First, to the notion that my "analogy is deficient," let me just say 'Your Mom.' Second, let me recommend that you start accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior. We can meet at Taco Bell and discuss the actual age of the earth and how to properly mount a velociraptor over some nachos. Well, not that the mounting would occur over nachos. That's ludicrous. I mean to say we would be eating nachos while we discuss the Yoshi-esque dynamics of God's brilliant plan for Creation. Please accept my proposal of enlightenment. I promise not to make any off-color jokes about Spaniards.
Of course not. I'm asking why they seem to have intentionally doomed my brilliance to obscurity.
I would say that the Gawker network has way more problems. I regularly drop amazingly witty comments and never see the flood of responses I know they happen to generate. Also, my star is invisible. Please fix your system.
Woo alarm. Somebody page James Randi.
You are saying they shouldn't care, but you haven't sufficiently explained why. We know that empathy is an instinct of our species, despite not being the product of strict logic. As it turns out, there are rewards for altruistic behaviors at the brain level. In other words, charity, kindness, justice, and empathy are their own rewards ([www.pnas.org] So a sense of justice in the world, even when not related to us directly, has a direct benefit to us.
On that basis, caring about a just world, where we know specific beliefs can inform unjust actions, dispelling notions that are false is as humanitarian as it is logical.
On that basis, caring about a just world, where we know specific beliefs can inform unjust actions, dispelling notions that are false is as humanitarian as it is logical.
Beliefs and ideas have tangible consequences and differing necessary approaches. Unless they simply don't care about their fellow man, both theists and atheists must promote their ideas about what solutions will promote the greater cause of increased well-being. I find it harder to understand how people think being inconvenienced by having to think about these things is a greater crime than selfishly not caring about whether or not their fellow humans are doomed by the consequences of their thoughts and actions.
Extreme Like.
Suddenly I have the urge to get my ass to Mars.
Your post was too long. The article, on the other hand, I see no problem with.
Isn't the Wacom Bamboo tablet pretty inexpensive? I'm not an expert though, and I don't use them. I just haven't been privy to a decent pitch for them.
Scrutiny would be better applied by all participants in the discussion. Even if I tend to agree with the concept that corporations will generally tend toward screwing over the public or getting away with what they can, for people to scream the accusation, they should probably not exaggerate their claims or wilfully mislead or distort the significance. Taco Bell's taco beef isn't a larger percent animal flesh than maybe some expected. Why is that outrageously shocking or even wrong? I'm sort of beside myself in having to defend Taco Bell, who if I found out was using nuclear or human waste in some of their products, would not be terribly surprised. But this so-called investigation and accusation seemed only to lure in people who were only prepared to validate their biases with slippery language and superficial judgment. The lawyers seem to be less evasive than the folks who have tried to perpetuate this accusation and distort its significance. It's cool to bash on the unusually perceptibly cheap quality of TB's food. But can't we grow up and accept reason and evidence instead of our own biases?
Yes. I second your XBMC request and add one for Boxee.
Despite my criticism of them, first and foremost I like Apple's products, but a few suggestions here and there. I realize some of them are not specific to OS X, but also iLife. Seeing as how a huge draw to their platform is iLife integration, it seems pertinent to include. Although I'm sure you would argue I'm not tied to iLife software and there are other options on OS X, which could be a fair point, but if I were Apple, I'd want to keep people using iLife products as a selling point to Macs.
a few suggestions: A better Finder that doesn't require so much scrolling, scalable legacy support, Blu-ray compatibility, touchscreen implementation from the ground up as an alternative-but-innovative enough-to-be-the-main control scheme (although Apple probably wouldn't do that because they would want uniform experience), DirectX virtualization, and a solid media/picture sharing alternative that rivals Win7's ability to share across your home network. Automated wireless syncing to devices that support it, NTFS support, Windows TS Gateway support for Remote Desktop protocol...
iLife's probably a bigger problem because of its closed nature, so I'd say that iLife should be a part of the OS and that the "Package" structure of iPhoto Library files needs to die immediately. If you could handle your library like Picasa allows you to, sharing and syncing between multiple Macs would be much easier. Of course, it doesn't matter HOW they do it. They could use a totally different method, but I find that to be the most frustrating thing about how my wife and I can't have perfectly synced iPhoto libraries (including Tags and Faces) on each Mac without delving into some time consuming method that I don't have the time to accomplish.
