It's like saying how people spell "Mississippi" shouldn't be included in overall spelling ability because it doesn't predict their ability to spell "Banana".
His attitude reminds me of so many religious people who insist that youâ(TM)ll go to hell if you donâ(TM)t believe blindly exactly as they do.
Nice try. This has been debunked so many times I am surprised it's still brought up, let alone by people who call themselves scientists.
I have watched countless talks with Dawkins and read most of his books and I have no clue what you are talking about. Would you care to point me to one of those instances where he comes off as arrogant or makes arguments from authority like you are insinuating?
Regarding the evidence which you insist he doesn't care about sharing with "common folk", he wrote a bloody book aimed at children! (The Magic of Reality)
You're just parroting some of the most popular attacks of Dawkins being strident, shrill and arrogant. Again, I dare you to come up with any evidence for those claims.
The 3GS and its predecessor look exactly the same. So if the only reason to own one is to flash it on the subway you could just as well keep your old one. Most people, like me for instance, wrap their iPhone in some protective sleeve so you can't even tell it apart from other phones on first glance.
Is it really so hard to believe that most users just like the iPhone for its technical merits? It's because of people like you I used to think twice before I get it out of my pocket in certain places.
Aren't we past the fashion junkie stereotype for owners of Apple hardware just about now?
Basically, if we are living in a flat universe, which has been shown to be the case (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_of_the_Universe), Quantum Fluctuations allow it to begin from nothing (zero total energy).
I think the main component is childhood indoctrination. The Mafia organization in Calabria (and other ones too, I guess) basically consists of several tightly knit families. The rationalization took place a while back.
So let's play this out a little bit. Let's say we drop the copyrights on everything over 17 years old. All of a sudden, everything older than Third Eye Blind is free. The majority of Metallica music. U2, Madonna, Pink Floyd, Paula Abdul... Jefferson Starship, Beatles, the list goes on. Anything recorded by Casals, most of Pavarotti's records... How many people would say, "I've got a lifetime of music to wade through that's free. Why would I buy this top-40 crap for even a dollar?" Unless, of course, they actually turn out some product that's better than Britney. I'm not saying that there's no good music these days, but I'm saying that most of the pop stuff they put out now would have a hard time competing against a practically infinite supply of free music.
I don't think that would be the case for a good chunk of listeners. Especially youth culture is all about identification and peer pressure. Therfore, I guess Britney and her ilk are not so much about music. Plus, it's totally uncool to listen to the same stuff as one's parents, however good it may be. I know I didn't start listening to older stuff before being well into my twens.
The real question is will they force Apple to do the same, or does the Little dictator of Cupertino get another free pass?
Not the same crap again...
Apple is not a monopoly
Safari's market share is insignificant
Safari can be uninstalled with one drag to the trashcan
And Ubuntu even offers to install Epiphany with a few mouseclicks via Synaptic if you want. Why do people always have to dilute the matter with that line of reasoning?
I played Gears of War some time ago where you could actually fiddle with the post processing. On "muted" it was nearly unplayable even if the game isn't as fast-pased as a first person shooter. The color makes the opponents stand out from the background.
...I think a lot of the precision and discipline are inherently Asian values.
If Japan were to host the Olympic games we would see at least an opening ceremony in the same ballpark.
As for the rest, I'd have to agree. That's the "advantage" of a centralized, authoritarian government.
I would, however, wish they were a bit more verbose about those things sometimes.
Their crazy vow of secrecy on even the most trivial things only encourages rumors and speculation.
I always thought they cared about their reputation among the tech-crowd but sometimes their behavior just dazzles me (Java 6 on Leopard anyone?)
Reminds me of Alando.de which was basically an eBay-ripoff. When eBay decided to expand to the German market, all they could do is buy out the company and make the guys who started it rich men. Ironically those guys apparently bought stakes in Facebook now and started complaining about the alleged ripoff.
The precedents paint a pretty bleak picture for Facebook, too. Seems that the clones always win.
Precisely the problem. If they let him in, he'll find out it was all diverted to greedy government officials and cut them off! I dunno. Don't you think that this is a bit suspicious? Can't be too hard to put together some kind of horseplay for Bill Gates, as I doubt that he would travel the country by himself.
So he will probably cut them off anyway if there's no feedback of some sort.
I actually liked the last two seasons of Enterprise. They killed it too early as it was just getting interesting. Longer story arcs, better writing, but I digress...
I think there are still plenty of stories to tell Star Trek universe. It's Berman's grip that nearly killed the franchise. I think everyone will agree with you on the Nemesis debacle. The TNG-cast pretty much jumped the shark by then.
However, a fresh start with a director that doesn't have a classical Sci-Fi background could very will revive the series.
