In the hospitality industry ALOT of big players still use AS/400's to run their hotels and accounting offices. The AS/400's almost never go down unless there is a severe hardware problem, which is really important in a 24 hour industry.
I am a programmer for a Property Management System vendor (who I am pushing to try to support linux) and we change/fix/add things on a daily basis. I'm working on the new system based in C++ however our old system has been in the market for over 20 years and still gets changed at least once a month.
The sign of a *good* software package is growth. It show's that the company cares, and is willing to help. I don't know about you, but I don't like stale software.
I think this is actually a valid point, and even though it was made by an AC, it should be modded up to at least 1.
Delphi (And C++ Builder) don't hide code from you, you can always toggle to the source and all your event code and functions you have written are right there for you to look at.
Even with conference calls, like the person below me mentioned, the cost and S/N ratio of calling 50 people from different countries isn't worth the money involved.
Not to mention the fact that by the time you got around to dialing the 50th phone number, the time involved makes it impractical at best.
Sometimes three-way calls are unbearable, I couldn't imagine even having 5-10 people on the same line and carrying on any kind of coherent conversations.
I think they were probably more referring to the fact that 50 people in disparate places can all talk to each other simultaneously.
Sure you had "Party Lines" and whatnot but they are fairly localized. This is the first time in human history where You or I can talk to our friends in 15 different countries at exactly the same time like we were sitting in the same room.
Hang on folks, were in for quite the ride in the next 15-20 years.
With the addition of the CompactFlash adapter from people like MatchBook Drive and Innogear along with the software from Kopsis Handspring devices now have compact flash storage with VFS support (Currently in beta) so they can run all the fancy apps made for PalmOS 4's VFS support (Storing data and programs on the CF cards and launching from them).
Which I could actually see being a valid point until you realize that a series of Microsoft's OWN SERVERS didn't have the patch installed and were infected by the worm, and then tried to affect others.
It will only take *ONE* person ripping a cd to mp3 and putting it up on a service like Gnutella before it spreads out to everyone who wants it.
The only way to really slow it down is to make it so difficult to extract the actual music that it's not worth the effort to do so. The problem being, when it gets to that point, imagine what it will be like for the average consumer?
(Customer Service Rep): Hello thank you for calling , how may I help you?
(Customer): I can't play my cd in my cd player!
(CSR): Can you give me the "Super ID #" On the cd, and the "Product ID#" on your cd player please?
(C): *gives #*
(CSR): *looks up id#* Oh I'm sorry! you need a model security upgrade 49.7023 before you can play that cd!
(C): *Customer hangs up and quits buying music*
I don't really think it will slow down piracy.
It will only take *ONE* person ripping a cd to mp3 and putting it up on a service like Gnutella before it spreads out to everyone who wants it.
The only way to really slow it down is to make it so difficult to extract the actual music that it's not worth the effort to do so. The problem being, when it gets to that point, imagine what it will be like for the average consumer?
: Hello thank you for calling , how may I help you?
: I can't play my cd in my cd player!
: Can you give me the "Super ID #" On the cd, and the "Product ID#" on your cd player please?
: *gives #*
*looks up id#* Oh I'm sorry! you need a model security upgrade 49.7023 before you can play that cd!
: *Customer hangs up and quits buying music*
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I think I managed to do you one better!
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Amazing!
Yes, mine are fine how are yours?
Link up Super Circuit brings back the days of the good old Super Mario Kart on SNES.
On the Gamecube we have Super Smash Bros. Melee, arguably one of the best party games ever.
GBA has a TV adapter with rumors of another company also making one.
There is a review here:
http://pocket.ign.com/news/40498.html
And the homepage is here:
http://www.gbatv.com/
Good news then.
Just wait a little bit longer and the guy over at:
http://www.portablemonopoly.com/
Will be selling kits that enable you to add back lighting to your gameboy advance for somewhere in the neighborhood of $30-$50.
It's even toggleable to save battery life.
"The GB audience is little kids. They know "Game Boy" better than anything MS puts out."
I disagree about that.
I'm getting to the point of being annoyed with people immediately saying "Nintendo == Kids".
There are plenty of games that are just plain fun. Who cares what your friends think if you play a nintendo game if it's fun?
I own a Gamecube, and a Gameboy Advance (That I bought because of the linking feature with the gamecube) and I don't regret it.
I'm a 23 year old computer game enthusiast. I own Super Mario Kart advance, Super Mario advance, Doom, and even Monster Rancher advance.
In short, if it's fun play it. If your worried about what your friends think, don't. But don't call it "kiddie" which really doesn't mean anything.
Except using an HTTP proxy won't always work due to the fact that "The Internet"(resounding boom) is not made up of merely web servers.
