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Re: Starbucks Possibly Coming to D&E

Adam Posey — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:23:44 -0000

That's crazy. I wasn't aware of that. But also I like my coffee bitter, so maybe that's why I didn't know. Are there any other nation wide chains that are any good?

Re: Starbucks Possibly Coming to D&E

Adam Posey — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:07:16 -0000

Over yeah, but settled...idk.

Re: Double Rainbow Visits Elkins [Humor]

Adam Posey — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:05:50 -0000

Thanks. :)

Re: Starbucks Possibly Coming to D&E

Adam Posey — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:55:55 -0000

I really wouldn't favor a local shop. I mean the Kissel Stop has pretty good coffee but I think you'd be really stretching it to say that it equaled Starbucks. We should get the best coffee in there possible, for sure. But the brand recognition that comes with a Starbucks is also a big deal.

Re: Journalism out of control?

Adam Posey — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:38:38 -0000

I completely agree. But it seems like reporting itself happens almost automatically via social services. The "Who, what, when, where, and how" all seem taken care of by official press releases or by folks on Twitter. The media were cornered into this position and it seems like now the only thing left is thoughtful punditry—to the extent that we can get it.

Re: Should we stop funding Liberal Arts Education with public dollars?

Adam Posey — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:33:52 -0000

I think there's a real tendency to THINK that MBA degrees and so on build good businessmen, but the truth of the matter seems to be otherwise. The most successful CEOs tend to come from a liberal arts background (Steve Jobs, Gates, Zuckerburg).

Re: Reading list for Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Tax plan…

Adam Posey — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:06:49 -0000

Would have been cool to see the whole list in here. But I digress. I think the 9-9-9 plan certainly has appeal in its simplicity, and a VAT is a good idea by me. What say you?

Re: Dear people who refer to themselves as "Grammar Nazis", You do know what the Nazis did, right? Sincerely, how do you really feel?

Adam Posey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:44:58 -0000

I'm pretty sure that he/she actually failed hard on that comma in the first sentence. I understand that it's still the subject of debate, but still.

Re: Dear people who refer to themselves as "Grammar Nazis", You do know what the Nazis did, right? Sincerely, how do you really feel?

Adam Posey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:43:07 -0000

I'm pretty sure the comma is supposed to go inside the quotes. Also, the last sentence makes absolutely no sense.

Re: I Like My School Like I Like My Coffee: Bold

Adam Posey — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:09:50 -0000

There's an argument to be made for local shops, but there's a good one to be made against it as well. You could always write an op-ed to counter mine. ;)

Re: I Like My School Like I Like My Coffee: Bold

Adam Posey — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:06:12 -0000

Apparently how it works, if my understanding from Student Assembly is correct, is that you don't ask Starbucks to come in—you just buy the license. Smaller schools than ours have Starbucks.

Re: 3D Printers That Can Create Synthetic Blood Vessels – Lois Farrow Parshley – Technology – The Atlantic

Adam Posey — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:44:14 -0000

Holy crap. That's awesome.

Re: I Don’t Think This Is What They Mean By “Dry Campus”.

Adam Posey — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:27:17 -0000

Wait.. you seriously can't get water out of the machine by the gym? Who's idea was that?

Re: I Don’t Think This Is What They Mean By “Dry Campus”.

Adam Posey — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:11:58 -0000

Save the fountains!

Re: D&E Survival Guide Part II — On Writing

Adam Posey — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:48:17 -0000

You can still send it to all the new freshmen. :) Just use the share buttons.

Re: crap4face’s food4brain: GOP & Science

Adam Posey — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:47:42 -0000

Part of his charm, no?

Re: D&E Survival Guide – Adapting to the College Life

Adam Posey — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:09:44 -0000

An excellent addendum. Might I also recommend the city park for reading assignments. It can be quite peaceful.

Re: What is crap4face politics?

Adam Posey — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:59:03 -0000

I did not realize you got called out by Scarborough. That's some massive street fred that gives you, man.

