That is the idea behind buying a brand, paying a significant extra mark up for the peace of mind of getting a quality product. At least that's how it is supposed to work.
My experience with macs has been the opposite, but I'm not going to go into detail because anecdotal evidence means less than nothing on the internet. That and a laptop would be my last resort for rendering of any kind, so we are not going to have common ground.
They do tend to have less quality control issues, and I'm sure they aren't the only tech company with human rights issues, but at the end of the day they're just computers. I don't get the rabid anger.
Hey man, I wasn't talking to you. I don't view my phone as disposable, but the person I was talking to apparently does. Read and think before you open up with mindless insults. This isn't 4chan.
Personally I find the fact that you lumped Samsung in with HP and dell to be borderline offensive. Of course a MacBook is going to blow a three hundred dollar netbook out of the water, a twelve hundred dollar quality laptop? Not so much. They're made of the same stuff, and assembled by slave labor, let go of the fantasy.
That said, I'm not the kind of person that views a six hundred dollar smart phone as "disposable", so I'm not really apple's key demographic.
Y'see, that's the funny thing about private businesses, if a business owner doesn't want you to smoke in his restaurant, it's his right to kick you out on your ass for lighting up. If a movie theater owner wants to kick people out without a refund for bringing in screaming children and talking on cellphones, oh you better believe they will.
But coming from someone who uses liberal as an insult I wouldn't expect you to have any understanding of such concepts. You people act like your rights are the only ones that matter.
And really, is it that bad to wait until you're done eating to smoke?
My advice to you? Find a better restaurant. Smoking sections still exist let me assure you. In some places they don't even just smoke cigarettes.
"The idea that we should allow our kids to avoid athletics because they are focused on competition and winning is absurd. Guess what, that's the real world. I owe a lot about myself to the fact that I was picked last in dodgeball, repeatedly bashed in the head and continued to get back up to try harder."
I think your problem may have been that you required being bashed on the head several times to motivate you to try harder.
Not all children learn best by being bludgeoned repeatedly.
Personally I find the over emphasis on the importance of sports to the educational process is just one of many reasons our American Educational system is such an absolute joke.
That's just my opinion though, I've never been part of the educational systems of any other countries, so I can't really say whether or not they put their sports team's funding before the funding of their classrooms.
"For instance, cut yourself off from high sugar, caffeine and soda, eat salads and run 5 miles a day for a month and see how much your productivity increases. You'll find that you can do more, you sleep better and feel a lot healthier."
I don't know about you, but five miles a day eating salads and I'd feel a lot like killing myself.
I don't spend a few hours every day exercising so I can eat rabbit food.
I didn't say wars haven't been fought in the name of religious beliefs, I said religious beliefs did not invent war. Well that's what I meant anyways. The point I was trying to express was that without religion, we'd still kill each other everyday, for even more idiotic reasons I'm sure. Humans are a fatally flawed species.
Like I said, I'm not really here to hear your backwards anti religious bigotry. Just to state a point. Religious debates have to be the most pointless exercise in human ignorance since musical debates.
I have no desire whatsoever to be any part of any sort of religious debate, and this is sort of off topic, but:
"Reality is: A *SECULAR* society is required or religious people *will* start killing people sooner or later."
I don't think forcing people to divorce themselves from their faith is an answer to anything. What people believe or feel or have faith in on their own time is their own business.
We just need as a whole a better understanding of the concept of respect for one another's beliefs. No more door to door jehova's witnesses, no more christians shouting in the streets that everyone around them is going to hell, no more atheists looking down on those with religion as if they were half-baked simpletons, and no more presidents elected to a second term because of their religious zealotry and the ignorance it perpetuated.
Murder and war are problems, but religion is not the cause. If it wasn't religion it would be political ideals, or race, or favorite brand of toothpaste.
As long as their are living humans there will be pointless conflict.
The only solution to said conflict is the utter extinction of humans as a species, and you only have to watch any science fiction movie about killer robots to know that. Good ol' WOPR and HAL.
