Well, you might want to keep your TV to watch DVD's or (in my case) home movies. But you're right about dropping the cable. The commercial breaks are so long now, I forget the story line.
It's simple. The only reason I watch any TV now is because I have a TiVO as well as the cable company's DVR. If I'm forced to watch ads, I think the DVR's, as well as my cable connection, will go the way of my dot-matrix printers. There's nothing worth sitting through those six-minute soul-sucking commercial breaks for.
But if you really can't stand coffee, and just have to have a soda, try Diet Rite cola. It's made with Splenda and might have that better flavor you're looking for. Also keep an eye out for Hansens diet sodas. They're also made with sucralose, and come in some unusual flavors.
Back when computers were new to the desktop people would spend all day long f**king around with them trying to get something to work to produce results that could have been done by hand in a shorter period of time.
Managers would spend all their time dinking around with their computers instead of managing. It gave the illusion that they were busy, busy, busy, but in reality the amount of work that was actually getting done was dismal. I saw more than one perplexed manager get dumped this way.
I don't think people are as deluded today. Of course the software is better, and people are smarter with it, but when something special comes up, people are more willing to delegate it to those who can deal with it, and content to wait for the results. That's the way it should be.
Why should I give a damn about the secret message in the ad? That's like in A Christmas Story when the kid eagerly waits to get his Little Orphan Annie Secret Decoder Ring, and when he works out the secret message it says, "DRINK YOUR OVALTINE". I mean, who really gives a shit?
Well, I suppose absent of any alternative, paying a few dollars a month for unlimited (or even limited) legal downloads would be all right with me, but I think there is a bigger question here.
Are the record labels redundant? I say they are. All of this control and scheming is nothing more than a system that props up an industry which is no longer needed. I would prefer a system where I can pay the artists directly for there work, and where the record labels can go fuck themselves.
Basically, it's like we're being forced to pay a buggy-whip premium even though we're driving cars that don't need them.
Anyone who thinks this is all about making sure the artists get paid is being naive.
So they're going to stop using plastics, and tires? No more asphalt on their roads? What is their entire merchant shipping and fishing fleet going to run on? Will KLM be flying solar powered airliners?
I think it is quite an exxageration to say that they will be free of fossil fuels by 2020. Perhaps by 2120.
TFA only mentions cars and homes, but I don't see hundreds of thousands of homes retrofitted to some other heating system within 14 years.
Second, the effects of Animal Assisted Therapy [google.com] are well known. It makes sense that a replicant (like the Aibo) that offers a subset of relevant canine functionality could offer a subset of the health benefits as well.
I agree. I have a therapy dog. We visit hospitals once or twice per month. The therapists insist that the effect we have on patients is sometimes amazing and long-lasting. Naturally, I would have a preference for a real animal, but I see no reason why a robotic pet wouldn't provide some of the same benefits.
I don't know if your post was meant to be humorous, or not, but I do therapy dog work, and there is really no comparison. TV is really a passive, dull activity, and the commercials are demeaning. In time, it becomes so monotonous, I think it actually contributes to depression -- no matter how large or spiffy the equipment it is displayed on.
When I show up at the hospital with my dog, the TV goes off, and the patients really enjoy the novelty of interacting with a well-behaved, friendly animal. The therapists tell me that the change in some patients after a visit is remarkable, and long-lasting.
Naturally, I prefer real animals, but I can imagine that the interactivity of a robotic pet could also be beneficial.
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Embarrassingly, he sounded like Chico Marx...
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha... you can't-a fool me. There ain't-a no Sanity Clause."
Well, you might want to keep your TV to watch DVD's or (in my case) home movies. But you're right about dropping the cable. The commercial breaks are so long now, I forget the story line.
It's simple. The only reason I watch any TV now is because I have a TiVO as well as the cable company's DVR. If I'm forced to watch ads, I think the DVR's, as well as my cable connection, will go the way of my dot-matrix printers. There's nothing worth sitting through those six-minute soul-sucking commercial breaks for.
You know, on Robot Chicken, this was all just a joke...
Give us our porn back..!
Why am I not surprised that the WonderBra page is one of the nominees?
