I found it interesting to watch this, then listen to it without the video.
I don't know why, but I think I enjoy it better without watching him. My only guess is that I can enjoy the music more when I'm not obsessing over what each button push and dial twiddle is doing.:)
The data are fishy. Do they fail because people buy a netbook because they can take them more places, and thus have a higher incidence of failure because they're being carried and used in more places?
My own experience with a netbook vs laptop is that the Asus EEE PC I purchased nearly two years ago is still going strong without a single hardware issue, vs the cheap Dell that lasted a year before developing critical power issues (right after my warranty expired, of course) and the Fujitsu Lifebook likewise failing with hinge death at about a year and a half, after a long run of problems.
My Asus netbook seems to just be more rugged than your average PC. Also, I take the thing everywhere, where my last laptops were left home a lot more because they weighed so much more.
I wasn't assaulting the plaintiff when I splashed a mug of scalding coffee on him. I was merely attempting to increase his well being by trying to prevent skin cancer. ^.^
It was once thought that all the TV chatter we've been putting out will actually someday make it to distant stars. It's now known that it only gets about a light year or two out before it degrades into background noise.
There are these mystical people called "Consultants." I know that that's a dirty word in most people's minds, but seriously.
We should have an independent group of people who ACTUALLY know what they're talking about that can be called upon by judges who don't understand what's going on. Judges can't be expected to have a grasp of every field of knowledge that may come up in their cases.
I don't see it actually happening, but that's life.
I believe that if people think about how they raise their kids that there could be much better ones out there. Too many parents go only from the gut, making all their decisions based entirely on emotion and not actually stopping to think what kind of example, what kind of prejudices they're setting for and instilling in their children.
A pre-teen should not get unfettered net access, any more than any other freedom they aren't ready for. I think that at that age you should have access to some privacy, but not complete privacy. I liken this to giving a child the freedom to play in the back yard, but not letting them out on their own unsupervised until they understand what's involved. No software based solution is going to be good enough to properly do the job a parent should do while their kids are online. There is absolutely no substitute for your own parental guidance, unless you have a co parent.
One option that would solve the submitters dilemma would be to give the child the keys to the computer, but the parents or himself the keys to the router, so to speak, and supervise the child's internet surfing. This could be accomplished also by having two computers, one in the bedroom that has no net access, and one in a public space that does, but is restricted. This gives the child the ability to write, think, create and do homework (except homework that needs research, obviously,) and be able to gain privacy slowly. (Unlocking the router for suitable periods of time, for instance.) The only trap here is that you need to, at some point, take the training wheels off and let them explore on their own.
I also, on the same topic, don't believe in giving a child an "Order" without a concrete reason for doing so. The reason doesn't have to be something they like or agree with, but there should be one. Even saying, "I don't believe is a good idea, and I am worried about you." is a thousand times better than saying, "Because I'm your and I say so." Nor do I think doing things to your kids simply because you have the right as a parent to do so is a good idea. (My stepfather once accessed my private bank account, withdrew the $300 I had in there from my part time job, shut it down, and never gave it to me. This wasn't a punishment or a restriction, he just did it because he could.)
At some point, you need to let your children make their own mistakes. Teach them as well as you can, but if you have screwed up as a parent and they are 16 and unprepared for the world, you have to face the fact that if they don't learn their lessons now, while they're under your roof, that they will learn them once they leave home. If you're not free to make some mistakes and learn about life when you're a kid, you'll learn those lessons when you're an adult, and have it a lot harder.
Raising kids that are mindless sheep, that will obey every whim of their parents without question, and have no sense of their personal rights, is a not a good thing. (Or at least, unless you're a rabid fundamentalist that doesn't believe adults should have those same rights.) I'm not saying that we should let our kids run wild in the streets, I'm just saying we should teach them right from wrong, maintain the trust that is crucial to being a decent parent, and let them have freedom, privacy, and the ability to make some mistakes that they can truly learn from, as opposed to being kept weak and sheltered. Your job as a parent is as a mentor, a guardian and a guide. not a judge, jailer and warden.
(This turned out way longer than I first intended, so I'm posting it as a new comment rather than as a reply to any one person. Sorry for wordiness.;) )
Why bother? It's not like anything created by the current artists in their teens will still be listened to five years from now, let alone fifty... Of course, nobody still listens to the early stuff from Led Zeppelin or ACDC, which was made by people in their teens.;)
Fifty years should be enough, though. If you can't compete with free, fifty year old, or even twenty year old music, why are you bothering again?
I so want a modular version of this that'd plug in to my EEE PC. (Which I don't own yet, but... Soon. >;) )
I hate dragging more than one device around with me, but I think that the EEE with VOIP on it and a bluetooth headset is going to take care of 90% of my communication needs, and I may get a cheapy throwaway to forward stuff to during the few times I'm not in WIFI range either at work or at home. However, if I got one of these, I'd be very very happy.
