While your astounding power to neither make sense nor to engage in mature discussion does indeed intimidate me, I will risk pointing out that, for example, a box of Rice-A-Roni is much cheaper than "salad in a bag" (both convenience foods in a sense).
I don't shop at whole foods-type stores. I suppose you will probably come to my house and pour the aforementioned sweat in my doorstep to show me what I'm missing out on. Can't wait.
They don't believe so (I also heard the story this morning), as they asked people who came into the store if they had done so because of the FB exposure. No one had (though one generous soul donated $10 on line because of it). Not a great way to spend $240 on advertising.
This is a true statement. I am technically obese (it "happened" over time - I graduated college in very good shape), and self-started a push to change that. In three months I've lost 14 pounds (the rate of loss has slowly increased as my body adjusts to the new activity and eating routine), and part of that has been eating less, but also reducing processed foods and cutting out fast food entirely. It IS expensive to eat more healthily (I earn well, but am by no means wealthy); the one benefit of this is that I am forced to eat less as I can't afford to stuff my face with quality foods.
In the long run, I hope to avoid the far more expensive costs of diabetes and heart disease treatment, so the up-front costs of eating well and exercising (if one chooses to join a gym rather than walk-run-bike-etc.) will hopefully truly save me money in the long run.
I personally think that the attempts at making Office more accessible (Ribbon, chiefly) are good and effective, and I've been using Office since 1992; I think Win8 on mobile is brilliant (though on the desktop they are probably looking at a kludge at best, though perhaps it won't be as reviled as Vista), and if they keep that sort of engineering in mobile moving forward they *could* perhaps gain respectable market share.
Microsoft has a solid history of ignoring new trends (if you don't like IE 8 or 9 now, go back to IE releases prior to 6 and see how much they ignored the importance of the Internet), then purchasing their way into relevance. I hope that their ways are changing in this regard, because competition matters. Without a spur to push it forward, progress and innovation can, and usually do, stagnate.
Ballmer has no charisma, but (and it's a big one) IF Win8 succeeds, MS may be able to push its way towards consumer consciousness and respectability again, which will make this not so important.
What ever happened to being enthusiastic about a dream realized, one that dares to push the boundaries of what is current? Most posts here seem to be very much against this, and some with reasonable arguments as to why, but I applaud this engineer for trying to do something creative that could prove to be a test bed for technologies that we don't today have. He's combining his love of a forward-thinking creative mind's output (Roddenberry's) with his own can-do attitude. I think it would be a wonderful achievement.
Exactly so. The latest K-Lite Mega Codec Pack was released on April 24th, and - as it has for as long as I can recall - it includes the wonderfully minimalist and functional MPC.
I was an Air Force brat (my father flew KC-135 and KC-10 tankers, "flying gas stations") and we were stationed at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana, a major B-52 base. I can confirm that I have heard from airmen the same things you have stated. B-1 has some excellent qualities, but cost of operation is not one of them.
Initially created to be a low-level penetrator capable of delivering (relatively) low-yield tactical nuclear payloads deep into the heart of the USSR (thereby avoiding setting off Russian ICBM early alert systems that a ground-based missile launch would cause), with the end of the Soviet Union the B-1's primary mission was diminished/removed. At that point, cost of running the damn thing (various sources put the amount at roughly twice that of the B-52 per flight hour) makes the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat... ahem) a smart choice for supporting ground troops, etc, with conventional JDAMS, at least for the US's current engagements.
If Cold War-era threats ever rear up again (and there are a few countries who could still pose these types of challenges), the B-1 and B-2 will be the strategic platforms of choice. In conventional engagements, the B-52 has proven to be far more than simply adequate.
VERY funny post:) Still, hang in there - I hope it will happen for you. I was over the average age of "first contact," but eventually all of those things came about in my life. In fact, I just proposed yesterday (seriously, I did) - and yes, she accepted. Second time for both of us, but that's okay. Trust me, if someone would have ME, you have hope!
I could see this working as it does in some films, but eventually, just like with anything else, the "Ooh shiny!" factor wears off, and people will tune them (ads, discount offers, etc) out the same way we do regular ads, rough language on TV (compared to what was allowed a few decades ago in the US), and so on. Not that it won't have an effect at all, but our passive filters will adapt.
You haven't been modded up (as of now), but I believe you should be.
If I am using lots of data, but at off-peak hours (say, Netflix at 2:00-4:00AM), how does throttling me help anyone? It doesn't. I fork out a certain amount each month to my ISP to secure a certain amount of bandwidth, not a certain amount of gigabytes (at least, that's how it currently works). If AT&T sold the types of packages you suggest, they would have the benefit of knowing what their theoretical maximum required bandwidth would be, and using whatever formulas are appropriate they could determine what their infrastructure requires to be stable and adequate.
