Yes, and mixing the two in a single paragraph makes some people tend to look at the rest of your writing differantly. It's very often (though not always) a sign that the facts have been cherry-picked to lead the reader to a particular conclusion.
Please realize this, so that you won't be one of those idiots who thinks that if somebody presents a bunch of facts, conclusions drawn from those facts must be true.
My kinddom to have critical thinking taught in highschool as a mandatory subject....
*rolls eyes* Did I ever say, or even imply, that I disagreed with what you said? I said that your method of presenting your facts and opinions is one that leads to some people writing you off as an entirely credible source.
I'm also not faulting you for it. This is a web forum, not an academic paper or news article - you are under no obligation to even feign objectivity.
Don't take anything I've said as a comment on the subject of your post.
No, don't read Atlas Shrugged. Objectivism is a philosophical virus largely meant to assuage any guilt greedy bastards may have over being greedy bastards.
Oh, and Anti-trust laws are only bad if you happen to be the person running the monopoly.
It's funny the way the software companies have redefined the act of going into a store and purchasing a physical product as "licensing" and (mostly) managed to get away with it so far.
Though I still think that any "upon opening this you agree to X" EULAs are to be opened by people who are cannot enter into legally binding agreements, thus rendering them void. A passing child, for example. Ideally one you aren't even related to.
Actually it would worth it to use that as a legal defense, just to see M$ lawyers use the Hellraiser "desire opens the box" argument.
Yeah, well, I'm still waiting for somebody to realize that Critical Thinking should be a mandatory highschool course.
Face it - all available evidence suggests that the last thing we want is to train kids in "advanced" thought.
Well, that's not why it's faster, but it's the main reason linux isn't going to be the OS on my main system any time soon. It seems very nice, but I can't do jack on it. All most people can do on it is basic school/office type stuff. Adobe hasn't ported their stuff over yet, it's got almost no support from the commercial game companies, etc. It has no software that gives the average joe a strong incentive to change OS's... Though virtual machines are getting close to solving this problem, albeit imperfectly.
Not to mention that I found I has to edit way too many insanely poorly documented config files and scripts, even in the user-friendly ubuntu.
Actually, that's only a delivery problem. A bigger problem is that too many people don't even know the magazines exist.
I only stumbled accross RoF last year... I had thought there weren't any Fantasy fiction magazines anymore, so never looked. Only one branch of one bookstore chain in my area ever carried it in stock, and they only got a few copies of each issue.
Hard to subscribe to a magazine you've never heard of.
Stop confusing bookstore marketting terms with the actual genres. SF is still SF. It's just that a huge number of bookstores put SF and F books into the same section, and call the entire section "science fiction". The name hasn't been accurate in decades.
SF isn't dead. It's just not as popular as fantasy right now.
Funny you should mention star wars, as the original movies were a fairly lame fantasy novel plot, transfered over into a SF setting.
Knight errant, mentor who dies, evil wizard, black knight, dashing rogue, princess who needs rescuing...
Real publishers, as a general rule, don't count anything that was only published online as a real credit. Being printed in a reputable magazine means your work has withstood editorial scrutiny. The web is basicly a huge step down from vanity presses in their eyes. They don't really count those either.
On the internet, you're basicly an independant. If you don't already have a name for yourself, good luck getting anyone to read your work, because nobody will find your work in the first place, amongst other issues.
Never mind cyberterrorism, 90% of the babble surrounding normal terrorism is FUD.
Even before the post-9/11 security went into effect, you were far, far more likely to get killed by a drunk driver than a terrorist.
Most of the features are things that, past the novelty stage, you will never use.
The interface is often so bad you can barely use the features you actually end up liking.
They do everything... they just do it all badly. Often even the actual phone functionality.
Insane price gouging for an inferior product.
They keep sticking more useless crap into the phones so they can get people to buy more overpriced useless crap to replace their old overpriced useless crap, because it happens to have more and/or differant useless crap. And, at least in north america, they gouge you to do it.
Ok, so now lawyers can decide to sue people in your name, not only without a contract, but without your permission, and then sue you for what ammounts to pointing out that you aren't actually their client?
The mind boggles.
The crappy thing is that it doesn't actually have anything to do with security. Really, it's just that they don't want the public to hear about security flaws in their products, as it's might impact sales.
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Yes, and mixing the two in a single paragraph makes some people tend to look at the rest of your writing differantly. It's very often (though not always) a sign that the facts have been cherry-picked to lead the reader to a particular conclusion.
Please realize this, so that you won't be one of those idiots who thinks that if somebody presents a bunch of facts, conclusions drawn from those facts must be true.
My kinddom to have critical thinking taught in highschool as a mandatory subject....