There's definetly plenty of talent involved in the project.
The result can't be "SCO ran out of cash arguing its claims", but rather "SCO's claims were baseless and found so by the courts". If they had a case in the first place, they wouldn't have had to "argue" that long;)
...maybe it might be useful when/if they have to change tuning "on the fly".. but of course, it might not be possible to re-tune the guitar as fast as it is needed... That mostly depends on the bridge type. If you have a fixed bridge like the Tune-o-matic on the Les Paul from the article it's fairly easy to change the tuning of individual strings. A very popular example are the so-called drop tunings, where you tune down the low E-string one step for easier fingering of power chords. With a fixed bridge all other strings stay more or less in tune.
If you have a floating bridge like a Floyd Rose vibrato system, all other strings will go out of tune and it is very cumbersome to get the tuning right again.
I the argument with the greasy fingerprints on a touchscreen is completely bogus. If you actually use the thing as a phone it will get greasy enough from your ears;) I use the SE W950i and find the Touchscreen extremely useful. It's definetly worth the occasional cleaning.
If you want to spend a few bucks more you could take a look at the Sony Ericsson W950i.
On the upside it features Symbian 9.1 with the UIQ 3.0 user interface, 3G support, 4GB of flash memory coupled with a powerful music player, a touchscreen, a slick and stylish appearance. What also convinced me was the excellent C++ API for writing native applications for Symbian and Java MIDP 2.0 Support.
On the downside the phone lacks a camera (although for many business users this may actually be more of an advantage). It has no Wifi Support, so you're basically bound to use the 3G network for fast data transfer which can, frankly, be quite expensive. The only thing that annoys me sometimes is that the user interface is not as responsive as I would like it to be, but I hope future firmware upgrades will address this.
I spent about 100 EUR with the extension of my contract, you should however expect it to be a bit more expensive in the states. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Ericsson-W950i-Mystic-U nlocked/dp/B000LDNKCG/sr=8-1/qid=1168621329/ref=pd _bbs_1/104-5277645-6583106?ie=UTF8&s=wireless
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It's like saying how people spell "Mississippi" shouldn't be included in overall spelling ability because it doesn't predict their ability to spell "Banana".
Nice try. This has been debunked so many times I am surprised it's still brought up, let alone by people who call themselves scientists.
I have watched countless talks with Dawkins and read most of his books and I have no clue what you are talking about. Would you care to point me to one of those instances where he comes off as arrogant or makes arguments from authority like you are insinuating?
Regarding the evidence which you insist he doesn't care about sharing with "common folk", he wrote a bloody book aimed at children! (The Magic of Reality)
You're just parroting some of the most popular attacks of Dawkins being strident, shrill and arrogant. Again, I dare you to come up with any evidence for those claims.
...like that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASoCJTYgYB0
No thanks ;)
250 GB won't last very long. Especially the PS3 exclusive titles fill out those BDs pretty good.
Uncharted 2 was around 39 GB as was God of War III. Heavy Rain used up about 28 GB.
I would love to install at least the game I am currently playing to the HD to decrease load times but I can understand why they left the feature out.
Your average XBox 360 game is roughly 7 GB. I guess Sony just puts a lot of uncompressed textures and sound files on their discs.
...Apple rumor blogs do this.
Why not wait until the damn thing is actually released?
This doesn't make sense.
The 3GS and its predecessor look exactly the same. So if the only reason to own one is to flash it on the subway you could just as well keep your old one.
Most people, like me for instance, wrap their iPhone in some protective sleeve so you can't even tell it apart from other phones on first glance.
Is it really so hard to believe that most users just like the iPhone for its technical merits?
It's because of people like you I used to think twice before I get it out of my pocket in certain places.
Aren't we past the fashion junkie stereotype for owners of Apple hardware just about now?
Get a grip already...
After all, the initial singularity from which the universe sprung had to come from somewhere.
There is an interesting talk by Lawrence Kraus how our Universe could have come from "Nothing".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo
Basically, if we are living in a flat universe, which has been shown to be the case (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_of_the_Universe), Quantum Fluctuations allow it to begin from nothing (zero total energy).
I think most higher-ups in the catholic church at least believe in their own crap, I'll give 'em that.
Scientology seems to be more of a concerted effort to extort money from gullible people.
I think the main component is childhood indoctrination.
The Mafia organization in Calabria (and other ones too, I guess) basically consists of several tightly knit families.
The rationalization took place a while back.
Works fine for religious folks too.
Seems like Wacom is planning something just like that for the Desktop. ;)
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/wacom-bamboo-multitouch-pen-tablet-spotted-by-mr-blurrycam/
I would totally buy one.
