Re:Handicapping, Ridiculous, Anti-Progress
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+1 insightful
Re:Handicapping, Ridiculous, Anti-Progress
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3D Hurts Your Eyes
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I think we're talking past each each other; I was agreeing with you and expounding on what you said. I'm going to have to look at this tomorrow when I'm sober; I was sober when I responded but I'm not now. Are you?
What I'm saying is what I said -- produce a shitty product and you can expect your former customers to shy away from your current products. That's why I haven't bought a Ford since 1971. It's also why I don't use SUSE.
P.S. Anyone wonder when we will start getting "official" email addresses like we have postal addresses?
Postal addresses suck even more than email addresses. I've had the same email address through 3 house moves; I went to a free webmail service because I hated changing email addresses every time I changed ISPs. I'm getting snail mail for at least 3 previous residents of my present house. Of course, the "change of address" card with snail mail is better than anything email has when you move homes or ISPs.
There is also room for interpretation as to what exactly is a pseudonym. In many cases of a famous nickname, using one's actual legal name would be an obfuscation of identity.
"Nickname" is one of the fields. Lady Gaga could simply use her real name with "Lady Gaga" in the nickname field.
Well, I haven't been banned (yet) besides the fact that there's a comedian with the same name as me (ten years my junior) who's performed with Jeff Foxworthy.
Of course, since he's preformed with Foxworthy he's probably still on Myspace...
Signing up with a rocketmail account with my first name concatenated with my last name may be why they let me in at all (and maybe the other guy hasn't gotten an invite). However, there are three other folks on G+ with the same name as me, I can't see G banning all of us.
How many tens of millions of people share the same bloody name. How stupid can google be, effectively banning anyone from using google who has the same name as someone else using google.
But that's not what they're doing. When I signed up someone on my friend/fan/. lists was looking for me, and there were a half dozen people with my name. I wanted to add a couple of slashdotters to a circle, but likewise there was more than one person with the same name -- and one of those folks' name isn't all that common.
Anybody who's ever managed a large database knows that a name is the very worst identifier. Seeing as how Google's databases are huge I have no doubt heir DB admins know that; I sincerely doubt Google staff are incompetent (and any database admin who thinks a name is a good identifier is incomepetent).
That's the trouble with producing crappy products -- people don't forget. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. It doesn't matter a bit whether or not Exchange is a good server now, someone who used the old crap version isn't going to try the new version.
That's the trouble with the "ship with bugs and patch later" and "you can upgrade" models. People remember and avoid.
Well, if you're running a business you should have your own internet address and preferably your own mail server, but for a personal address the free ones are far superior. If I change ISPs I have to change email addresses as well if that's the address I use. With something like Yahoo or Hotmail it doesn't matter who your ISP is.
I learned this the hard way. The School of Hard Knox has the highest tuition and the best teachers.
You don't have to be a G+ user to lose your gmail account, nor do you have to do anything wrong. I lost mcgrew@gmail.com years ago with no explanation, no recourse. All I used it for was mailng friends and family, and signing up for the occasional subscription.
I have a new gmail addy now, but no way will I make it my primary email address. I'm only using it gort G+ related stuff (it's the easiest way to add someone to a circle)
I've forgotten which writer of which novel said this, but "the truth is the best lie". Corporate slogans are truthful lies. Examples of old slogans from the auto industry and their true meanings:
Chevy -- Like a rock (damned thing won't start) Pontiac -- We build excitement (brakes are weak and the handling is shitty) Ford -- Quality is job 1 (we have our work cut out for us)
I think "hamfistedness" and "incompetence" hits the nail squarely on the head, and this is NOT a new problem, but I'm glad it's being finally aired. When gmail was fairly new I had the email address mcgrew@gmail.com. I only used it for mailing friends and family, and registering for the occasional subscription.
One time when my internet access was down for a while (I'd just moved) I logged in to gmail from work and my password wouldn't work. After several screens of questions, the last one was "has your account been compromised?" I had to scratch my head over this one -- how would I know if the account had been compromised? I answered "no", the next screen informed me that my account was permanently suspended for violation of TOS but I could sign up again under another username.
This had the effect of making me leery of using any Google service at all except search, maps, and news. It gave me ill will towards Google; I'd use Bing if it didn't suck so bad. I've been out of social networking since MySpace and probably wouldn't have signed up for G+ if it weren't for the fact that it's new and "kinda l33t". Also, I was pretty sure the daughter that works at a GameStop would love to be invited.
I have a couple of suggestions for Google. First, that vague suspension notice is maddening. I could guess that someone in the IT dept at work worked a man in the middle attack on me, but Google should spell out exactly what ToS you've violated.
Second, they should give you some recourse if they've suspended you mistakenly. Everyone makes mistakes, and a big outfit like Google is certain to screw up occasionally.
