have my doubts.
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Well if we're going to make one... why not make two? Seems like an obvious solution. Arranged marriages have worked for centuries.
And that is the way it should be. Unless you're working in a sweat-shop type setting where it's really easy to count how many shoes you've made during the day, then your employer is paying for your time. Time might be money for a company, but for me, my time is my life. I'd sure as hell prefer to spend my time doing something besides work, but I'm perfectly willing to trade some of it for some money. If my employer doesn't want to pay me to boot my computer, that's their problem, not mine. Asking me to give away my most precious asset (my time) is simply not a realistic idea in today's world. The days when that sort of sacrifice and loyalty were reciprocated are long gone. It reminds me of my father's workplace, a will-remain-nameless power generating facility, where some new manager thought it'd be a good idea to cut the janitorial staff. The engineers and electricians (and management) would be responsible for keeping their own areas clean. It might seem reasonable to some people, but they were then paying high wages to their engineers and management to do janitorial work. I believe it changed when the director at the station remarked to his secretary, "I noticed my garbage hasn't been taken out for the past week, who's responsible for that?" to which she replied "You are."
I have to agree. As much as I wanted to buy into the sensationalist headline, there really are some valid concerns. For me though, the real issue wasn't that the system could be used to set up such a 'business' but instead, was it? Picking up random people and driving them to work isn't carpooling, it's a taxi service, and as such it needs to be regulated for the same reasons. Safety, insurance, etc.
Agree 100%, my 4 year old is the exact same.
So you get a high when you extort the needy? 1. The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge. Because I hear you saying that you're judging who's needy, and then basically telling them to 'accept Christ' or wallow in misery. As an agnostic, I argue that the church's only role should be in 'moral guidance', providing the 'noble lie' to give the weak minded structure. You only have to look at the Vatican to see how much wealth has been accumulated that has helped no-one.
Yes, they could have paid it to him, but would they have? The problem with every free market capitalist solution is the same, the race to the bottom. Every business is compelled to maximize profits, pay as little for labor as they can get away with (screw the employees), charge as much for their product or service as they can get away with (screw the customer), and competition only enforces these two basic rules. Having a privatized layer inbetween you and your healthcare only puts that money you think you're saving on providing for other people who need health care into the pockets of private company shareholders. It constantly surprises me how people are more willing to give their money to someone who is rich than someone who is poor.
And yet you put up with a public police and fire service... remarkable. How do you sleep at night, paying for all those fires to be put out, all those criminals to be arrested?
Everyone seems to forget why the Canadian health care system is in such a sad state of repair. Long story short, the liberals had to cut tons of spending in order to pay back some of the massive debt inherited from the conservatives. Health care was one of the biggest casualties. Many small communities lost their services. It wasn't a failure of socialized medicine, it was the result of overspending by the PC's and underspending by the Liberals.
If you want to get their attention, download the game off bit-torrent. Don't play it, just keep downloading it over, and over, and over. Start a grass-roots movement convincing everyone to do the same. Then, when the number of downloads exceeds the population of the earth, and the only possible explanation is that every man, woman, child, and household pet has a copy of their silly game, and that they've obviously lost 9 or 10 billion sales due to piracy, maybe something will click and they'll realize that this whole DRM thing was a huge waste of time and money.
I love it. Somebody submit it to webster's.
I believe Nissan is attempting to get the early start in this market.
Why is it I never get mod points when I need them? Excellent post. Thank you.
Bwahahaha
Your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
And yet, in the PCper review that did the exact same comparison for mp3 encoding and cinebench encoding, the Via used 2.5 - 3 % less energy...
* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) * The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980) * Life, the Universe and Everything (1982) * So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish (1984) * Mostly Harmless (1992)
"The Republicans can act like they're good for the economy, but they're full of crap." QFT & E
The difference is, if your Wii bricks on you, you don't have to re-buy all your games.
then buy AudioSurf. It builds 'tracks' based on mp3's, and plays somewhat like Klax. It's an excellent game and you'll have fun re-experiencing your favourite music.
I just saw a study from florida that showed the average occupancy of minivans at 1.67 people. I can't imagine SUV's being any different. The fact of the matter is, that people routinely buy and drive unsuited for their needs.
If I were you, I'd give Champions Online a look over, coming to a PC near you (maybe) Spring 2009 (possibly). http://www.champions-online.com/ Also, see if you can locate a trial code for City of Heroes. It's not perfect, but you might find some of what you're looking for.
I had begun to worry that my supply of fresh books might dry up any day now.
Impossible is a figment of your imagination.
I think the problem with the current system is that it scales horribly. Right now we're barely pushing 2 Megapixel displays with all those shader effects turned on. If the Japanese have their way we'll have 33MP displays in only 7 years - because this is the 'broadcast standard' they're shooting for. Can they double the performance of the current tech every 2 years to eventually meet that? I have my doubts.
Time to start thinking outside the box, and inside the ball!