I often find myself trying to execute pinch gestures on my mouse pad after working with my MacBook
So let's play this out a little bit. Let's say we drop the copyrights on everything over 17 years old. All of a sudden, everything older than Third Eye Blind is free. The majority of Metallica music. U2, Madonna, Pink Floyd, Paula Abdul... Jefferson Starship, Beatles, the list goes on. Anything recorded by Casals, most of Pavarotti's records... How many people would say, "I've got a lifetime of music to wade through that's free. Why would I buy this top-40 crap for even a dollar?"
Unless, of course, they actually turn out some product that's better than Britney. I'm not saying that there's no good music these days, but I'm saying that most of the pop stuff they put out now would have a hard time competing against a practically infinite supply of free music.
I don't think that would be the case for a good chunk of listeners. Especially youth culture is all about identification and peer pressure. Therfore, I guess Britney and her ilk are not so much about music.
Plus, it's totally uncool to listen to the same stuff as one's parents, however good it may be.
I know I didn't start listening to older stuff before being well into my twens.
The real question is will they force Apple to do the same, or does the Little dictator of Cupertino get another free pass?
Not the same crap again...
And Ubuntu even offers to install Epiphany with a few mouseclicks via Synaptic if you want.
Why do people always have to dilute the matter with that line of reasoning?
I played Gears of War some time ago where you could actually fiddle with the post processing. On "muted" it was nearly unplayable even if the game isn't as fast-pased as a first person shooter. The color makes the opponents stand out from the background.
...I think a lot of the precision and discipline are inherently Asian values. If Japan were to host the Olympic games we would see at least an opening ceremony in the same ballpark. As for the rest, I'd have to agree. That's the "advantage" of a centralized, authoritarian government.
I would, however, wish they were a bit more verbose about those things sometimes. Their crazy vow of secrecy on even the most trivial things only encourages rumors and speculation. I always thought they cared about their reputation among the tech-crowd but sometimes their behavior just dazzles me (Java 6 on Leopard anyone?)
Reminds me of Alando.de which was basically an eBay-ripoff. When eBay decided to expand to the German market, all they could do is buy out the company and make the guys who started it rich men. Ironically those guys apparently bought stakes in Facebook now and started complaining about the alleged ripoff.
The precedents paint a pretty bleak picture for Facebook, too. Seems that the clones always win.
So he will probably cut them off anyway if there's no feedback of some sort.
I actually liked the last two seasons of Enterprise. They killed it too early as it was just getting interesting. Longer story arcs, better writing, but I digress...
I think there are still plenty of stories to tell Star Trek universe. It's Berman's grip that nearly killed the franchise. I think everyone will agree with you on the Nemesis debacle. The TNG-cast pretty much jumped the shark by then.
However, a fresh start with a director that doesn't have a classical Sci-Fi background could very will revive the series. There's definetly plenty of talent involved in the project.
We'll have to wait and see.
For anyone who liked this:
It's taken from a book written by Lynne Truss published in the UK roughly 3 years ago.
Amazon Link
...maybe it might be useful when/if they have to change tuning "on the fly".. but of course, it might not be possible to re-tune the guitar as fast as it is needed... That mostly depends on the bridge type. If you have a fixed bridge like the Tune-o-matic on the Les Paul from the article it's fairly easy to change the tuning of individual strings. A very popular example are the so-called drop tunings, where you tune down the low E-string one step for easier fingering of power chords. With a fixed bridge all other strings stay more or less in tune. If you have a floating bridge like a Floyd Rose vibrato system, all other strings will go out of tune and it is very cumbersome to get the tuning right again.I the argument with the greasy fingerprints on a touchscreen is completely bogus. ;)
If you actually use the thing as a phone it will get greasy enough from your ears
I use the SE W950i and find the Touchscreen extremely useful. It's definetly worth the occasional cleaning.
If you want to spend a few bucks more you could take a look at the Sony Ericsson W950i.U nlocked/dp/B000LDNKCG/sr=8-1/qid=1168621329/ref=pd _bbs_1/104-5277645-6583106?ie=UTF8&s=wireless
On the upside it features Symbian 9.1 with the UIQ 3.0 user interface, 3G support, 4GB of flash memory coupled with a powerful music player, a touchscreen, a slick and stylish appearance. What also convinced me was the excellent C++ API for writing native applications for Symbian and Java MIDP 2.0 Support.
On the downside the phone lacks a camera (although for many business users this may actually be more of an advantage). It has no Wifi Support, so you're basically bound to use the 3G network for fast data transfer which can, frankly, be quite expensive. The only thing that annoys me sometimes is that the user interface is not as responsive as I would like it to be, but I hope future firmware upgrades will address this.
I spent about 100 EUR with the extension of my contract, you should however expect it to be a bit more expensive in the states.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Ericsson-W950i-Mystic-