"Ah, but I need the government to trick my boss into thinking the time for me to come in to work has changed. That's how I get my extra daylight.:)"
One man's 'funny' is another man's 'insightful'. Every business I've worked at had its start/end times set to work with the start/end times of the businesses it worked with. You'd think reality would prevent somebody with mod points from +1'ing somebody for loudly proclaiming that DST doesn't actually cause more sunlight to hit this side of the planet.
"I've got a brand new PC that's right in the sweet spot for Vista performance. Yet, Windows XP runs faster and better on it than Vista. So how can anyone possibly say that Vista is "better"?"
Simple: If Vista has a feature (yes, I'm being hypothetical here...) that XP doesn't have and it makes the computer more useful, it's better. If application performance is your sole measurement of the 'better-ness' of an OS, then you aren't doing much more than making a bunch of noise.
"When other people use bad grammar, they can be ridiculed. When Taco does it, he's keeping it real [slashdot.org]."
Slashdot makes no boasts about having high standards. You get exactly what they tell you to expect, including dupes. The Slashdot FAQ makes for some good reading.
A few years ago the software company I worked at hired a consultant to work on some stuff. He brought his own computer and used OO to write up his documents etc. Everybody else used Office. Whenever he sent out simple stuff, it worked fine. When he did something more ambitious, there was always some formatting issue that made it hard to read. Now, fortunately, this happened just inside the company so it was tolerable. But if he had sent these docs to an investor or a customer, it would have been bad news.
"What manager would not take that offer? Why then do they not do the same with Office software?"
So now we get to this quote. In your example, the manager could see the results and how they'd be read. With OO, at least in the case I've described, there would be no such luxury. Apples and oranges, I'm afraid.
"Why would you not want to be innovative with your Office package - something you use every day?".... innovative? OO is a carbon copy of Office, not some radical new way of doing routine Office-like work. At best, he'll get something that can do the job of the app he's already paid for. At worst, he'll find himself bending over backwards to make sure the other end gets his documents in the way he intended. If you're going to sell him on trying it, describe the benefits instead of saying he's stupid for not wanting to take a foolish risk. Afterall, this isn't crack you're trying to sell him, right?
"Who, honestly, really gives a fuck? C'mon kids, get off your arse, get ourdoors and get some fresh air! Cut down on your pork life mate, get some exercise!;p"
Slashdot would have 334 fewer comments in its database if you had taken your own advice.:P
"1.1^(1/5) = 1.9% per year inflation is all it takes, and it's been worse."
You've got a good point. It's amazing that the $50 price tag held on as long as it did. However, even a bad next-gen game still fills the DVD with textures etc. because Sony and Microsoft insist on it.
"How many of us have directed major feature films that have grossed $4 billion, created two legendary movie series, and shepherded cinematic developments like ILM, THX and even Pixar? You may not like some of his movies, but George Lucas has probably done more for the movies you DO like than you can ever realize!"
Sure, he was successful, but the last 3 movies sucked. They were devoid 'cinematic genius' and did little more than provide ILM an interesting demo reel. You can't dismiss people's opinions of George Lucas just because lightning struck him 30 years ago.
"I guess it's obvious that Sony can't win here anymore."
We won't actually know that until they actually do something innovative.
"I'm saying they've demoed some really cool stuff, and yet still they get blasted. Why? Because it's not the same? Because they're not exactly like the 360 or the Wii? I don't get it guys. I really don't."
Really? Have you followed Sony news over the last year or so? Seriously man, I understand your desire for people to be 'open minded'. But you really should go back and read the PS3 stories starting from Jan of 06. As others have pointed out, Sony has been downright arrogant. "It's too expensive? Go get a second job!" They've also been evil, i.e. taking out Lik-Sang. Finally, for all the money they pumped into the system, they really didn't improve anything. Nintendo cooked up a new control scheme. Microsoft brought us XBOX Live. Sony... is playing perpetual catch-up.
You have to understand that it didn't suddenly become cool to hate Sony. There was over a year of Sony making some really bad decisions that have soured people's opinions on them. Whenever they try to make up for it, it's usually 'too little, too late'. That's not the problem though, the problem is that they haven't actually gone far enough in any direction to surpass them. If they were to do something really innovative and exciting, it may not be well recieved initially, but it'd start them towards the path of being taken seriously again.
