I've really gotten away from using a mouse for anything, if I can help it. I have gotten too used to using a laptop and just being too lazy to drag out the bluetooth mouse. It's really difficult to claim anything can be faster than keyboard, as by the time most people finish wiggling their mouse to the target the keystrokes are overwith.
I think this is pretty cool, whether the games are good or not it is always interesting to see the ones that didn't make it to market for one reason or another.
Did you ever notice you are on Google, and not the Wiki search page, when you make that observation?
Not sure what point you are trying to make with that.
Yes I understand there are other links in the world, but it stands to reason that Wikipedia can practically stand on it's own if it is typically the "most relevant link" on most searches.
Sure, google will always "exist", just as webcrawler and lycos still do, but their relevance isn't exactly impressive anymore.
Hitting the moon would seem to have much more dire consequences, yes? Destabilizing it's orbit would have a *slight* impact on the future of our planet. Very good chance of us not being around in 2036 I would wager.
All that being said, I am sure they can tell where the moon is and determine whether or not it will be hit. I could judge that from Starry Night Pro, so I'm certain NASA can.
Quite simply, if they were there for safety, cities would put warning signs up at intersections that have cameras, people would slow down, less people would run lights, and less accidents would occur. I have never seen a warning sign at such an intersection, so their financial motives are pretty clear.
This is exactly the case. I actually have seen the warning signs at extremely dangerous intersections, and they do wonders for the running (legitimate) light problem.
However, we all have seen many places where there is no warning sign, and the obvious reason is the almighty dollar.
So fill me in on the details, did this work back then? If it's already in existence and supposedly better, why is no one making it?
Or is it just not better?
Honest questions, I have no idea and don't always trust wiki 'opinions':)
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Totally agree, good thoughts. I still don't like their response that it is "obviously a targeted attack", how the hell does an attack start at the FACTORY?
Now, if they pushed Verizon to bid higher to win the contract won't they just charge the end users more? Myself, I am happy they did it, even if it drives prices up. I'd rather pay more for an open solution than have just another closed one, even if it is C-block. Openness in this space can transform the country.
You're giving too much credit to the ISO which passes this. If the vote is somehow intimidated by Microsoft (we all know they NEVER intimidate anyone on purpose), then this serves as no judgement whatsoever on the validity of OOXML.
It is the kind of thinking that you just exhibited that is the the scariest, the fact that some might view this as "oh wow, Microsoft isn't all that evil after all".
And when the RIAA/Sony/whoever comes to prosecute you for filesharing, they really care that it's just your 15 year old son sharing a torrent against your permission.
This couldn't be more wonderful. Hopefully they really get nailed for it. If they are so focused on Intellectual Property that people can't even modify their own gear they have purchased or back up their own Blu-Ray's, they need to get nailed for an actual blatent, intentional misuse of another company's software.
POD is as flexible as you want it to be. My company (InfoPrint Solutions, formerly of IBM) markets two full-color, fully-variable printers which can handle large format. The shape issue is just up to the trimmers after it prints.
Regardless of what some may claim, POD is very much "one-off" technology. The initial work is very small to setup a job if the source PDF/PostScript/IPDS(AFP) is setup correctly.
Given that, I'm sure Amazon will police very heavily what they will do in-house, unless they will charge enough to make it worthwhile for themselves. I can see this as a ploy like "well now we want 80% because it's completely one-stop-shopping!!!"
Not all POD houses are like this. Many "real" printing shops are still fly-by-night. They might not use fully variable data and cheaper EP printers, but still $20M Gutenburg's which burn their own plates. I've seen too many of these lives for 18 months on marketing demos then pack up and leave town. I have also seen companies who spend $2M total on their printers with EP technology and stayed in it for the long haul, with quality being a #1 priority.
POD does not necessarily mean crappy covers and shit print quality.
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Best first post ever.