But if you really can't stand coffee, and just have to have a soda, try Diet Rite cola. It's made with Splenda and might have that better flavor you're looking for. Also keep an eye out for Hansens diet sodas. They're also made with sucralose, and come in some unusual flavors.
But I'd like to believe this, since I have both the laughably useless Cox DVR and a wonderful, yet not-digital-cable-ready TiVO.
How can we turn this into some sort of weapon?
Back when computers were new to the desktop people would spend all day long f**king around with them trying to get something to work to produce results that could have been done by hand in a shorter period of time.
Managers would spend all their time dinking around with their computers instead of managing. It gave the illusion that they were busy, busy, busy, but in reality the amount of work that was actually getting done was dismal. I saw more than one perplexed manager get dumped this way.
I don't think people are as deluded today. Of course the software is better, and people are smarter with it, but when something special comes up, people are more willing to delegate it to those who can deal with it, and content to wait for the results. That's the way it should be.
Why should I give a damn about the secret message in the ad? That's like in A Christmas Story when the kid eagerly waits to get his Little Orphan Annie Secret Decoder Ring, and when he works out the secret message it says, "DRINK YOUR OVALTINE". I mean, who really gives a shit?
You're in for a tough job. This is bound to be even worse than managing a group of programmers.
Oh, right. Next thing you'll say is Al Gore didn't invent the internet.
That was one of the more interesting articles I've ever seen featured on Slashdot. Too bad it was relegated to the back burner.
...and will provide clean energy for the US military.
Until the first big hail storm, that is. (grin)
But in all seriousness, how do such systems stand up to severe weather, particularly large hail?
Well, I suppose absent of any alternative, paying a few dollars a month for unlimited (or even limited) legal downloads would be all right with me, but I think there is a bigger question here.
Are the record labels redundant? I say they are. All of this control and scheming is nothing more than a system that props up an industry which is no longer needed.
I would prefer a system where I can pay the artists directly for there work, and where the record labels can go fuck themselves.
Basically, it's like we're being forced to pay a buggy-whip premium even though we're driving cars that don't need them.
Anyone who thinks this is all about making sure the artists get paid is being naive.
Now, if someone could just tell me why my ears get tingly on the inside when I get really hungry, that'd be helpful.
A rise in blood pressure due to hyperinsulinism, perhaps?
Want to talk about someone changing the world? How about Tim Berners-Lee?
I'm more curious about who modded it "insightful".
Actually, bad as it is, I was afraid no one would get it. Who microfiches anything these days?
They're used for archiving documents.
So they're going to stop using plastics, and tires? No more asphalt on their roads? What is their entire merchant shipping and fishing fleet going to run on? Will KLM be flying solar powered airliners?
I think it is quite an exxageration to say that they will be free of fossil fuels by 2020. Perhaps by 2120.
TFA only mentions cars and homes, but I don't see hundreds of thousands of homes retrofitted to some other heating system within 14 years.
Furthermore, I discovered how, in my preferences, to get rid of all the goddamn gaming articles. Yay!
Second, the effects of Animal Assisted Therapy [google.com] are well known. It makes sense that a replicant (like the Aibo) that offers a subset of relevant canine functionality could offer a subset of the health benefits as well.
I agree. I have a therapy dog. We visit hospitals once or twice per month. The therapists insist that the effect we have on patients is sometimes amazing and long-lasting. Naturally, I would have a preference for a real animal, but I see no reason why a robotic pet wouldn't provide some of the same benefits.
I don't know if your post was meant to be humorous, or not, but I do therapy dog work, and there is really no comparison. TV is really a passive, dull activity, and the commercials are demeaning. In time, it becomes so monotonous, I think it actually contributes to depression -- no matter how large or spiffy the equipment it is displayed on.
When I show up at the hospital with my dog, the TV goes off, and the patients really enjoy the novelty of interacting with a well-behaved, friendly animal. The therapists tell me that the change in some patients after a visit is remarkable, and long-lasting.
Naturally, I prefer real animals, but I can imagine that the interactivity of a robotic pet could also be beneficial.
This is MUCH more interesting than an iPod in a geiger counter.