Yes, and in a perfect world, nothing bad ever happens to anyone because they all took the right precautionary measures.
Sadly, many people get beaten/raped/murdered or any combination thereof everyday. I hardly think it was "their fault" for being silly enough to let themselves get beaten/raped/murdered, and I certainly don't think they deserve to be punished for their misfortune.
Sure, you can look both ways before you cross the street. Sometimes it helps. Sometimes it does not.
Then again, that's just my opinion. My opinion may be that you're screwed up in the head, but it's just my opinion.
"Excluding WoW gamers. (mindless addicted drones forking out $180/year to build up an imaginary char)"
Just because you would rather spend your $180 dollars buying the latest shooter/sports game every month, and pretending you're a Counter-terrorist/Quarterback makes you no more intelligent than someone playing World of Warcraft.
$180 dollars gets you 3-4 brand new video games, and I certainly spend more on games than that each year. Hell I spend $720 on internet access each year.
Of course....I have one of them "job" thingies too.
Well...chances are he would be able to listen just fine after reinstalling windows. Unless memory fails me and microsoft doesn't support audio anymore.
C'mon, don't be such a tool, if you're gonna bash someone over something stupid, at least be funny.
You know, I find it really comforting that no matter what the subject matter is, there's always an "expert" on hand to inform you about the finer points of a slashdot post.
Wait a minute....did I miss something?
Tropical glaciers?
I wasn't aware we had glaciers 23 degrees north and south of the equator. No wonder they're melting!
I used to manage a movie theater, and we made it pretty clear that any and all customers who talked on cell phones or otherwise disturbed others to the point of causing complaints would be removed without refunds.
Of course, we rarely had to resort to such measures, as most people had the common decency and consideration to set their phones to vibrate and go to the lobby if they needed to take a call.
Having them is fine, as long as you have some respect for others, who also paid for the right to be able to enjoy a movie. The goal was pleasing the majority over the minority basically.
The point is that you no more have the right to go to a movie and cause a disturbance than you do to go in to a stranger's home and vandalize it.
Free speech is not an excuse to be rude, and it should not be used in the defense of such juvenile behavior.
So what you were saying is that you were so hopelessly addicted to whatever MMO you played that you couldn't possibly play it and have any sort of life whatsoever?
So you're like a recovering alcoholic....but with video games instead of booze...
You're still an alcoholic, just now you're an alcoholic that refuses to do something he once enjoyed because he was too weak minded to be able to control himself.
I think they have support groups for things like this...maybe you could find someone out there that can play video games as a hobby and maintain his/her responsibilities at the same time, and learn from them, seek guidance.
Morals are not universal. Morals are simply a human judgement of their own actions.
What you believe to be morally right or wrong is not right or wrong universally just because you say it is. Morally wrong to you, sure, but you can't make that judgement for someone else. If you could there would be a lot less crazy religions. All you can do are state your opinions, and an opinion and $3.50 will get you a coffee at starbucks.
Legally right or wrong is another story alltogether. Which is a debate I chose not to have.
Calling someone a nerd on slashdot is like shooting yourself in the leg and then insulting someone for using crutches.
The only person you're really insulting, is yourself.
Besides, everyone knows Apple is always on the cutting edge of what is "with it", "hip", and "cool." And likewise so are all that use their products and services.
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That is the idea behind buying a brand, paying a significant extra mark up for the peace of mind of getting a quality product. At least that's how it is supposed to work.
My experience with macs has been the opposite, but I'm not going to go into detail because anecdotal evidence means less than nothing on the internet. That and a laptop would be my last resort for rendering of any kind, so we are not going to have common ground.
They do tend to have less quality control issues, and I'm sure they aren't the only tech company with human rights issues, but at the end of the day they're just computers. I don't get the rabid anger.
Hey man, I wasn't talking to you. I don't view my phone as disposable, but the person I was talking to apparently does. Read and think before you open up with mindless insults. This isn't 4chan.