It's a name that has been used by a person (or persons) to constantly post material intended to provoke (negative connotation there) or annoy/.ers. I haven't seen an account with that name in use lately; last time I saw a posting personally was about a month or so ago - it was quite common for a while, but seems less so now.
If you read many of the comments, you will find that most posters (not all) oppose this type of thing. It doesn't appear that this story was posted as a "rah-rah-rah" for the United States. It's about an interesting (if controversial) piece of military hardware. Some people will be interested in the technical aspects, some will want to discuss the morality / need for such weapons. And some will post without thinking first.
I have to respectfully disagree here. Contrast the success of the SOPA/PIPA internet protest versus the slowness of markets to respond to consumer demand and the unwillingness of the government to change even when new people are elected. I think that, when well organized and supported, complaining on the Internet can be quite effective.
I see this more as a way for AT&T to ease the pressure off of their network than to make 68,000 a year off of some clueless schmucks. I am lucky to be in the unlimited 30/month club, but if I wasn't, the 3gb 30/month option would work and I would rarely see any difference to my bill. Most of my usage is over wifi as it is (YMMV, of course), so I have rarely gone above that.
Certainly, if you do an insane amount of data transfer via 3G you will see a higher cost and AT&T will profit from that. But by offering a lower price point for those who use less, the customer saves a couple of bucks and AT&T has implemented an effort to reduce network stress.
I wish the unlimited plan was sustainable for everyone (I suspect one day it will be removed from my account), but I cannot fault them for trying to take steps to come to terms with the unexpectedly huge 3G traffic increases.
... Mobile gaming and Indie gaming will take its place.
I'm not entirely sure why this prediction gets made so often. I disagree, based on my personal experience. I have a PC, a Wii, an iPhone and an X360, and use them in that order (with the PC by far being the frontrunner). For my nine-year-old son you can reverse that list, and add the DSi in as second to the XBox. In neither case does the phone (nor the DSi) take precedence over all other items, nor do either of the mobiles entirely displace any of the non-mobiles.
I certainly enjoy mobile gaming, but it's the five-minute diversion factor that I use it for, whereas the PC and consoles are my five-hours-straight-gaming go-tos. The two fill different needs for me.
As to indie gaming - as long as it's superb in some manner ("To the Moon" comes to mind) that's fine. But if it's just shunning major titles to be a digital rebel, well, meh.
I don't think the US wants a direct war with, or an invasion of, Iran. I think that in fact is the last thing desired. Internal, covert disruption of war-making capabilities is likely the US and Israeli goal, and certainly those nations (as well as many others) would like nothing more that to see the current Iranian leadership come to an end.
We've all discussed the "wars for oil," but in this case, the US (at least officially) gets no oil from Iran, even though it is ranked as the world's fourth- or fifth-largest producer. The larger danger is Iran's ability to disrupt oil shipping through the Straight of Hormuz, where approximately 20% of the world's oil passes on its way to market. Disruption of this channel would have a major impact on the price of oil world-wide. Therefore, it is in all oil-consuming nations' economic interests to NOT go to war with Iran. Those nations who do get their oil from Iran would be even more directly affected of course, and would have to turn to other producers. This then means more consumers drawing from a reduced supply pool, even further driving up costs.
Make no mistake, the US most certainly spies on Iran (and upon many other countries), and would love to see the current regime fall. Again, though, a war would have the opposite affect, at least in the short term. The Iranian people themselves are not happy under their current leadership (while a quick web search will not turn up much official information, you will find MANY support groups whose aim is to provide help and support for the Iranian public); a war, especially one started by an invader who supports Israel, would most likely turn the public more towards, rather than against, the current regime.
Finally, you are not wrong that ignorance persists in the United States, but so too does it exist around the world. I assume you are not from America, therefore you are likely making your statement in fact from a position OF ignorance, not allowing that there are many Americans who DO make an attempt to understand the world around them, not only in the countries to their north and south, but also in those across the oceans that insulate their nation. It is also true that there are many people around the world make ignorant suppositions, not just about America, but about their own neighboring nations, and about countries around the world. No one group of people has a stranglehold on ignorance, but it is likely to be equally true that no one group of people is totally marred by it, either.
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While your astounding power to neither make sense nor to engage in mature discussion does indeed intimidate me, I will risk pointing out that, for example, a box of Rice-A-Roni is much cheaper than "salad in a bag" (both convenience foods in a sense).
I don't shop at whole foods-type stores. I suppose you will probably come to my house and pour the aforementioned sweat in my doorstep to show me what I'm missing out on. Can't wait.