Buying more than one phone is wasteful when you can avoid duplicating the guts of the phone and just have 'booster packs' for your base cellphone. I think people aren't getting that.
Actually, it appears to be a very basic phone unit, with the transmitter, antenna, etc, built in. Think of it like a cell phone PC Card that can plug into a variety of host devices.
Only real difference is it seems to have a base functionality without the host.
Seriously, I don't like the idea of this being legislated in this way.
I think that a voluntary system could be devised that would get consumers to want this and participate voluntarily. (And I'm sure it has, though I'm too fuddled to try and find a link at this hour of the morning.)
The program I recall was that the energy company would either provide the thermostat free of charge or at a heavily rebated price, and that every time there was a need, they could send a code to your thermostat to raise the temperature by a few degrees to get your system to cycle down for an hour or two. In return for allowing them to do this, the customer who had their system sent such a code would receive compensation in the form of a five dollar (or some other small) credit on their bills.
Also, if you're not home and your thermostat is off, or you're off on vacation, the system records the number of signals sent, not how many times the thermostat was actually raised, so you'd get rewarded even if you weren't inconvenienced.
I'd go for that in a heartbeat, and I think a lot of other people would too, if it were explained to them in this way. Even though I'm living in a household with three other people who all NEED the AC, I don't think having it bumped up by a few degrees would adversely affect us very much at all.
I don't think we need legislation when a voluntary program could do the trick just fine.
It's also possible they want to try things out with people who have fresh amputations, who's bodies aren't neccesarily completely healed yet, as they'd have to cut into tissue to fuse the new implants. I'm by no means a specialist about prosthetics, but when you're wearing a cup-style device wouldn't the tissue between the joint and the cup get worn down?
Also, these people won't have already learnt skills related to their current prosthetics, so they won't be 'biased' as to how they work. Kinda like trying to re-teach someone a modern coding language after they've learnt basic.
That, and what the other poster said. These people are waiting without limbs now. People who've had issues for longer most likely already have them.
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I found it interesting to watch this, then listen to it without the video.
I don't know why, but I think I enjoy it better without watching him. My only guess is that I can enjoy the music more when I'm not obsessing over what each button push and dial twiddle is doing. :)
No, people DO care when the movie that they've legally bought doesn't play, or when the game that they just legally purchased doesn't work.
Perhaps they don't care about DRM as an acronym, but they care when stuff doesn't work after they've shelled out money.
Ahhhhh! Buzz light year!
Honestly. ... ...Guys?
Why not remove all fat from food too?
And sugar.
And calories.
That way we'll all be uber healthy and slim, right?
more rugged than your average PC.
More rugged than your average notebook, that is. (At least, the ones that I've been lugging about)
The data are fishy. Do they fail because people buy a netbook because they can take them more places, and thus have a higher incidence of failure because they're being carried and used in more places? My own experience with a netbook vs laptop is that the Asus EEE PC I purchased nearly two years ago is still going strong without a single hardware issue, vs the cheap Dell that lasted a year before developing critical power issues (right after my warranty expired, of course) and the Fujitsu Lifebook likewise failing with hinge death at about a year and a half, after a long run of problems. My Asus netbook seems to just be more rugged than your average PC. Also, I take the thing everywhere, where my last laptops were left home a lot more because they weighed so much more.
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Statistically they are the most likely to repeat offend. So clearly, we're not dealing with the issue in any successful or meaningful way.
Please provide your sources for this information? I've seen sources higher up in the discussion directly refuting your claim.
What about my sword? I neeed that to worship properly.
I wasn't assaulting the plaintiff when I splashed a mug of scalding coffee on him. I was merely attempting to increase his well being by trying to prevent skin cancer. ^.^
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It was once thought that all the TV chatter we've been putting out will actually someday make it to distant stars. It's now known that it only gets about a light year or two out before it degrades into background noise.
And now we know why.
Spamblockers.
I can do that in four words.
Peer review and publication.
There are these mystical people called "Consultants." I know that that's a dirty word in most people's minds, but seriously.
We should have an independent group of people who ACTUALLY know what they're talking about that can be called upon by judges who don't understand what's going on. Judges can't be expected to have a grasp of every field of knowledge that may come up in their cases.
I don't see it actually happening, but that's life.
I believe that if people think about how they raise their kids that there could be much better ones out there. Too many parents go only from the gut, making all their decisions based entirely on emotion and not actually stopping to think what kind of example, what kind of prejudices they're setting for and instilling in their children.
;) )
A pre-teen should not get unfettered net access, any more than any other freedom they aren't ready for. I think that at that age you should have access to some privacy, but not complete privacy. I liken this to giving a child the freedom to play in the back yard, but not letting them out on their own unsupervised until they understand what's involved. No software based solution is going to be good enough to properly do the job a parent should do while their kids are online. There is absolutely no substitute for your own parental guidance, unless you have a co parent.