I agree with that, to an extent.
In the hospitality industry ALOT of big players still use AS/400's to run their hotels and accounting offices. The AS/400's almost never go down unless there is a severe hardware problem, which is really important in a 24 hour industry.
I have to agree with you here.
I am a programmer for a Property Management System vendor (who I am pushing to try to support linux) and we change/fix/add things on a daily basis. I'm working on the new system based in C++ however our old system has been in the market for over 20 years and still gets changed at least once a month.
The sign of a *good* software package is growth. It show's that the company cares, and is willing to help. I don't know about you, but I don't like stale software.
I think this is actually a valid point, and even though it was made by an AC, it should be modded up to at least 1.
Delphi (And C++ Builder) don't hide code from you, you can always toggle to the source and all your event code and functions you have written are right there for you to look at.
And now third.
Even with conference calls, like the person below me mentioned, the cost and S/N ratio of calling 50 people from different countries isn't worth the money involved.
Not to mention the fact that by the time you got around to dialing the 50th phone number, the time involved makes it impractical at best.
Sometimes three-way calls are unbearable, I couldn't imagine even having 5-10 people on the same line and carrying on any kind of coherent conversations.
I think they were probably more referring to the fact that 50 people in disparate places can all talk to each other simultaneously.
Sure you had "Party Lines" and whatnot but they are fairly localized. This is the first time in human history where You or I can talk to our friends in 15 different countries at exactly the same time like we were sitting in the same room.
Hang on folks, were in for quite the ride in the next 15-20 years.
"Entertainment in nature of competitive events featuring robots."
That sounds to me like there would be no confusing the services provided by battlebots.org and that description.
I know I prefer a good hardcover book to my thermometer any day! ;)
Except for the fact that there are a lot of IRC channels and web sites dedicated to "book warez".
Some of it is public domain, alot of it is not. Regardless it already exists and has for quite some time.
Build it and they will come I suppose...
I have an older TV so I bought a RF converter box for my DVD player.
It lets me put the signal through my VCR and record DVD's just fine.
Without it I get a fading in and out of the picture which I assume is the copy protection.
With the addition of the CompactFlash adapter from people like MatchBook Drive and Innogear along with the software from Kopsis Handspring devices now have compact flash storage with VFS support (Currently in beta) so they can run all the fancy apps made for PalmOS 4's VFS support (Storing data and programs on the CF cards and launching from them).
You forgot to run Liberty(Gameboy Emulator) on the palm emulation ;)
Which I could actually see being a valid point until you realize that a series of Microsoft's OWN SERVERS didn't have the patch installed and were infected by the worm, and then tried to affect others.
Man I can smell the Irony from here.
*SIGH* that will teach me not to preview.
I don't really think it will slow down piracy.
It will only take *ONE* person ripping a cd to mp3 and putting it up on a service like Gnutella before it spreads out to everyone who wants it.
The only way to really slow it down is to make it so difficult to extract the actual music that it's not worth the effort to do so. The problem being, when it gets to that point, imagine what it will be like for the average consumer?
(Customer Service Rep): Hello thank you for calling , how may I help you?
(Customer): I can't play my cd in my cd player!
(CSR): Can you give me the "Super ID #" On the cd, and the "Product ID#" on your cd player please?
(C): *gives #*
(CSR): *looks up id#* Oh I'm sorry! you need a model security upgrade 49.7023 before you can play that cd!
(C): *Customer hangs up and quits buying music*
I don't really think it will slow down piracy. It will only take *ONE* person ripping a cd to mp3 and putting it up on a service like Gnutella before it spreads out to everyone who wants it. The only way to really slow it down is to make it so difficult to extract the actual music that it's not worth the effort to do so. The problem being, when it gets to that point, imagine what it will be like for the average consumer? : Hello thank you for calling , how may I help you? : I can't play my cd in my cd player! : Can you give me the "Super ID #" On the cd, and the "Product ID#" on your cd player please? : *gives #* *looks up id#* Oh I'm sorry! you need a model security upgrade 49.7023 before you can play that cd! : *Customer hangs up and quits buying music*
The sad thing is, with the DMCA Adobe will never have to increase said protection because it is illegal to bypass it no matter how shoddy it is.
It's sad when it gets to the point that the more lawyers and lobbyists you hire the more power you afford.
Someone mod this up, I think this summarizes it perfectly.
Maybe it should randomly moderate up or down ;).
How do you figure?
;)
$0.59 X 60 secs = $35.40
$35.40 X 60 Mins = $2,124.00
$2124.00 X 24 hours = $50,976.00
$50,976 X 30 Days = $1,529,280.00 a month
Does the University of Georgia own the Internet or something?