Third and probably most importantly they should treat everyone equally. TFA says some high profile users were able to get their accounts restored, this is just plain wrong. "Don't be evil" my ass. Giving someone preferential treatment is in fact evil. If I can't get my mcgrew@gmail.com addy restored, then a high profile blogger shouldn't, either.
I have to give credit to slashdot. I'd let my mcgrew account go dormant for a few years; I was too busy with my own game site. I'd found K5 and was posting there until an admin named Jongular went to war with me and I came back to slashdot and re-signed as sm62704, having changed email addresses a few times and forgetting my PW; my own fault. Someone suggested that I write help@slashdot.org. After a few emails I got my mcgrew account back. This greatly impressed me! Google should take a clue from/.. If my mcgrew@gmail.com addy was restored, some of my trust in them would be as well. As it is, I don't trust Google any farther than I could throw one of their buildings.
Re:Handicapping, Ridiculous, Anti-Progress
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It's hard telling what dark hairy orifice they pulled those numbers out of. Buying one makes no sense for the same reason that quadraphonics made no sense in the '70s. With quadraphonics you had to have twice as many amps and speakers (and the speakers are the most expensive part of a good system) and more expensive turntables for a marginal improvement in sound quality. Surround Sound only made it because now they use a "subwoofer" and four cheap speakers, and the price of amplifiers has come down.
With stereoscopic "3D" you pay as much for a forty inch 3D as you do a 55 inch monocular TV, and it gives some people headaches and you have to wear glasses to use it.
They keep trying this fad over and over and it always flops. You mentioned the '70s 3D craze, I had a 3D version of Hondo on VHS, and IINM that movie was from 1951.
History keeps repeating itself. When they come up with true 3D laser holographic movies, then they'll have something. Laser holograms are amazing, but it'll be a while before that tech gets here.
Slashdot Mirror
In that case I'll have to agree with you.
+1 insightful
I think we're talking past each each other; I was agreeing with you and expounding on what you said. I'm going to have to look at this tomorrow when I'm sober; I was sober when I responded but I'm not now. Are you?
There is no court where lawyers are forbidden. Even if they were, do you think Goliath would care about your chump change?
Note that I'm even smaller than you, Dave.
What I'm saying is what I said -- produce a shitty product and you can expect your former customers to shy away from your current products. That's why I haven't bought a Ford since 1971. It's also why I don't use SUSE.
So William Shatner lied about his age? Why was his account suspended? How many non-famous Shatners are there?
Pi?
The "Cajun cook"Justin Wilson told this (ok, it's offtopic but WTF my karma can take a hit and I'm drunk but you mentioned pi) story a long time ago.
A Cajun sends his son to college. The kid comes home and the old man says "well, what's ya larn in school, son?"
The son thinks a minute and says "Pi R square".
The old man says "What kind o' damn tomfollery is they teachin' you, boy? Pie are round, cornbread are square!
P.S. Anyone wonder when we will start getting "official" email addresses like we have postal addresses?
Postal addresses suck even more than email addresses. I've had the same email address through 3 house moves; I went to a free webmail service because I hated changing email addresses every time I changed ISPs. I'm getting snail mail for at least 3 previous residents of my present house. Of course, the "change of address" card with snail mail is better than anything email has when you move homes or ISPs.
There is also room for interpretation as to what exactly is a pseudonym. In many cases of a famous nickname, using one's actual legal name would be an obfuscation of identity.
"Nickname" is one of the fields. Lady Gaga could simply use her real name with "Lady Gaga" in the nickname field.
Actually, Google is attempting to woo celebrities to their platform, such as Lady Gaga. The irony is that Lady Gaga isn't her actual name.
A bigger irony (or fuckup) is they banned William Shatner, although he got his account back after tweeting about it.
Well, I haven't been banned (yet) besides the fact that there's a comedian with the same name as me (ten years my junior) who's performed with Jeff Foxworthy.
Of course, since he's preformed with Foxworthy he's probably still on Myspace...
Signing up with a rocketmail account with my first name concatenated with my last name may be why they let me in at all (and maybe the other guy hasn't gotten an invite). However, there are three other folks on G+ with the same name as me, I can't see G banning all of us.
How many tens of millions of people share the same bloody name. How stupid can google be, effectively banning anyone from using google who has the same name as someone else using google.
But that's not what they're doing. When I signed up someone on my friend/fan /. lists was looking for me, and there were a half dozen people with my name. I wanted to add a couple of slashdotters to a circle, but likewise there was more than one person with the same name -- and one of those folks' name isn't all that common.
Anybody who's ever managed a large database knows that a name is the very worst identifier. Seeing as how Google's databases are huge I have no doubt heir DB admins know that; I sincerely doubt Google staff are incompetent (and any database admin who thinks a name is a good identifier is incomepetent).
That's the trouble with producing crappy products -- people don't forget. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. It doesn't matter a bit whether or not Exchange is a good server now, someone who used the old crap version isn't going to try the new version.
That's the trouble with the "ship with bugs and patch later" and "you can upgrade" models. People remember and avoid.
