Aesthetic quality matters more than technical quality. What a revelation!
...and we wonder why Hollywood is pushing all of this technology; HD, 3D and whatever other acronyms you can think of. It's because most of the work they're pumping out is aesthetically crap (think, 90%).
There are more likely situations... e.g. suing Facebook or Google for privacy violations... or Toyota for automotive failure... oil companies for spills...
Actually, if the procedure is performed properly and you actually lie flat in a bed for two hours like you're supposed to, the risk of headache is very low.
While I don't really care to stop him in his request - let him do what he wants - I still consider the "dead anyway" argument flawed. ALL OF US are "dead anyway". Life is a condition with a 100% fatality rate. It's just a matter of when. Just because his when is likely sooner than most (not definitely though - I'm currently healthy but could easily be hit by a car this afternoon, and him still outlive me), doesn't make his death any less significant.
I'm going to make a judgement on whether or not he should be allowed to do this, but the difference here is he knows he's going to die within a determined, much shorter time than you are likely to and he knows the path to his death will be painful.
This isn't worthy of a lawsuit, this is worthy of a browser extension or plug-in, in-built browser function to manage flash cookies or simply an addition to the flash settings panel.
Oh right, so saying "your cat is lying with its legs mangled, crying out for you to help" is supposed to make the owner feel better, or something? That's not just being nasty for its own sake?
I didn't say that it wasn't cruelty; I said that it wasn't pointless cruelty.
Yep I never understood the point of this other than pointless cruelty.
Because it's not pointless cruelty, it's a rather... extended manner of telling people that his skills aren't worthless. People (particularly businesspeople) are to quick to assume that artistic work is simple and worthless (fun fact: simplicity and minimalism are more difficult than complexity).
You're paying for the talent and skill I've been developing since birth, not necessarily just my time. Just like I pay you a cut for the talent and skill for business and networking that you've been developing since birth, regardless of whether the sale took a minute or a week. By the way, do mind you selling my livingroom furniture for me? Oh, yeah, can do it for free? You're a businessperson, so it'll be be easy for you!
Thanks, government, for telling people that they can do things that they should be able to do anyway. What's next? Telling us that we're allowed to keep up with traffic when every other car on the road is going 15MPH over the speed limit?
It seems like a fairly nonsensical symbol to me. If it's meaning is not immediately obvious and you actually have to explain what it means, it is doomed to failure. Oh, yeah, and actually have to pay to download it and assume that whomever you're speaking to has paid and downloaded it as well. Just imagine the back-and-forth conversion with your mom/dad/grandma/grandpa/[enter technically-illiterate relative or acquaintance of your choice here]...
You: oh, yeah, stabbed him in the ribs alt+U0161 Recipient: you did what????? pls tell me if ur serius im gonna to call the police in a minte!!!!!!! You: No, no, no, didn't you see that sarcasm symbol at the end? Recip: wat r u taking about? i see a upsidedon exlamation mark. isnt that like spanish or smth? You: No, it's a new symbol indicates "sarcasm". You have to download it from [website]. It's only two bucks. Recip: you mean im supposd to PAY for one text thing? i dont even now what that is isnt that the at thing that you put in a email or maybe its a backwards 6. besides i bet its a virus or smth. neway thats insane!!! You: No, it's supposed to... never mind. No, I didn't stab him, let's pretend this conversation never happened. See you at Christmas.
Yeah, I can totally see that catching on...
(see what I did there?)
Besides, we already have a symbol for sarcasm. The winky face, in variations of;);-) and;~), is pretty universally accepted and understood to indicate joking, kidding or sarcasm; and, even then, if you can't write in a manner where your sarcasm is not obvious, maybe you should just improve your writing skills or only carry conversions by text with people who have compression skills greater than those of a rock.
And I know, without a doubt, alcohol is the most deadly drug we have.
Actually, not only is alcohol not inherently dangerous, many studies suggest that, if consumed moderately and appropriately, it can actually be beneficial.
Let me preface this by saying that I know it's probably going to sound fruity among the Slashdot populace which thinks that it needs to be quantifiable to be worthwhile.
I have two points to make. The first is one of what Werner Herzog calls the "Inadequate Imagery" of our time. To quote Herzog on Herzog, "I have often spoken of what I call the inadequate imagery of today's civilization. I have the impression that the images that surround us today are worn out; they are abused and useless and exhausted. They are limping and dragging themselves behind the rest of our cultural evolution."
Businesspeople think in numbers, sales figures and short-term profits; not in visual aestheticism and subtlety. Presented with many, many options for promotional materials, they will usually choose what is safely cliche and what they think is "good enough". The point I'm trying to make with this is that crowdsourcing does not find the best (and not the best for the business, either).
This brings me nicely to my second point, which can also be summed nicely in a quote (which I'm paraphrasing because I cannot find the source at the moment): "Advertising is a unique business in that your wealthiest client can demand your worst product while your poorest client must humbly accept your best."
You are the poorest judge of yourself because you can only perceive yourself as you always have. A business is the same way: you can say that your business is about this and about that, but your customers' perception of you is your only true face. Crowdsourcing typically involves a business micromanaging every detail of a project in which they have no expertise ("we want a bold logo with a strong corporate message about blah blah blah, and it has to have these colours and these shapes and these words and blah blah blah").
A good designer and advertiser will develop an actual, face-to-face relationship with the business, be able to perceive it with fresh eyes and use their expertise to design the best possible outcome for the long term.
I can't help but think that glossy screens are, for the most part, a marketing ploy to people who see them and think, "oooh, shiny!!" (ie.: most of the general public)
Afterall, wasn't significantly-reduced glare a big selling point for LCDs at one time?