*rolls eyes*
Did I ever say, or even imply, that I disagreed with what you said? I said that your method of presenting your facts and opinions is one that leads to some people writing you off as an entirely credible source.
I'm also not faulting you for it. This is a web forum, not an academic paper or news article - you are under no obligation to even feign objectivity.
Don't take anything I've said as a comment on the subject of your post.
Just explaing why that would cause people to not take his words as gospel. Don't get all pissy with me because you don't like the reason.
No, don't read Atlas Shrugged. Objectivism is a philosophical virus largely meant to assuage any guilt greedy bastards may have over being greedy bastards.
Oh, and Anti-trust laws are only bad if you happen to be the person running the monopoly.
It's because he tossed objectivity out the window, which makes any conclusions he draws suspect.
Apple decided that by closing the system, they would avoid all these problems, and users would have a better experience.
That and be certain that they could gouge their userbase.
It's funny the way the software companies have redefined the act of going into a store and purchasing a physical product as "licensing" and (mostly) managed to get away with it so far.
Though I still think that any "upon opening this you agree to X" EULAs are to be opened by people who are cannot enter into legally binding agreements, thus rendering them void. A passing child, for example. Ideally one you aren't even related to.
Actually it would worth it to use that as a legal defense, just to see M$ lawyers use the Hellraiser "desire opens the box" argument.
One man with a nailbat beats all the peer-reviewed scientists.
It was funny? Ever?
Like most things from 4-chan, no.
Yeah, well, I'm still waiting for somebody to realize that Critical Thinking should be a mandatory highschool course. Face it - all available evidence suggests that the last thing we want is to train kids in "advanced" thought.
Well, that's not why it's faster, but it's the main reason linux isn't going to be the OS on my main system any time soon. It seems very nice, but I can't do jack on it. All most people can do on it is basic school/office type stuff. Adobe hasn't ported their stuff over yet, it's got almost no support from the commercial game companies, etc. It has no software that gives the average joe a strong incentive to change OS's... Though virtual machines are getting close to solving this problem, albeit imperfectly. Not to mention that I found I has to edit way too many insanely poorly documented config files and scripts, even in the user-friendly ubuntu.
And more to the point, if we can't use the technology to give ourselves night-vision eyesight, superstrength and the like, what's the point?
Actually, that's only a delivery problem. A bigger problem is that too many people don't even know the magazines exist. I only stumbled accross RoF last year... I had thought there weren't any Fantasy fiction magazines anymore, so never looked. Only one branch of one bookstore chain in my area ever carried it in stock, and they only got a few copies of each issue. Hard to subscribe to a magazine you've never heard of.
Stop confusing bookstore marketting terms with the actual genres. SF is still SF. It's just that a huge number of bookstores put SF and F books into the same section, and call the entire section "science fiction". The name hasn't been accurate in decades. SF isn't dead. It's just not as popular as fantasy right now.
Funny you should mention star wars, as the original movies were a fairly lame fantasy novel plot, transfered over into a SF setting. Knight errant, mentor who dies, evil wizard, black knight, dashing rogue, princess who needs rescuing...
Define "genuine" Science Fiction. Because I'm sort of curious as to where the line is between that and fake SF.
Real publishers, as a general rule, don't count anything that was only published online as a real credit. Being printed in a reputable magazine means your work has withstood editorial scrutiny. The web is basicly a huge step down from vanity presses in their eyes. They don't really count those either. On the internet, you're basicly an independant. If you don't already have a name for yourself, good luck getting anyone to read your work, because nobody will find your work in the first place, amongst other issues.
I've also heard that some of the big companies have been taking their "packaging" cut out of the obviously unpackaged online sales.
I hope they pull it off, iPods need some real competition. If only because they look so bloody boring.
Last I head, EULAs have always had the legal binding power of wet tissue paper.
Never mind cyberterrorism, 90% of the babble surrounding normal terrorism is FUD. Even before the post-9/11 security went into effect, you were far, far more likely to get killed by a drunk driver than a terrorist.
Sweet!
Most of the features are things that, past the novelty stage, you will never use. The interface is often so bad you can barely use the features you actually end up liking. They do everything... they just do it all badly. Often even the actual phone functionality. Insane price gouging for an inferior product. They keep sticking more useless crap into the phones so they can get people to buy more overpriced useless crap to replace their old overpriced useless crap, because it happens to have more and/or differant useless crap. And, at least in north america, they gouge you to do it.
Ok, so now lawyers can decide to sue people in your name, not only without a contract, but without your permission, and then sue you for what ammounts to pointing out that you aren't actually their client? The mind boggles.
The crappy thing is that it doesn't actually have anything to do with security. Really, it's just that they don't want the public to hear about security flaws in their products, as it's might impact sales.