This is not a new problem and has nothing to do with its beta status. The same thing happened to me with gmail years ago.
Well, if you're running a business you should have your own internet address and preferably your own mail server, but for a personal address the free ones are far superior. If I change ISPs I have to change email addresses as well if that's the address I use. With something like Yahoo or Hotmail it doesn't matter who your ISP is.
I learned this the hard way. The School of Hard Knox has the highest tuition and the best teachers.
You don't have to be a G+ user to lose your gmail account, nor do you have to do anything wrong. I lost mcgrew@gmail.com years ago with no explanation, no recourse. All I used it for was mailng friends and family, and signing up for the occasional subscription.
I have a new gmail addy now, but no way will I make it my primary email address. I'm only using it gort G+ related stuff (it's the easiest way to add someone to a circle)
Small businessman? Good luck with that, David. You're up against Goliath.
I've forgotten which writer of which novel said this, but "the truth is the best lie". Corporate slogans are truthful lies. Examples of old slogans from the auto industry and their true meanings:
Chevy -- Like a rock (damned thing won't start)
Pontiac -- We build excitement (brakes are weak and the handling is shitty)
Ford -- Quality is job 1 (we have our work cut out for us)
Google -- Don't be evil (but doing evil is ok)
I think "hamfistedness" and "incompetence" hits the nail squarely on the head, and this is NOT a new problem, but I'm glad it's being finally aired. When gmail was fairly new I had the email address mcgrew@gmail.com. I only used it for mailing friends and family, and registering for the occasional subscription.
One time when my internet access was down for a while (I'd just moved) I logged in to gmail from work and my password wouldn't work. After several screens of questions, the last one was "has your account been compromised?" I had to scratch my head over this one -- how would I know if the account had been compromised? I answered "no", the next screen informed me that my account was permanently suspended for violation of TOS but I could sign up again under another username.
This had the effect of making me leery of using any Google service at all except search, maps, and news. It gave me ill will towards Google; I'd use Bing if it didn't suck so bad. I've been out of social networking since MySpace and probably wouldn't have signed up for G+ if it weren't for the fact that it's new and "kinda l33t". Also, I was pretty sure the daughter that works at a GameStop would love to be invited.
I have a couple of suggestions for Google. First, that vague suspension notice is maddening. I could guess that someone in the IT dept at work worked a man in the middle attack on me, but Google should spell out exactly what ToS you've violated.
Second, they should give you some recourse if they've suspended you mistakenly. Everyone makes mistakes, and a big outfit like Google is certain to screw up occasionally.
Third and probably most importantly they should treat everyone equally. TFA says some high profile users were able to get their accounts restored, this is just plain wrong. "Don't be evil" my ass. Giving someone preferential treatment is in fact evil. If I can't get my mcgrew@gmail.com addy restored, then a high profile blogger shouldn't, either.
I have to give credit to slashdot. I'd let my mcgrew account go dormant for a few years; I was too busy with my own game site. I'd found K5 and was posting there until an admin named Jongular went to war with me and I came back to slashdot and re-signed as sm62704, having changed email addresses a few times and forgetting my PW; my own fault. Someone suggested that I write help@slashdot.org. After a few emails I got my mcgrew account back. This greatly impressed me! Google should take a clue from /.. If my mcgrew@gmail.com addy was restored, some of my trust in them would be as well. As it is, I don't trust Google any farther than I could throw one of their buildings.
It's hard telling what dark hairy orifice they pulled those numbers out of. Buying one makes no sense for the same reason that quadraphonics made no sense in the '70s. With quadraphonics you had to have twice as many amps and speakers (and the speakers are the most expensive part of a good system) and more expensive turntables for a marginal improvement in sound quality. Surround Sound only made it because now they use a "subwoofer" and four cheap speakers, and the price of amplifiers has come down.
With stereoscopic "3D" you pay as much for a forty inch 3D as you do a 55 inch monocular TV, and it gives some people headaches and you have to wear glasses to use it.
They keep trying this fad over and over and it always flops. You mentioned the '70s 3D craze, I had a 3D version of Hondo on VHS, and IINM that movie was from 1951.
History keeps repeating itself. When they come up with true 3D laser holographic movies, then they'll have something. Laser holograms are amazing, but it'll be a while before that tech gets here.
It's the politically correct term for "not so damned fat and bloated", although "leaner" might be more PC.
I thought it was silly too until I rtfa. KDE is right, it will cause problems for folks using both.
By that argument, you can infer depth based on cues present in regular 2-D movies, so should they be called 3D?
That's called "perspective", and there are various forms of perspective that painters have been using for hundreds of years.
Laser holograms are true 3d. I'm holding out until that technology comes around.
It doesn't hurt the brain, nor does it harm the eyes. It's just a headache caused by eyestrain. TFS was simply being sensationalist.
TFA doesn't say there's damage to your vision or brain. You're out the price of an aspirin and a movie, hardly anything to sue over.