Nice screen name though. Moof.
Personally I find the fact that you lumped Samsung in with HP and dell to be borderline offensive. Of course a MacBook is going to blow a three hundred dollar netbook out of the water, a twelve hundred dollar quality laptop? Not so much. They're made of the same stuff, and assembled by slave labor, let go of the fantasy.
That said, I'm not the kind of person that views a six hundred dollar smart phone as "disposable", so I'm not really apple's key demographic.
Y'see, that's the funny thing about private businesses, if a business owner doesn't want you to smoke in his restaurant, it's his right to kick you out on your ass for lighting up. If a movie theater owner wants to kick people out without a refund for bringing in screaming children and talking on cellphones, oh you better believe they will.
But coming from someone who uses liberal as an insult I wouldn't expect you to have any understanding of such concepts. You people act like your rights are the only ones that matter.
And really, is it that bad to wait until you're done eating to smoke?
My advice to you? Find a better restaurant. Smoking sections still exist let me assure you. In some places they don't even just smoke cigarettes.
Gee, I really wish I could AFFORD to have ANY health care.
Then I could toss back and forth opinions with the rest of you guys!
yeah cuz, y'know, god forbid anyone enjoy something that you personally don't enjoy.
I mean, thinking they have the right to do whatever they want with their free time. How dare them!
"Seriously, what kind of loser/sucker pays real money of in-game money anyway?"
I'm assuming the kind of loser who wants a particular in-game item but doesn't want to spend a few months saving the money to purchase it.
It all depends on what has more value to you, the time you spend at work, or the time you spend at home.
So honestly? I kind of sympathize. Kind of.
"The idea that we should allow our kids to avoid athletics because they are focused on competition and winning is absurd. Guess what, that's the real world. I owe a lot about myself to the fact that I was picked last in dodgeball, repeatedly bashed in the head and continued to get back up to try harder."
I think your problem may have been that you required being bashed on the head several times to motivate you to try harder.
Not all children learn best by being bludgeoned repeatedly.
Personally I find the over emphasis on the importance of sports to the educational process is just one of many reasons our American Educational system is such an absolute joke.
That's just my opinion though, I've never been part of the educational systems of any other countries, so I can't really say whether or not they put their sports team's funding before the funding of their classrooms.
"For instance, cut yourself off from high sugar, caffeine and soda, eat salads and run 5 miles a day for a month and see how much your productivity increases. You'll find that you can do more, you sleep better and feel a lot healthier."
I don't know about you, but five miles a day eating salads and I'd feel a lot like killing myself.
I don't spend a few hours every day exercising so I can eat rabbit food.
I didn't say wars haven't been fought in the name of religious beliefs, I said religious beliefs did not invent war. Well that's what I meant anyways. The point I was trying to express was that without religion, we'd still kill each other everyday, for even more idiotic reasons I'm sure. Humans are a fatally flawed species. Like I said, I'm not really here to hear your backwards anti religious bigotry. Just to state a point. Religious debates have to be the most pointless exercise in human ignorance since musical debates.
I have no desire whatsoever to be any part of any sort of religious debate, and this is sort of off topic, but:
"Reality is:
A *SECULAR* society is required or religious people *will* start killing people sooner or later."
I don't think forcing people to divorce themselves from their faith is an answer to anything. What people believe or feel or have faith in on their own time is their own business.
We just need as a whole a better understanding of the concept of respect for one another's beliefs. No more door to door jehova's witnesses, no more christians shouting in the streets that everyone around them is going to hell, no more atheists looking down on those with religion as if they were half-baked simpletons, and no more presidents elected to a second term because of their religious zealotry and the ignorance it perpetuated.
Murder and war are problems, but religion is not the cause. If it wasn't religion it would be political ideals, or race, or favorite brand of toothpaste.
As long as their are living humans there will be pointless conflict.
The only solution to said conflict is the utter extinction of humans as a species, and you only have to watch any science fiction movie about killer robots to know that. Good ol' WOPR and HAL.