They don't believe so (I also heard the story this morning), as they asked people who came into the store if they had done so because of the FB exposure. No one had (though one generous soul donated $10 on line because of it). Not a great way to spend $240 on advertising.
This is a true statement. I am technically obese (it "happened" over time - I graduated college in very good shape), and self-started a push to change that. In three months I've lost 14 pounds (the rate of loss has slowly increased as my body adjusts to the new activity and eating routine), and part of that has been eating less, but also reducing processed foods and cutting out fast food entirely. It IS expensive to eat more healthily (I earn well, but am by no means wealthy); the one benefit of this is that I am forced to eat less as I can't afford to stuff my face with quality foods.
In the long run, I hope to avoid the far more expensive costs of diabetes and heart disease treatment, so the up-front costs of eating well and exercising (if one chooses to join a gym rather than walk-run-bike-etc.) will hopefully truly save me money in the long run.
Hehe, EVERY opinion here is an unpopular one! :)
I personally think that the attempts at making Office more accessible (Ribbon, chiefly) are good and effective, and I've been using Office since 1992; I think Win8 on mobile is brilliant (though on the desktop they are probably looking at a kludge at best, though perhaps it won't be as reviled as Vista), and if they keep that sort of engineering in mobile moving forward they *could* perhaps gain respectable market share.
Microsoft has a solid history of ignoring new trends (if you don't like IE 8 or 9 now, go back to IE releases prior to 6 and see how much they ignored the importance of the Internet), then purchasing their way into relevance. I hope that their ways are changing in this regard, because competition matters. Without a spur to push it forward, progress and innovation can, and usually do, stagnate.
Ballmer has no charisma, but (and it's a big one) IF Win8 succeeds, MS may be able to push its way towards consumer consciousness and respectability again, which will make this not so important.
At the end of TFA, they stated that these CEO's, like those of RIM, et. al., should quit. I believe they're speaking of active CEOs.
What ever happened to being enthusiastic about a dream realized, one that dares to push the boundaries of what is current? Most posts here seem to be very much against this, and some with reasonable arguments as to why, but I applaud this engineer for trying to do something creative that could prove to be a test bed for technologies that we don't today have. He's combining his love of a forward-thinking creative mind's output (Roddenberry's) with his own can-do attitude. I think it would be a wonderful achievement.
Exactly so. The latest K-Lite Mega Codec Pack was released on April 24th, and - as it has for as long as I can recall - it includes the wonderfully minimalist and functional MPC.
Sounds like what has happened at EA. I wonder what their average programmers' ages are, and wages.
I was an Air Force brat (my father flew KC-135 and KC-10 tankers, "flying gas stations") and we were stationed at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana, a major B-52 base. I can confirm that I have heard from airmen the same things you have stated. B-1 has some excellent qualities, but cost of operation is not one of them.
Initially created to be a low-level penetrator capable of delivering (relatively) low-yield tactical nuclear payloads deep into the heart of the USSR (thereby avoiding setting off Russian ICBM early alert systems that a ground-based missile launch would cause), with the end of the Soviet Union the B-1's primary mission was diminished/removed. At that point, cost of running the damn thing (various sources put the amount at roughly twice that of the B-52 per flight hour) makes the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat... ahem) a smart choice for supporting ground troops, etc, with conventional JDAMS, at least for the US's current engagements.
If Cold War-era threats ever rear up again (and there are a few countries who could still pose these types of challenges), the B-1 and B-2 will be the strategic platforms of choice. In conventional engagements, the B-52 has proven to be far more than simply adequate.
VERY funny post :) Still, hang in there - I hope it will happen for you. I was over the average age of "first contact," but eventually all of those things came about in my life. In fact, I just proposed yesterday (seriously, I did) - and yes, she accepted. Second time for both of us, but that's okay. Trust me, if someone would have ME, you have hope!
I could see this working as it does in some films, but eventually, just like with anything else, the "Ooh shiny!" factor wears off, and people will tune them (ads, discount offers, etc) out the same way we do regular ads, rough language on TV (compared to what was allowed a few decades ago in the US), and so on. Not that it won't have an effect at all, but our passive filters will adapt.
This was first published in the Washington Post, right? ;)
Wish I had mod points for you. Positive ones :)
I'm pretty sure OP was not referencing hygiene.
That would be everyone who drives for pleasure.
Seems like the guy (or his body?) would own the patent then. He should sue the hospital for patent infringement.
You haven't been modded up (as of now), but I believe you should be.