I realize you don't agree with the sentiment that Sony has recieved. That's fine. But don't ignore it then be-little the rest of the site over it. If you really want to change people's pre-disposition, you have to start by understanding where they're coming from. Treating everybody like they're crazy isn't going to get you anywhere.
I don't know about the show in that video, but when I saw the Asimo at Disneyland, it was pretty clear its voice was pre-recorded and pumped through the speakers. I'd be surprised if the robot itself was doing the talking.
"I would call falling backwards down the stairs on a glitch the need to 'walk perfectly'..."
Sure, if you were to throw the context of this conversation right out the window, you'd be right. In the mean time, you're making broad generalizations from a video that tells you virtually nothing. Worse, you're not even paying much attention to the information it DOES give you. Call it splitting hairs if you like, but in your place I'd be more inquisitive than that.
"It's odd no one seems to have picked up on the posibility of invisibility (or near-invisibility as it were)... In the dark it would be nearly impossible to tell an item of this material is there, other than by context (ie, light reflects from surrounding items, but not the item in question...)"
We picked up on the possibility, but got way ahead of you before we posted.
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"Ah, but I need the government to trick my boss into thinking the time for me to come in to work has changed. That's how I get my extra daylight. :)"
One man's 'funny' is another man's 'insightful'. Every business I've worked at had its start/end times set to work with the start/end times of the businesses it worked with. You'd think reality would prevent somebody with mod points from +1'ing somebody for loudly proclaiming that DST doesn't actually cause more sunlight to hit this side of the planet.
"I've got a brand new PC that's right in the sweet spot for Vista performance. Yet, Windows XP runs faster and better on it than Vista. So how can anyone possibly say that Vista is "better"?"
Simple: If Vista has a feature (yes, I'm being hypothetical here...) that XP doesn't have and it makes the computer more useful, it's better. If application performance is your sole measurement of the 'better-ness' of an OS, then you aren't doing much more than making a bunch of noise.
"Adam Douglas sucks. He's overrated. You can only handle so much of his nonsense until it starts to get really unfunny."
Yeah, yeah. Haven't you got some poetry to write?
"I come to Slashdot to enjoy some geeky news and stories of interest..."
You've got 364 days of that. Not enough?
"I can't wait for the Frodo and Samwise chips"
I read somewhere that the Gollum chip will only support two cores.
"When other people use bad grammar, they can be ridiculed. When Taco does it, he's keeping it real [slashdot.org]."
Slashdot makes no boasts about having high standards. You get exactly what they tell you to expect, including dupes. The Slashdot FAQ makes for some good reading.
A few years ago the software company I worked at hired a consultant to work on some stuff. He brought his own computer and used OO to write up his documents etc. Everybody else used Office. Whenever he sent out simple stuff, it worked fine. When he did something more ambitious, there was always some formatting issue that made it hard to read. Now, fortunately, this happened just inside the company so it was tolerable. But if he had sent these docs to an investor or a customer, it would have been bad news.
.... innovative? OO is a carbon copy of Office, not some radical new way of doing routine Office-like work. At best, he'll get something that can do the job of the app he's already paid for. At worst, he'll find himself bending over backwards to make sure the other end gets his documents in the way he intended. If you're going to sell him on trying it, describe the benefits instead of saying he's stupid for not wanting to take a foolish risk. Afterall, this isn't crack you're trying to sell him, right?
"What manager would not take that offer? Why then do they not do the same with Office software?"
So now we get to this quote. In your example, the manager could see the results and how they'd be read. With OO, at least in the case I've described, there would be no such luxury. Apples and oranges, I'm afraid.
"Why would you not want to be innovative with your Office package - something you use every day?"
"... right ... because everyone should be able to make stuff that looks like a ransom note written by someone who failed grade 3 - three times."
It's not for you to judge. It needs to be fixed, not rationalized away. Here's a hypothetical example:
"FireFox doesn't support Flash!"
"You shouldn't use Flash anyway, it's unprofessional! +5, Insightful."
"I want to go to Youtube, assface."
"Oh.. uh.. ermm.. uhhh!"
There's always somebody around that has a good use for it.
"Who, honestly, really gives a fuck? C'mon kids, get off your arse, get ourdoors and get some fresh air! Cut down on your pork life mate, get some exercise! ;p"
:P
Slashdot would have 334 fewer comments in its database if you had taken your own advice.
"What is "defrag"?"
It's when you kill a team-mate and lose a point.