Isn't it ironic that we now buy products, specifically to reduce the LCD viewing angle to nearly zero degrees, after all this time spent on developing LCDs with greater viewing angles?
Celsius is not arbitrary. It's based on the chemical properties of a very common natural substance; namely, water. Water freezes at 0C and boils at 100C. Both very tidy and round numbers based on the most abundant substance on Earth... makes sense to me.
I'm not saying that using Kelvin as measurement of temperature is any better or worse, only that Celsius is not arbitrary.
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Aesthetic quality matters more than technical quality. What a revelation!
...and we wonder why Hollywood is pushing all of this technology; HD, 3D and whatever other acronyms you can think of. It's because most of the work they're pumping out is aesthetically crap (think, 90%).
That doesn't make them any more legitimate.
Actually, if the procedure is performed properly and you actually lie flat in a bed for two hours like you're supposed to, the risk of headache is very low.
I can tell, just by the thumbnail, that this isn't true. It is actually quite a dull photograph.
This unfounded drivel gets modded "insightful"?
I'm not going to...
dang it
Wow, I can't imagine that those clacking and "phoo-OOM" sounds could ever become irritating. They're just so awesome!
I'm going to make a judgement on whether or not he should be allowed to do this, but the difference here is he knows he's going to die within a determined, much shorter time than you are likely to and he knows the path to his death will be painful.
This isn't worthy of a lawsuit, this is worthy of a browser extension or plug-in, in-built browser function to manage flash cookies or simply an addition to the flash settings panel.
Oh, wait, this is the US... never mind.
Girls? On my Slashdot? I don't think so.
I didn't say that it wasn't cruelty; I said that it wasn't pointless cruelty.
Because it's not pointless cruelty, it's a rather... extended manner of telling people that his skills aren't worthless. People (particularly businesspeople) are to quick to assume that artistic work is simple and worthless (fun fact: simplicity and minimalism are more difficult than complexity).
You're paying for the talent and skill I've been developing since birth, not necessarily just my time. Just like I pay you a cut for the talent and skill for business and networking that you've been developing since birth, regardless of whether the sale took a minute or a week. By the way, do mind you selling my livingroom furniture for me? Oh, yeah, can do it for free? You're a businessperson, so it'll be be easy for you!
I love this guy's site. It's comedy gold.
Thanks, government, for telling people that they can do things that they should be able to do anyway. What's next? Telling us that we're allowed to keep up with traffic when every other car on the road is going 15MPH over the speed limit?
Yes, I'm aware of my own grammatical errors in that comment. As a fellow grammar nazi, I humbly request that you gloss over them, please.
Yeah, I can totally see that catching on...
;) ;-) and ;~), is pretty universally accepted and understood to indicate joking, kidding or sarcasm; and, even then, if you can't write in a manner where your sarcasm is not obvious, maybe you should just improve your writing skills or only carry conversions by text with people who have compression skills greater than those of a rock.
(see what I did there?)
Besides, we already have a symbol for sarcasm. The winky face, in variations of
I find 100% of money spent on this study definitely wasted.
I agree. High ISO is impressive, but I would totally buy a digital SLR with a sensor that could do conversely-low ISO.
Using Ken Rockwell as a reference for photography is like using Fox as a reference for news.
Actually, not only is alcohol not inherently dangerous, many studies suggest that, if consumed moderately and appropriately, it can actually be beneficial.
The same cannot be said of nicotine or marijuana.
Let me preface this by saying that I know it's probably going to sound fruity among the Slashdot populace which thinks that it needs to be quantifiable to be worthwhile.
I have two points to make. The first is one of what Werner Herzog calls the "Inadequate Imagery" of our time. To quote Herzog on Herzog, "I have often spoken of what I call the inadequate imagery of today's civilization. I have the impression that the images that surround us today are worn out; they are abused and useless and exhausted. They are limping and dragging themselves behind the rest of our cultural evolution."
You can find the quote further elaborated here.
Businesspeople think in numbers, sales figures and short-term profits; not in visual aestheticism and subtlety. Presented with many, many options for promotional materials, they will usually choose what is safely cliche and what they think is "good enough". The point I'm trying to make with this is that crowdsourcing does not find the best (and not the best for the business, either).
This brings me nicely to my second point, which can also be summed nicely in a quote (which I'm paraphrasing because I cannot find the source at the moment): "Advertising is a unique business in that your wealthiest client can demand your worst product while your poorest client must humbly accept your best."
You are the poorest judge of yourself because you can only perceive yourself as you always have. A business is the same way: you can say that your business is about this and about that, but your customers' perception of you is your only true face. Crowdsourcing typically involves a business micromanaging every detail of a project in which they have no expertise ("we want a bold logo with a strong corporate message about blah blah blah, and it has to have these colours and these shapes and these words and blah blah blah").
A good designer and advertiser will develop an actual, face-to-face relationship with the business, be able to perceive it with fresh eyes and use their expertise to design the best possible outcome for the long term.
Someone who sets out to "change the world" is probably someone who is the least likely to actually do so...
I can't help but think that glossy screens are, for the most part, a marketing ploy to people who see them and think, "oooh, shiny!!" (ie.: most of the general public)
Afterall, wasn't significantly-reduced glare a big selling point for LCDs at one time?
Never mind that you can't actually see anything on a glossy screen, IT'S SHINY!!
Isn't it ironic that we now buy products, specifically to reduce the LCD viewing angle to nearly zero degrees, after all this time spent on developing LCDs with greater viewing angles?
Celsius is not arbitrary. It's based on the chemical properties of a very common natural substance; namely, water. Water freezes at 0C and boils at 100C. Both very tidy and round numbers based on the most abundant substance on Earth... makes sense to me.
I'm not saying that using Kelvin as measurement of temperature is any better or worse, only that Celsius is not arbitrary.