One option that would solve the submitters dilemma would be to give the child the keys to the computer, but the parents or himself the keys to the router, so to speak, and supervise the child's internet surfing. This could be accomplished also by having two computers, one in the bedroom that has no net access, and one in a public space that does, but is restricted. This gives the child the ability to write, think, create and do homework (except homework that needs research, obviously,) and be able to gain privacy slowly. (Unlocking the router for suitable periods of time, for instance.) The only trap here is that you need to, at some point, take the training wheels off and let them explore on their own.
I also, on the same topic, don't believe in giving a child an "Order" without a concrete reason for doing so. The reason doesn't have to be something they like or agree with, but there should be one. Even saying, "I don't believe is a good idea, and I am worried about you." is a thousand times better than saying, "Because I'm your and I say so." Nor do I think doing things to your kids simply because you have the right as a parent to do so is a good idea. (My stepfather once accessed my private bank account, withdrew the $300 I had in there from my part time job, shut it down, and never gave it to me. This wasn't a punishment or a restriction, he just did it because he could.)
At some point, you need to let your children make their own mistakes. Teach them as well as you can, but if you have screwed up as a parent and they are 16 and unprepared for the world, you have to face the fact that if they don't learn their lessons now, while they're under your roof, that they will learn them once they leave home. If you're not free to make some mistakes and learn about life when you're a kid, you'll learn those lessons when you're an adult, and have it a lot harder.
Raising kids that are mindless sheep, that will obey every whim of their parents without question, and have no sense of their personal rights, is a not a good thing. (Or at least, unless you're a rabid fundamentalist that doesn't believe adults should have those same rights.) I'm not saying that we should let our kids run wild in the streets, I'm just saying we should teach them right from wrong, maintain the trust that is crucial to being a decent parent, and let them have freedom, privacy, and the ability to make some mistakes that they can truly learn from, as opposed to being kept weak and sheltered. Your job as a parent is as a mentor, a guardian and a guide. not a judge, jailer and warden.
(This turned out way longer than I first intended, so I'm posting it as a new comment rather than as a reply to any one person. Sorry for wordiness.
Fifty years should be enough, though. If you can't compete with free, fifty year old, or even twenty year old music, why are you bothering again?
I so want a modular version of this that'd plug in to my EEE PC. (Which I don't own yet, but... Soon. >;) ) I hate dragging more than one device around with me, but I think that the EEE with VOIP on it and a bluetooth headset is going to take care of 90% of my communication needs, and I may get a cheapy throwaway to forward stuff to during the few times I'm not in WIFI range either at work or at home. However, if I got one of these, I'd be very very happy. Buying more than one phone is wasteful when you can avoid duplicating the guts of the phone and just have 'booster packs' for your base cellphone. I think people aren't getting that.
Actually, it appears to be a very basic phone unit, with the transmitter, antenna, etc, built in. Think of it like a cell phone PC Card that can plug into a variety of host devices.
Only real difference is it seems to have a base functionality without the host.
Seriously, I don't like the idea of this being legislated in this way.
I think that a voluntary system could be devised that would get consumers to want this and participate voluntarily. (And I'm sure it has, though I'm too fuddled to try and find a link at this hour of the morning.)
The program I recall was that the energy company would either provide the thermostat free of charge or at a heavily rebated price, and that every time there was a need, they could send a code to your thermostat to raise the temperature by a few degrees to get your system to cycle down for an hour or two. In return for allowing them to do this, the customer who had their system sent such a code would receive compensation in the form of a five dollar (or some other small) credit on their bills.
Also, if you're not home and your thermostat is off, or you're off on vacation, the system records the number of signals sent, not how many times the thermostat was actually raised, so you'd get rewarded even if you weren't inconvenienced.
I'd go for that in a heartbeat, and I think a lot of other people would too, if it were explained to them in this way. Even though I'm living in a household with three other people who all NEED the AC, I don't think having it bumped up by a few degrees would adversely affect us very much at all.
I don't think we need legislation when a voluntary program could do the trick just fine.
Yes, and elderly and infirm people should be restricted to one room of their own houses. ;)
It's also possible they want to try things out with people who have fresh amputations, who's bodies aren't neccesarily completely healed yet, as they'd have to cut into tissue to fuse the new implants. I'm by no means a specialist about prosthetics, but when you're wearing a cup-style device wouldn't the tissue between the joint and the cup get worn down?
Also, these people won't have already learnt skills related to their current prosthetics, so they won't be 'biased' as to how they work. Kinda like trying to re-teach someone a modern coding language after they've learnt basic.
That, and what the other poster said. These people are waiting without limbs now. People who've had issues for longer most likely already have them.