If I am using lots of data, but at off-peak hours (say, Netflix at 2:00-4:00AM), how does throttling me help anyone? It doesn't. I fork out a certain amount each month to my ISP to secure a certain amount of bandwidth, not a certain amount of gigabytes (at least, that's how it currently works). If AT&T sold the types of packages you suggest, they would have the benefit of knowing what their theoretical maximum required bandwidth would be, and using whatever formulas are appropriate they could determine what their infrastructure requires to be stable and adequate.
Stop bein' overly critical, guy!
;)
It's a name that has been used by a person (or persons) to constantly post material intended to provoke (negative connotation there) or annoy /.ers. I haven't seen an account with that name in use lately; last time I saw a posting personally was about a month or so ago - it was quite common for a while, but seems less so now.
If you read many of the comments, you will find that most posters (not all) oppose this type of thing. It doesn't appear that this story was posted as a "rah-rah-rah" for the United States. It's about an interesting (if controversial) piece of military hardware. Some people will be interested in the technical aspects, some will want to discuss the morality / need for such weapons. And some will post without thinking first.
Sorry to feed the troll, folks.
I have to respectfully disagree here. Contrast the success of the SOPA/PIPA internet protest versus the slowness of markets to respond to consumer demand and the unwillingness of the government to change even when new people are elected. I think that, when well organized and supported, complaining on the Internet can be quite effective.
I see this more as a way for AT&T to ease the pressure off of their network than to make 68,000 a year off of some clueless schmucks. I am lucky to be in the unlimited 30/month club, but if I wasn't, the 3gb 30/month option would work and I would rarely see any difference to my bill. Most of my usage is over wifi as it is (YMMV, of course), so I have rarely gone above that.
Certainly, if you do an insane amount of data transfer via 3G you will see a higher cost and AT&T will profit from that. But by offering a lower price point for those who use less, the customer saves a couple of bucks and AT&T has implemented an effort to reduce network stress.
I wish the unlimited plan was sustainable for everyone (I suspect one day it will be removed from my account), but I cannot fault them for trying to take steps to come to terms with the unexpectedly huge 3G traffic increases.
... Mobile gaming and Indie gaming will take its place.
I'm not entirely sure why this prediction gets made so often. I disagree, based on my personal experience. I have a PC, a Wii, an iPhone and an X360, and use them in that order (with the PC by far being the frontrunner). For my nine-year-old son you can reverse that list, and add the DSi in as second to the XBox. In neither case does the phone (nor the DSi) take precedence over all other items, nor do either of the mobiles entirely displace any of the non-mobiles.
I certainly enjoy mobile gaming, but it's the five-minute diversion factor that I use it for, whereas the PC and consoles are my five-hours-straight-gaming go-tos. The two fill different needs for me.
As to indie gaming - as long as it's superb in some manner ("To the Moon" comes to mind) that's fine. But if it's just shunning major titles to be a digital rebel, well, meh.
I don't think the US wants a direct war with, or an invasion of, Iran. I think that in fact is the last thing desired. Internal, covert disruption of war-making capabilities is likely the US and Israeli goal, and certainly those nations (as well as many others) would like nothing more that to see the current Iranian leadership come to an end.
We've all discussed the "wars for oil," but in this case, the US (at least officially) gets no oil from Iran, even though it is ranked as the world's fourth- or fifth-largest producer. The larger danger is Iran's ability to disrupt oil shipping through the Straight of Hormuz, where approximately 20% of the world's oil passes on its way to market. Disruption of this channel would have a major impact on the price of oil world-wide. Therefore, it is in all oil-consuming nations' economic interests to NOT go to war with Iran. Those nations who do get their oil from Iran would be even more directly affected of course, and would have to turn to other producers. This then means more consumers drawing from a reduced supply pool, even further driving up costs.
Make no mistake, the US most certainly spies on Iran (and upon many other countries), and would love to see the current regime fall. Again, though, a war would have the opposite affect, at least in the short term. The Iranian people themselves are not happy under their current leadership (while a quick web search will not turn up much official information, you will find MANY support groups whose aim is to provide help and support for the Iranian public); a war, especially one started by an invader who supports Israel, would most likely turn the public more towards, rather than against, the current regime.
Finally, you are not wrong that ignorance persists in the United States, but so too does it exist around the world. I assume you are not from America, therefore you are likely making your statement in fact from a position OF ignorance, not allowing that there are many Americans who DO make an attempt to understand the world around them, not only in the countries to their north and south, but also in those across the oceans that insulate their nation. It is also true that there are many people around the world make ignorant suppositions, not just about America, but about their own neighboring nations, and about countries around the world. No one group of people has a stranglehold on ignorance, but it is likely to be equally true that no one group of people is totally marred by it, either.
Amen my brother (or sister)!
Think Different, indeed, just like all of the others.