>> ^Porksandwich:

I feel that him being presumably independently wealthy at the time he made this, puts him in a questionable position. I am not saying he's wrong, but he definitely made a lot of money on his stance. And it's not as if he was turning around and donating the majority of his earnings. Looks like this was shot in his home, his house looked pretty nice...on the large size for a single guy and definitely not a mobile home.
Maybe he was less involved in it than others who have to work daily for their paycheck, but he was definitely involved in the very process he claims to be apart from.
I think until you could produce everything you'd ever need, grow it, make it, whatever with your own hands, tools you fashioned, or machines you designed and built.....you are going to be a part of this system. He's mostly describing greed (more and more stuff) and envy (He has a truck bigger than mine), with a sprinkling of the others. But really, if Carlin didn't care about getting and having stuff, he'd have did shows for free...definitely wouldn't have traveled all over doing his shows for money.


From everything I've ever read, Carlin was extremely grateful that he was able to divorce himself from society as much as he could. It certainly does take money to stand apart from it and still be comfortable but it's not like he didn't work his ass up from nothing to get there.

I don't think that he was against "having stuff", just that people are obsessed with useless bullshit. Trucks are a really good example too. I can't count how many absolutely flawless Ford F150s I see driving around every day. Trucks that are supposed to be cool because they're utilitarian but if they got a single scratch the owner would send them to the shop. They have leather interiors, not because it's the most useful material, but because it's the most expensive. And they're all enormous (and we all know why). Ten people in America actually need an F2500, but thousands of people have them. I think that's the kind of obsession we have with stuff that he's talking about. Not that we want things, but that we're desperate to have and keep them.

Oh, and it's a small point I know, but He wasn't single when this clip was shot. Perhaps his girl didn't see eye to eye on the stuff issue?

>> ^Porksandwich:

I feel that him being presumably independently wealthy at the time he made this, puts him in a questionable position. I am not saying he's wrong, but he definitely made a lot of money on his stance. And it's not as if he was turning around and donating the majority of his earnings. Looks like this was shot in his home, his house looked pretty nice...on the large size for a single guy and definitely not a mobile home.
Maybe he was less involved in it than others who have to work daily for their paycheck, but he was definitely involved in the very process he claims to be apart from.
I think until you could produce everything you'd ever need, grow it, make it, whatever with your own hands, tools you fashioned, or machines you designed and built.....you are going to be a part of this system. He's mostly describing greed (more and more stuff) and envy (He has a truck bigger than mine), with a sprinkling of the others. But really, if Carlin didn't care about getting and having stuff, he'd have did shows for free...definitely wouldn't have traveled all over doing his shows for money.


That's fairly correct. I'd even wager that the "nomads" got lucky and had family that bought land for them to use. Back in the day that was perhaps the best investment you can make. You can get rich barely lifting your finger.

(Except to sign your checks...)

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>> ^kceaton1:

>> ^Enzoblue:
"I'm divorced from it now." - because I got rich and now can afford to be. Show me someone w/o amazing talent that got that divorce, and I'll show you a guy that lives in a van down by the river.

Please, tell us your pay scale so we can respond appropriately. Me, myself, I'm at a satisfactory low-middle class income.


Same.
I guess my beef is he claims to have divorced himself from the rat race and is laughing at those of us still in it. A luxury few can afford. If he was at our income level and did this, he'd be the crazy hobo everyone avoids.
I'm a happy person myself, not very materialistic, but I do feel that until I throw in the towel and become a hobo, I'll always be a part of this downward slope of humanity. I am, willing or no, a part of this system. It makes me feel spiritially guilty that I keep going to work everyday, but I do and the material things make me feel better about it, (let's be honest here).
The people who call me a fool are either independantly wealthy, young with a parental fallback, or bums prattling as I walk by. Occasionally I see a nomadic guy near my age that sems to have it all in hand, but so far every one has had some base income to keep him afloat.

>> ^Enzoblue:

"I'm divorced from it now." - because I got rich and now can afford to be. Show me someone w/o amazing talent that got that divorce, and I'll show you a guy that lives in a van down by the river.


Please, tell us your pay scale so we can respond appropriately. Me, myself, I'm at a satisfactory low-middle class income.

Oh c'mon, there's no way this isn't intentionally bad. Her presentation is hand written on notebook paper with hearts for bullets.

>> ^Yogi:

It's amazing how perceptive, funny, and intelligent Brian Williams can be...and yet still I couldn't watch his program without stabbing forks in my eyes. How can you be this way and not see that your own network...your own show is soo full of shit?


I think he's like this because of the people that surround him; how could you not be. I would also try to make many a joke that they don't understand unless they look up a turn of phrase--on their iPad (a glorified non-cellphone/unless you really need/want to spend that much money on one-"buggy and slow"-device).

Yes, I've used my Dad's. It certainly has some nifty features (which have all been invented or used already), but since it's Apple and it has the name i"x", it must be a game changing, revolutionary, cutting edge, never crashes, solves: world hunger, bi-polar, cancer, Fox News, heralds baby Jesus's return to Earth in North Western Missouri; and it has a shelf/I'm mean battery life of 30.62 days--or so I've heard.

It was semi-slow (that wasn't very surprising); slow in two departments: switching and starting between and new apps or processes. Second, the Wi-Fi connection was flaky (either not downloading or when downloading, even including the occasional burst speeds, it averaged 22 KBps (as I say below it should at least be going 100-200 KBps [this is still incredibly slow], as his connection has a download rate of 1.2-1.5 MBps). I'll play with that a bit more (as I think it may have been the wireless router as he has a 14-Megabit connection).

