You clearly don't understand how religious fanaticism works. This will be explained to the gullible sheep as a "trial" or "Satan's attempt to destroy our church," and will serve to further bond the faithful to the pastor. Some may leave, but those that stay will be convinced that they are fighting the good fight against evil reprobates.
I can't wait to get my Pebble in September. At least I hope I get it...
This is the risk of investing in Kickstarter. If the project falls apart, you lose out, just like any investment in a startup. But if the Pebble takes off and becomes the next Apple II, all I get is the watch I donated towards. I guess some day I could sell the watch as a piece of history ("One of only 85,000!"), but I wish they had an option to buy actual stock in the company.
Sorry, if I was ever sympathetic to your role as cheerleader for free music, you just lost the last 1% of sympathy I had.
Clearly you never were sympathetic to his role.
Let me ask you this, if you don't need Waves to create great music, why do they even exist? If they serve no purpose in creating great music, why would they cost thousands of pounds?
Thanks a lot, Mike. Now you've given someone the idea to patent and/or trademark a smell. It'll start with high end perfumes, like Calvin Clien's Obsession. With the way Louis Vitton sues over trademark, you think they wouldn't jump on this idea? I'm surprised they haven't trademarked the smell of their handbags.
As soon as Nestle gets the patent on chocolate chip cookie scent, no bakery can ever have that scent eminating from their shop without a license. Then were looking at a whole new set of collection groups.
It's too bad the field is already pretty flat, what you are trying to do is make things 100% on the consumers side, and screw the producers, greedy bastards actually trying to make money selling a product that people want.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Oh, that is rich! That's a good one! It's funny because it's totally absurd! If they actually made products people wanted, they wouldn't need a government monopoly.
The idea is that people often do go to physical stores, see something, and decide to buy it online (or worse, pirate it online).
If that's their idea, it's an idiotic idea. If you decide to buy the DVD while at the mall, you're not going to buy it online when there's a Suncoast/Best Buy/etc. within 100 feet of you. Does your statement actually make sense to you? Because to anyone with half a brain, it's asinine.
Also, you fail to realize that there are already apps on most everyone's smartphone (at least the people who would be willing to scan QR codes) like Google Goggles and Amazon's app which let you take pictures or scan barcodes and then order what you want online, for cheaper than the movie studios will be trying to sell it for, I'm sure.
I think that was his point. He threw that in as an example of a troll getting people worked up. Nerds like us would instantly snap back with, "Samus was a girl!" and the trolling would be successful.
A thousand times this! But to keep it simple you just need one QR code. One that sends the user to The Pirate Bay. Now if there was only a way to mobilize thousands of people to execute this prank at all the malls at once...
Nice. Way to make those of us who support Ron Paul for POTUS seem crazy by makeing vague death threats implying an upcoming civil war. Thanks a lot, nutjob.
One of the problems I've encountered is that professors aren't teachers. In the science, and some other, departments the professor's main focus is on research and teaching classes is a necessary evil to use the university's facilities, equipment, and other resources. As long as they "teach" X number of classes they can do what they believe they're really there to do.
I wish there was a way to incentivize professors to actually teach students. Tie in student surveys to funding or lab time or something.
Another problem I've seen is that a professor may be so advanced in their field, yet have to teach freshmen and sophmore classes that are, to them, very basic. I've experienced this in a Trigonometry class my freshman year. The professor was brilliant, but she couldn't comprehend that concepts she took for granted weren't common knowledge for her students. She'd assume we grasped everything on the first go around and get frustrated if someone asked her to go over a concept in greater detail.
I can see why she was frustrated, but if you feel the class you're teaching is "beneath" you, then you're not going to make a very good teacher.
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You clearly don't understand how religious fanaticism works. This will be explained to the gullible sheep as a "trial" or "Satan's attempt to destroy our church," and will serve to further bond the faithful to the pastor. Some may leave, but those that stay will be convinced that they are fighting the good fight against evil reprobates.
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I can't wait to get my Pebble in September. At least I hope I get it...