"1.1^(1/5) = 1.9% per year inflation is all it takes, and it's been worse."
You've got a good point. It's amazing that the $50 price tag held on as long as it did. However, even a bad next-gen game still fills the DVD with textures etc. because Sony and Microsoft insist on it.
I click on a link to an article of why game prices have gone up and I get a full-page ad asking me to compare various sports cars.
"How big is a golf?"
What does your common sense tell you?
I know it's fun to correct silly little flaws in stories, but you do realize you're stooping down into Forrest Gump terroritory in this case, right?
"The volcano god is angry! Quickly, we must sacrifice all virgins to appease it!"
Guess that means there'll never be a Slashdot TNG.
I was just thinking... if they ever did a new version of Slashdot, it should have a better dupe checker.
"How many of us have directed major feature films that have grossed $4 billion, created two legendary movie series, and shepherded cinematic developments like ILM, THX and even Pixar? You may not like some of his movies, but George Lucas has probably done more for the movies you DO like than you can ever realize!"
Sure, he was successful, but the last 3 movies sucked. They were devoid 'cinematic genius' and did little more than provide ILM an interesting demo reel. You can't dismiss people's opinions of George Lucas just because lightning struck him 30 years ago.
"It was an April Fool's joke a few years back... look at the date on it..."
I don't think we can really blame anybody for not paying attention to the date Slashdot posts stories.
"now what's this? a dig at an "yo filesystem so FAT, it got rejected by germany"? weak. just weak."
Yo mama's so fat we had to format her with NTFS.
"You mean jumping on one leg while holding the Wii controller open slashdot?"
You really want to taunt a Wii user? He's bound to be in better shape than you.
"It doesn't have to stop with just Democrats and Republicans, there are tons of groups that are at odds, or simply different than mainstream."
Star Trek vs. Star Wars, for example. Hmm... I dig that idea.
"Would this be a story at all if it was named anything other than Skynet?"
Every time somebody posts a silly quip, another ad is served.
"I guess it's obvious that Sony can't win here anymore."
We won't actually know that until they actually do something innovative.
"I'm saying they've demoed some really cool stuff, and yet still they get blasted. Why? Because it's not the same? Because they're not exactly like the 360 or the Wii? I don't get it guys. I really don't."
Really? Have you followed Sony news over the last year or so? Seriously man, I understand your desire for people to be 'open minded'. But you really should go back and read the PS3 stories starting from Jan of 06. As others have pointed out, Sony has been downright arrogant. "It's too expensive? Go get a second job!" They've also been evil, i.e. taking out Lik-Sang. Finally, for all the money they pumped into the system, they really didn't improve anything. Nintendo cooked up a new control scheme. Microsoft brought us XBOX Live. Sony... is playing perpetual catch-up.
You have to understand that it didn't suddenly become cool to hate Sony. There was over a year of Sony making some really bad decisions that have soured people's opinions on them. Whenever they try to make up for it, it's usually 'too little, too late'. That's not the problem though, the problem is that they haven't actually gone far enough in any direction to surpass them. If they were to do something really innovative and exciting, it may not be well recieved initially, but it'd start them towards the path of being taken seriously again.
I realize you don't agree with the sentiment that Sony has recieved. That's fine. But don't ignore it then be-little the rest of the site over it. If you really want to change people's pre-disposition, you have to start by understanding where they're coming from. Treating everybody like they're crazy isn't going to get you anywhere.
"It keeps talking."
I don't know about the show in that video, but when I saw the Asimo at Disneyland, it was pretty clear its voice was pre-recorded and pumped through the speakers. I'd be surprised if the robot itself was doing the talking.
"I would call falling backwards down the stairs on a glitch the need to 'walk perfectly'..."
Sure, if you were to throw the context of this conversation right out the window, you'd be right. In the mean time, you're making broad generalizations from a video that tells you virtually nothing. Worse, you're not even paying much attention to the information it DOES give you. Call it splitting hairs if you like, but in your place I'd be more inquisitive than that.
"It's odd no one seems to have picked up on the posibility of invisibility (or near-invisibility as it were)... In the dark it would be nearly impossible to tell an item of this material is there, other than by context (ie, light reflects from surrounding items, but not the item in question...)"
We picked up on the possibility, but got way ahead of you before we posted.
"http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me - ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/"
I don't know how conclusive that is. It looks like the robot froze or lost power.