The games were fun and a few of the apps were great. But, I'd rather have a lightweight fully functional notebook PC with a 16:9 screen, atleast 720p, and a fully customizable network adapter. ...And to be blunt, I'd much rather have Windows 7 or even Vista (fully patched), as both have great functionality and support plus their 64-Bit support is great. Plus I can put in a full Blu-Ray drive that comes with PowerDVD.

Better applications, better games and support. Yes, this is an anti-apple rant as I think all of their once "highly revered" features: functionality, non-crashing, no hacking (hah!), graphical editing applications (which is a "contract" feature), sound editing applications (same as the last), and it's "ease-of-use" (which is now a completely moot point). Apple is still successful, because they find niche products that do well; like the Nintendo DS. The iPod (although the screens break a bit to early, my only complaint) and the iPhone are great products and fill a gap in a niche market. The iPad does the same thing, but from what I've tried it needed another year (plus some spec changes like a 16:9 screen going up to 720p (which is HD not this stupid licensing agreement so they can use the logo on a nice, but NOT HD screen (I think it's XGA or 1024x768), a connection port that could handle a multitude of devices: usb, 1394, ethernet, gamepads, speakers, etc I know it does some of this already, especially in the bluetooth department.

But, I feel that it should have come with the large flash/ssd drive, cell phone features (which they do have, it just costs an arm and a leg), more functionality for the "touch pen" (some mouse-like buttons etc...), FLASH & FULL browser SUPPORT (not having flash, plus other regular features "kills it" in a lot of ways)--Apple has to have their money/way though; I don't think they've got any clue when they shoot themselves in the foot), and a slightly faster (or duo-core) processor to help the experience feel more smooth; they have a: "1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed chip" were as a Intel Atom that has an nVidia extension may have been a better choice (I'm not to sure about battery usage for these guys, but from the devices it was used in it wasn't too bad).

So in the end (damn this was WAY longer than expected) I think they should have refined it for another year. Got some REAL user feedback; give it to people that don't work for the ass-kissing mainstream Apple press-core (yes, I'm talking about the likes of Engadget). Then, actually work on their gripes! People already seem willing to pay an arm and a leg for their stuff, so if the price goes up one-hundred, don't worry all your loyal'ii will still buy it. Anyway...this didn't happen, so I was left feeling underwhelmed by it and would instead by a nice laptop.

BTW, Brian Williams is the shit!

/This post may seem anti=Apple and in a lot of ways it is, but I would like them to make a good tablet (or awesome tablet--if they'd pull their collective heads out of their asses). It seems to me that any company, right now, that takes some time and makes a fast, reliable, easy-to-use, with 720p (and lots of video/codecs support)...will destroy Apple's iPad longterm (right now I just see Android tablets, but the ones I've seen are underwhelming).

//If someone has seen a good tablet coming out that has some of the features that I'm talking about, please throw in a reply.

>> ^maximillian:

Also, This doesn't really look like a computer motherboard, more like a generic, custom circuit board.
Still cool though.

It's defiantly not a standard board, double-sided mating surfaces for interconnects, integrated cpu, gpu, and onboard prom and ram chips probably means it's for a notebook, eeepc, or some type of tablet.


One thing I miss working in the industry was the smell, there's something unique about the smell of a freshly coated board just having been hot-soldiered. Of course now with all the whining they've switched to lead free. Wonder what the failure rate based on hot-flexing and tinning is. If it's under 15% I'll be surprised. I'll say it's at least 10%, which is a miserable failure.

I mean come on, it's not like people chew on motherboards. Replacing a tried and tested technology with something inferior and without proper testing is setting you up for failure. Well I guess we can blame environmentalists and insane politicians for that one.

I don't even know where to start with this one. You still have me laughing because I actually think you're serious. >> ^mrsid:

>> ^blutruth:
>> ^mrsid:
Watching blu-ray on a sub-HD notebook screen? FAIL!
And if you really want to, you can rent it from iTunes, that's cheaper...


I'm curious what you're referring to when you say sub-HD notebook screen. If, by chance, you're implying that there are no Windows 7 laptops out there with BluRay support and 1920x1080 displays, then you are mistaken.

Just judging by the size of a typical airplane tray table, the video seems to be about 11" or smaller notebooks...

>> ^blutruth:

>> ^mrsid:
Watching blu-ray on a sub-HD notebook screen? FAIL!
And if you really want to, you can rent it from iTunes, that's cheaper...


I'm curious what you're referring to when you say sub-HD notebook screen. If, by chance, you're implying that there are no Windows 7 laptops out there with BluRay support and 1920x1080 displays, then you are mistaken.


Just judging by the size of a typical airplane tray table, the video seems to be about 11" or smaller notebooks...

>> ^mrsid:

Watching blu-ray on a sub-HD notebook screen? FAIL!
And if you really want to, you can rent it from iTunes, that's cheaper...



I'm curious what you're referring to when you say sub-HD notebook screen. If, by chance, you're implying that there are no Windows 7 laptops out there with BluRay support and 1920x1080 displays, then you are mistaken.

Watching blu-ray on a sub-HD notebook screen? FAIL!
And if you really want to, you can rent it from iTunes, that's cheaper...

HP HDX 18t notebook PC

>> ^Kofi:

My notebook keeps falling off my lap whenever I try to finish watching this. Pesky video.


You really shouldn't have your laptop on your lap.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythema_ab_igne

My notebook keeps falling off my lap whenever I try to finish watching this. Pesky video.