Yes, and in a perfect world, nothing bad ever happens to anyone because they all took the right precautionary measures.
Sadly, many people get beaten/raped/murdered or any combination thereof everyday. I hardly think it was "their fault" for being silly enough to let themselves get beaten/raped/murdered, and I certainly don't think they deserve to be punished for their misfortune.
Sure, you can look both ways before you cross the street. Sometimes it helps. Sometimes it does not.
Then again, that's just my opinion. My opinion may be that you're screwed up in the head, but it's just my opinion.
"Excluding WoW gamers. (mindless addicted drones forking out $180/year to build up an imaginary char)"
Just because you would rather spend your $180 dollars buying the latest shooter/sports game every month, and pretending you're a Counter-terrorist/Quarterback makes you no more intelligent than someone playing World of Warcraft.
$180 dollars gets you 3-4 brand new video games, and I certainly spend more on games than that each year. Hell I spend $720 on internet access each year.
Of course....I have one of them "job" thingies too.
Troll.
Well...chances are he would be able to listen just fine after reinstalling windows. Unless memory fails me and microsoft doesn't support audio anymore.
C'mon, don't be such a tool, if you're gonna bash someone over something stupid, at least be funny.
You know, I find it really comforting that no matter what the subject matter is, there's always an "expert" on hand to inform you about the finer points of a slashdot post.
Wait a minute....did I miss something? Tropical glaciers? I wasn't aware we had glaciers 23 degrees north and south of the equator. No wonder they're melting!
No, what this would do, is kill them from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Aside from proving that poisonous gasses can kill you in small spaces, it proves nothing.
Wow, that's quite the gaping hole in logic. I think you should probably stick to the "your mom" comments, as your talents seem better suited to them.
"This game is made for consoles, it is not a RPG, it is a first person shooter."
Congratulations on uttering the single dumbest thing I have heard all day.
Go have yourself a cookie. You've earned it.
I used to manage a movie theater, and we made it pretty clear that any and all customers who talked on cell phones or otherwise disturbed others to the point of causing complaints would be removed without refunds.
Of course, we rarely had to resort to such measures, as most people had the common decency and consideration to set their phones to vibrate and go to the lobby if they needed to take a call.
Having them is fine, as long as you have some respect for others, who also paid for the right to be able to enjoy a movie. The goal was pleasing the majority over the minority basically.
The point is that you no more have the right to go to a movie and cause a disturbance than you do to go in to a stranger's home and vandalize it.
Free speech is not an excuse to be rude, and it should not be used in the defense of such juvenile behavior.
Is this news? Or just an excuse to start a gigantic fanboy circle jerk?
It's not like sony is going to come out and say "Yeah, we'll have an online service....but it will suck!"
So what you were saying is that you were so hopelessly addicted to whatever MMO you played that you couldn't possibly play it and have any sort of life whatsoever?
So you're like a recovering alcoholic....but with video games instead of booze...
You're still an alcoholic, just now you're an alcoholic that refuses to do something he once enjoyed because he was too weak minded to be able to control himself.
I think they have support groups for things like this...maybe you could find someone out there that can play video games as a hobby and maintain his/her responsibilities at the same time, and learn from them, seek guidance.
Morals are not universal. Morals are simply a human judgement of their own actions.
What you believe to be morally right or wrong is not right or wrong universally just because you say it is. Morally wrong to you, sure, but you can't make that judgement for someone else. If you could there would be a lot less crazy religions. All you can do are state your opinions, and an opinion and $3.50 will get you a coffee at starbucks.
Legally right or wrong is another story alltogether. Which is a debate I chose not to have.
Best website ever.
Calling someone a nerd on slashdot is like shooting yourself in the leg and then insulting someone for using crutches. The only person you're really insulting, is yourself. Besides, everyone knows Apple is always on the cutting edge of what is "with it", "hip", and "cool." And likewise so are all that use their products and services.