Re: Blizzard: If you’re playing ‘Diablo III’ offline, you’re playing it wrong

Adam Posey — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:27:02 -0000

I'll speak my wallet. By buying it. I'm not one of these blowhards on the internet that has to have everything my way. WoW requires an internet connection and it's fun as hell. Most people will never even knew this debate happened, let alone make a dent in Blizzards pockets.

Re: The Primary Difference Between Mayonnaise and Miracle Whip - The Oatmeal

Adam Posey — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:29:35 -0000

I think i was just cured of my liking miracle whip. Thanks, Oatmeal!

Re: Google Plus' Circles System May Not be Sustainable

Adam Posey — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:30:19 -0000

You seem to be over thinking it a bit. Let's look at these scenarios. Scenario 1 is easily solved by batch management. It's not even difficult to remove EVERYONE from a group RIGHT NOW. You don't need an automated bot for doing that. Takes 30 seconds, if that.

Scenario #2 doesn't scale large enough to become a problem. How many people can you possibly have those kinds of interactions with that require a whopping 3 changes over the course of a few weeks, let's say? Assuming you're not out of work I'm going to go ahead and say at most... 15-20 people? You're complaining about 60-70 clicks over the course of several weeks presumably. I think people will survive. As an aside: if you're developing meaningful relationships with strangers from the internet in batches larger than a dozen at a time you might want to consider seeking help.

What people don't need, or want, is a machine deciding who their friends are. Algorithms might grease the wheels but they don't need to be making decisions for us. The entire purpose of circles is to mimic the reality of human relationships as they exist in the real world. Machines don't understand the nuances of these decisions.

Let's look at one of your proposed solutions: conversation frequency. Best friends do not necessarily talk the most, statistically I'd say they talk less because of relationship security. Co-workers (especially in web work) are probably constantly speaking. Do you want a machine to automatically decide that Joe from work belongs in a more personal circle? Are you going to forget he's there when you switch to a new job?

The truth is that circles don't need micromanaged. If you're a control freak I can see the temptation to micromanage, but I don't see the need for it. Circles makes you organize as a default action. Putting someone in a circle is the new accept and categorizing is zero work. It's fluid, and people are really going to appreciate it.

Re: Apple Thanks Apple Store Employees In Tenth Anniversary Poster

Adam Posey — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:09:54 -0000

I so hope that that poster above isn't the actual thing; the amount of typos in the text is disappointing.

Re: How good is Flipboard competitor Zite?

Adam Posey — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:37:45 -0000

Don't forget that Zite is basically a first iteration product vs. Flipboard's multiple iterations today. I think the Zite concept is superior than Flipboard's RSS reader mentality. Flipboard definitely delivers a superior typographical reading experience with its flippaper feature (or whatever it's called) but outside of that the experience can be widely varied.

I'm in Zite's corner on this one.

Re: Saddleback Ultimate Manly Travel Gear Giveaway

Adam Posey — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:32:15 -0000

I wouldn't just take a weekend anywhere, and I'm not taking a weekend "just anywhere." I'll be spending 3 weeks in Kenya this January and I would love a set of these bags to take with me on safari and traipsing across the mountains and near the beaches.

I'm not one to beg, but screw it, pick me!

Re: Exclusive: Conversation with Steve Jobs on the iPhone 4 antenna problems

Adam Posey — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:10:34 -0000

Apple can't deny physics, nor can the people who paid $199 for the latest in technologies developed by the almighty one.

But seriously.. what did people expect? This phone DOES hold a signal better than other phones and people are in a tizzy because of how the bars are reported in the first place.

If Apple had changed the way the bars mapped out so that 5 meant "damn good signal" and so forth people would see a drop of 1-2 bars when they touched the corner and they wouldn't bitch about it. And honestly it's the phone's tower-searching software that is making the thing drop calls anyway.. not the antenna system.