Wow... I could certainly seeing wanting to save money yourself but to have a OEM company put in ad-supported software you can't even upgrade....wow
I guess it is SonyI've really gotten away from using a mouse for anything, if I can help it. I have gotten too used to using a laptop and just being too lazy to drag out the bluetooth mouse. It's really difficult to claim anything can be faster than keyboard, as by the time most people finish wiggling their mouse to the target the keystrokes are overwith.
I have to say I'm surprised this wasn't covered by some sort of patent already, or will tomorrow's Slashdot include the accompanying lawsuit?
I type this from a Macbook, but mine is the cheapest one which didn't get multi-touch :(
I think this is pretty cool, whether the games are good or not it is always interesting to see the ones that didn't make it to market for one reason or another.
Mod up for eventual funny and an awesome sig.
Not sure what point you are trying to make with that.
Yes I understand there are other links in the world, but it stands to reason that Wikipedia can practically stand on it's own if it is typically the "most relevant link" on most searches.
Sure, google will always "exist", just as webcrawler and lycos still do, but their relevance isn't exactly impressive anymore.
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Not sure how google will outlive the threat from human-tagged information, both from social networks and Wiki's.
Ever notice Wiki is in the top three hits to EVERY SEARCH in Google?
Hitting the moon would seem to have much more dire consequences, yes? Destabilizing it's orbit would have a *slight* impact on the future of our planet. Very good chance of us not being around in 2036 I would wager.
All that being said, I am sure they can tell where the moon is and determine whether or not it will be hit. I could judge that from Starry Night Pro, so I'm certain NASA can.
I agree with that, best post in the silly temperature units argument, mod parent up ^^
This is exactly the case. I actually have seen the warning signs at extremely dangerous intersections, and they do wonders for the running (legitimate) light problem.
However, we all have seen many places where there is no warning sign, and the obvious reason is the almighty dollar.
Touche' Hit me with some logic and see how it goes :) lol
So fill me in on the details, did this work back then? If it's already in existence and supposedly better, why is no one making it? Or is it just not better? Honest questions, I have no idea and don't always trust wiki 'opinions' :)
Thanks
Gold.
Totally agree, good thoughts. I still don't like their response that it is "obviously a targeted attack", how the hell does an attack start at the FACTORY?
I see it the other way... Once I start taking backups my HDD's never fail, it's when I forget that they crash.
And if they didn't, we have another closed solution. Yay?
You're giving too much credit to the ISO which passes this. If the vote is somehow intimidated by Microsoft (we all know they NEVER intimidate anyone on purpose), then this serves as no judgement whatsoever on the validity of OOXML.
It is the kind of thinking that you just exhibited that is the the scariest, the fact that some might view this as "oh wow, Microsoft isn't all that evil after all".
And when the RIAA/Sony/whoever comes to prosecute you for filesharing, they really care that it's just your 15 year old son sharing a torrent against your permission.
Maybe they need to check their code a bit better?
This couldn't be more wonderful. Hopefully they really get nailed for it. If they are so focused on Intellectual Property that people can't even modify their own gear they have purchased or back up their own Blu-Ray's, they need to get nailed for an actual blatent, intentional misuse of another company's software.
POD is as flexible as you want it to be. My company (InfoPrint Solutions, formerly of IBM) markets two full-color, fully-variable printers which can handle large format. The shape issue is just up to the trimmers after it prints.
Regardless of what some may claim, POD is very much "one-off" technology. The initial work is very small to setup a job if the source PDF/PostScript/IPDS(AFP) is setup correctly.
Given that, I'm sure Amazon will police very heavily what they will do in-house, unless they will charge enough to make it worthwhile for themselves. I can see this as a ploy like "well now we want 80% because it's completely one-stop-shopping!!!"
Not all POD houses are like this. Many "real" printing shops are still fly-by-night. They might not use fully variable data and cheaper EP printers, but still $20M Gutenburg's which burn their own plates. I've seen too many of these lives for 18 months on marketing demos then pack up and leave town. I have also seen companies who spend $2M total on their printers with EP technology and stayed in it for the long haul, with quality being a #1 priority.
POD does not necessarily mean crappy covers and shit print quality.