This is the risk of investing in Kickstarter. If the project falls apart, you lose out, just like any investment in a startup. But if the Pebble takes off and becomes the next Apple II, all I get is the watch I donated towards. I guess some day I could sell the watch as a piece of history ("One of only 85,000!"), but I wish they had an option to buy actual stock in the company.
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I'm sure they'll be bought mostly by nightclubs, schools, and courthouses.
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While we're making up sci fi tech, why don't we all just use matter to energy transportation?
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Sorry, if I was ever sympathetic to your role as cheerleader for free music, you just lost the last 1% of sympathy I had.
Clearly you never were sympathetic to his role.
Let me ask you this, if you don't need Waves to create great music, why do they even exist? If they serve no purpose in creating great music, why would they cost thousands of pounds?
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Thanks a lot, Mike. Now you've given someone the idea to patent and/or trademark a smell. It'll start with high end perfumes, like Calvin Clien's Obsession. With the way Louis Vitton sues over trademark, you think they wouldn't jump on this idea? I'm surprised they haven't trademarked the smell of their handbags.
As soon as Nestle gets the patent on chocolate chip cookie scent, no bakery can ever have that scent eminating from their shop without a license. Then were looking at a whole new set of collection groups.
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It's too bad the field is already pretty flat, what you are trying to do is make things 100% on the consumers side, and screw the producers, greedy bastards actually trying to make money selling a product that people want.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Oh, that is rich! That's a good one! It's funny because it's totally absurd! If they actually made products people wanted, they wouldn't need a government monopoly.
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It was implied within the context of what I meant, not my fault you don't understand the discussion.
It is your fault for not clearly communicating your idea. Accept some responsibility for the backlash of your comment, for crying out loud.
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If someone is smart they'd put a Redbox next to each one.
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The idea is that people often do go to physical stores, see something, and decide to buy it online (or worse, pirate it online).
If that's their idea, it's an idiotic idea. If you decide to buy the DVD while at the mall, you're not going to buy it online when there's a Suncoast/Best Buy/etc. within 100 feet of you. Does your statement actually make sense to you? Because to anyone with half a brain, it's asinine.
Also, you fail to realize that there are already apps on most everyone's smartphone (at least the people who would be willing to scan QR codes) like Google Goggles and Amazon's app which let you take pictures or scan barcodes and then order what you want online, for cheaper than the movie studios will be trying to sell it for, I'm sure.
Two words for this initiative: Epic Fail.
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I think that was his point. He threw that in as an example of a troll getting people worked up. Nerds like us would instantly snap back with, "Samus was a girl!" and the trolling would be successful.
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A thousand times this! But to keep it simple you just need one QR code. One that sends the user to The Pirate Bay. Now if there was only a way to mobilize thousands of people to execute this prank at all the malls at once...
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Oh, and just because you support someone, doesn't mean they are infallible. He's not the Pope, or Jesus Christ.
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Nice. Way to make those of us who support Ron Paul for POTUS seem crazy by makeing vague death threats implying an upcoming civil war. Thanks a lot, nutjob.
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Well it looks like it's time to scrap this IP address system and start a new one.
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One of the problems I've encountered is that professors aren't teachers. In the science, and some other, departments the professor's main focus is on research and teaching classes is a necessary evil to use the university's facilities, equipment, and other resources. As long as they "teach" X number of classes they can do what they believe they're really there to do.
I wish there was a way to incentivize professors to actually teach students. Tie in student surveys to funding or lab time or something.
Another problem I've seen is that a professor may be so advanced in their field, yet have to teach freshmen and sophmore classes that are, to them, very basic. I've experienced this in a Trigonometry class my freshman year. The professor was brilliant, but she couldn't comprehend that concepts she took for granted weren't common knowledge for her students. She'd assume we grasped everything on the first go around and get frustrated if someone asked her to go over a concept in greater detail.
I can see why she was frustrated, but if you feel the class you're teaching is "beneath" you, then you're not going to make a very good teacher.
Re: I completely agree!
Your parents must be so proud.
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I also thought to vote for "Not Sure" but I feel that would be a little too prophetic.
I see what you did there...
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Enjoy your angry, bitter, miserable life.
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Um... Where did I say Wikileaks was a journalist?