Actually, since you point out the MS ribbon, I see Apple's move to have Lion mimic iPad's UI to be similarly gimmicky.
a few suggestions: A better Finder that doesn't require so much scrolling, scalable legacy support, Blu-ray compatibility, touchscreen implementation from the ground up as an alternative-but-innovative enough-to-be-the-main control scheme (although Apple probably wouldn't do that because they would want uniform experience), DirectX virtualization, and a solid media/picture sharing alternative that rivals Win7's ability to share across your home network. Automated wireless syncing to devices that support it, NTFS support, Windows TS Gateway support for Remote Desktop protocol...
iLife's probably a bigger problem because of its closed nature, so I'd say that iLife should be a part of the OS and that the "Package" structure of iPhoto Library files needs to die immediately. If you could handle your library like Picasa allows you to, sharing and syncing between multiple Macs would be much easier. Of course, it doesn't matter HOW they do it. They could use a totally different method, but I find that to be the most frustrating thing about how my wife and I can't have perfectly synced iPhoto libraries (including Tags and Faces) on each Mac without delving into some time consuming method that I don't have the time to accomplish.
Actually, since you point out the MS ribbon, I see Apple's move to have Lion mimic iPad's UI to be similarly gimmicky.
Use Handbrake. Use the encoding settings that match which devices you want to encode to (AppleTV, etc). Not sure about Blu-ray as it has no native support, but I think MakeMKV works with an external BD drive. Use iTunes or Toast for your audio rips.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Thanks. I needed a good laugh today.
No love for XBMC (or its various forks)? IMHO, DLNA isn't very exciting. For those with expansive libraries who started before people cared about adhering to strict naming conventions, or have just allowed their libraries to get out of hand, XBMC and its various forks are much more appealing in terms of media organization (and that's truly just the tip of the iceberg). What seems more interesting is PleXBMC/Server and various XBMC boxes (Zotac, nettops, Sigma, atv2's). Also, I'd write off the 360 as a media device since it lacks support for various containers, codecs, and surround audio. For truly scalable hardware options, diverse codecs, and fantastic quality, I'd recommend getting an XBMC-based system and streaming everything off of an NAS. Basic DVD encoding works fine on Handbrake, and it's multiplatform. I love firing up my repurposed living room PC with a LP Geforce210, streaming a 1080p video file over 802.11n with Digital 5.1 audio that I selected from my Android's XBMC remote app. No uPnP or DLNA required.
XBMC Live is my favorite version of XBMC for stability and speed. Unfortunately, this comes at a price as emulators are damn near impossible to setup on the platform. No window managers, sound issues, and the need to manually install controller drivers (wii-remotes are a pain). Forums aren't helpful either. After a while, I had to just give up or consider installing XP or Ubuntu (no GPU offloading on native player/ video-tearing and password prompts on Ubuntu). LH should do a guide for XBMCLive setups.
Sugar, sugar, not sugar, sugar.
Only one is a sugar alternative: Stevia. That's how it stacks up.
Only one is a sugar alternative: Stevia. That's how it stacks up.
This is true for right now. The long-term impacts could actually starve nations dependent on agricultural technology if we influence the market forces in the other direction. Organic pesticides contain the same compounds as synthetic, just in lower concentrations (and thus more is used). Methods without pesticides cover too much land, promoting more land use; a problem in the grand scope of problems like overpopulation and increased demand. My opinion of organic proselytizers is increasingly becoming one of concern for their misleading information creating more problems. It used to simply be eye-rolling for their unflinching acceptance of marketing claims. I am open to hear their dialogue, and I sincerely hope I am wrong. It seems like agricultural fundamentalism though.
