Posts by Killraven

Yeah, there are a huge number of very disappointed liberals that aren't very happy that the guy they elected is constantly behaving as if he's batting for the other team.

Re: If *I* were John Darwin...

But telling your co-conspirator with whom you've had a "very close loving relationship" that you think they're unattractive is?

Re: ::pops some corn & grabs a beer::

Yes, seriously. A belief system, is a belief system, is a belief system.

More rational responses below have similarly been down-voted. Amusing how the Athiest/Agnostic trolls take offense so easily, usually more easily than the devout, when their own (lack of) belief is questioned.

I've been an Agnostic for nearly 40 years, but still not ignorant enough to think that I have all the information about deities, real or otherwise.

Re: World's cleverest company states the obvious

The difference is that, much like you did right now, Google made an assumption on what would be an effective technique, BUT (a big but there) they didn't just sit on that assumption. They actually kept records and over many years compared those assumptions against real world performance to see if they were right.

Yeah, a lot of things seem obvious at the time, the impressive part about this story is that it's about a group of people that freely admit they were wrong, and told us why.

Re: No one cares

It's hardly "pseudo-" and there is quite a body of interested people. As on overnight-shift worker with no cooking facilities available, I'm interested. I have a dozen friends that are avid hunters; a couple that do extended hikes and camping trips with the Boy Scouts; as well a a few general fitness/sporting nuts who are interested in a nutritionally-balanced product that won't interfere with evening activities, yet will provide a quick & healthy caloric burst.

Re: There's no such thing as 'offensive language'.

Very comment statement there. The problem is that words have meanings, and various swear words convey different levels of emotion. The offense is not taken simply in using certain words, issue is taken with the context that is conveyed.

If the word is meaningless, then stop wasting my time with it.

Re: Poll

Wow.... you just know that, behind those clenched lips, his upper and lower teeth are about an inch apart as he desperately tries to minimize how fat his cheeks are.

Re: Concert spending

"But I wonder which you'll choose to believe?"

Yes, yes, yes. Just like with the multiple reports that show that heavy downloaders actually support the entertainment industries financially more overall, with actual purchases, and you keep ignoring those.

Because, don'tcha know, 500 quid in sales from honest customers helps the industry more than 600 quid from dishonest customers.

Re: Outstanding

1) Logistics of scale.

2) Probably.

3) Yes, for this sort of thing.

4) Yes, but also much more expensive.

What is not mentioned in the article is, when, or even if, any family member actually contacted Virgin to inform them of their customer's death. Perhaps I missed mention of it, if so, apologies tendered. If not, then the son-in-law is being a right prick about it all.

Re: @Kevin 6..

Except that, in many cases, the lack of sales tax doesn't give the internet store an advantage, because the cost of shipping/postage tends to make it a break even sort of situation.

Re: "may cost gigantic corporations a tiny fraction of their revenue."

Fair is fair when learning about perceived entitlements.

Just like the music & movie industries have been learning that they can only go so far before their intended customer base rebels against their price gouging and market manipulation. They are, slowly, learning that people will avoid free downloads and instead willingly pay a fair price when you offer them the product they want, in a format they want, and when they want it.

Re: Well done on catching up with Chrome!

When Chrome lets me put my tabs below the address bar, and finally manages to properly import all of my Firefox bookmarks, then I'll start caring about what other features it offers.

Re: In the long run the RIAA was right

Worldwide Music Industry Revenues:

2006: $60.7 billion

2007: $61.5 billion

2008: $62.6 billion

2009: $65.0 billion

2010: $66.4 billion

2011: $67.6 billion

I think they've been doing alright for themselves.

Re: Well...

Yes, lots of studies. Interestingly, the ones that say "no harm" generally have no funding from Big Media, but the ones that scream "harm, harm, harm!" are all funded by Big Media.

Your second point is well proven.

Re: When are you going to quote Torvalds properly?

Methinks they translated Linus just fine. "Main" does not equate to "only". In the usage of the article main and primary are basically synonymous. Granted the article slightly over-reached by changing Linus's statement to computer, vs just laptops.

Re: Boston, thanks for the summary

Indeed we did, and as much, and as often, as I am dissatisfied with what we have, I still feel comfortable in that I do not doubt it is still better than what we could have had.

Re: Rand Paul

Your comments about "industrial" hemp show that your level of education rivals the Senator's.

The hemp plants used for such industrial purposes have no significant (i.e., too miniscule for "recreational" use) amount of THC. It's a rather incredible and useful plant, that grows well in soil that is too poor for anything else.

Re: Sad

I have to disagree. This is striptease without the stripping, and a pretty pathetic attempt at teasing as well. Nothing but a bit of writhing around to less than mediocre soundtrack and lightshow. Burlesque, at least, has an element of art and entertainment (remember, burlesque also featured stand-up comedy and other non-stripping acts).

Re: In American English, "moot" means "irrelevant"

Sadly, Mr. Carnegie is correct. Common usage of "moot" in the United States is to mean irrelevant or unimportant.

Americans also continuously refer to midnight as meaning 12:00 at the end of the day, rather than the beginning. It's quite frustrating to occassionally show up for an advertised sale and the store is closed.

Re: It gets weirder...

Bubba's wife was fully aware of the camera before she started working on Hogan.

Re: We the people...

Your calendar apparently only goes back four years, and everything occurred then.

The term "skyrocketing" means to increase rapidly. Unemployment has been decreasing, albeit slowly. When Obama took office the recent recession was well past the point of beginning and the general US economy had been on a steady decline for the previous eight years. While it has not improved to any appreciable degree, the decline has at least stopped. Granted, stagnation is not a desired state, but it's better than further decline. Today's consumer can still purchase everything they did four years ago, but they cannot purchase what they could 5-12 years ago.

What kills the buying power of the average US consumer is the simple fact that so much money is accruing in the pockets of the wealthiest (and smallest) group of people, that there has been a massive decrease in wealth for the middle- and lower-classes, and those are the classes that drive the economic health of the world.

It's pretty simple economics: the fewer people that are holding the bulk of the money, the fewer people there are spending it.