Actually a 7 day outage might be just enough to wake people up to the importance of patching your infrastructure That and I'm afraid it would awaken certain governments with the sudden realization now is the chance to install a large scale surveillance infrastructure (or something just as evil) all in the name of fighting the terrorists that caused the disturbance. Oh and I'm sure there would be provisions added to enforce copyright while they're at it.
But, I dont really see how having more bandwidth would cause anymore damage... It's the damage done to various corporate bottom lines wherein lies the problem. Infrastructure isn't cheap to build and I'm sure north american broadband appears to be 'good enough' to many who are in a position to do something about it.
I had IE8 in use for some time. I installed it for no particular reason and didn't really notice any particular difference (not that I was truly looking for any truth be told, it was just shiny and new). It ran reasonably fast, memory consumption wasn't wildly different from previous incarnations, pages displayed roughly the same as with any modern browser. No crashes... So yeah, not much to talk about from an end use experience. Although it should be noted FF is my primary browser so my actual use was limited to sites that were broken under anything but IE or when a program needed it's rendering engine.
While Google uses ordinary hardware components for its servers... I thought that was an interesting quote as well but for different reasons. Once I read the about failure rates I thought maybe the vendor wouldn't enjoy being mentioned. But sure enough there it was, good ol' Intel. I just wish they would of specified a bit more as to what they consider "ordinary hardware".
Early termination fee's are ridiculous, I can understand an earlier time when the costs of building the cellular network were to be thought of. Now it would seem they like their little cash cow, must help them subsidize the latest shitty phone. It's a shame it's taken this many years for it to finally get some government attention.
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS): TESS will use a bank of six telescopes to observe the brightest 2.5 million stars and discover more than 1,000 Earth-to-Jupiter-sized planets around them. That will certainly be approved, the press releases alone will pay for itself.
Instead of 10 "known not obscene", I would assume it would be more akin to George Carlin's 7 words you can't say on TV. That is I can see how this might be an attempt at bringing broadcast television style internet to the masses.
Free is Overrated but only in the sense that having the physical media (disc, case, booklets, cardboard sleeves, etc) is part of the experience and fun, especially when you truly enjoy the content. Granted there is much media I've consumed that I wouldn't have if it would of required the insertion of a disc or what have you. But once I find those rare gems a free stream or download just won't cut it. The sooner they realize there are places for free no-drm content just as there are places where it is worth a purchase... The prob for them is not everything they create is worth a purchase. Or at least enough purchases to ensure a nice juicy profit...
I believe the main issues were reliability, cost and lack of noticeable speed gains when using the CD-ROM in common tasks. Although there isn't much to be found (or said) about them anymore. It would seem the increased density of today's optical media put a damper on the need for increased spindle speeds making multiple lasers an unattractive way to boost speeds.
Also if I remember correctly they were entering a market at a time when CD-R/RW drives were becoming more cost competitive.
If you can listen, you can save True that, but you can always make saving such an endeavor the vast majority of people will choose to buy instead of using whatever work around is available. But even then it's only a matter of time before ease of use would catch up...
I'm still trying to see what makes this diffrent from some sort of personalized internet radio station, which isn't a bad idea for some. It certainly shouldn't be the end of discussion for legit music over the net tho.
Bzzzt, wrong. Laws are meant to protect corporate and government interests. True that. It seems once you get the basic ten commandmentish rules in the books the law makers end up with entirely to much time on their hands to serve their own interests.
The most common implication I've seen tossed about is the whole "WoW has dumbed down MMO's forever, and oh, how I long for the EQ/UO good old days." There is something to that; certainly WoW showed MMO publishers how to make a product that's friendly to the masses. In this case, it's "defer all the annoying repetitive grind until the endgame",...
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Players who've picked up the basic skills, and maxed out a half dozen characters, and are now bored to tears with WoW's pointless and repetitive endgame grindfest. I'm assuming you don't even play the games your talking about do you?
Everquest, which I played from retail release on, had no actual skill requirements until end game. It was the quintessential "grindfest". No one longs for EQ1, sure some days I wish I could go back to when it was top dog, before all the expansions and it took 45mins to run from one town to the next, but I think that really boils down to looking at the past through rose colored glasses.
Anyways I like MMO's and I've played more then my fair share and I feel your comments do not reflect the reality present today. As WoW is a wonderful system that seems to aim at three distinct play styles, large groups=tactics=thinking, pvp=tactics=thinking, solo=grinding. So yeah I guess if you are going to pay 15 bucks a month to play by yourself you have way worse problems on your hand then how boring, addicting, formulated or whatever the game is. As the fact remains these are multi player games and it's the people working within the system that makes them fun. Not the system itself...
The fact remains these are wonderful games, WoW imho being the most finely tuned and polished. That is why it is and will continue to be the leader in this market for the foreseeable future.
That summary read like a piece of proganada. I mean I have no doubt its going to be an excellent game and I am huge fan of the series and video games in general. But with so much hype before release, as seems to be the norm these days. I'm started to wonder about the motivation of such glow reviews. Sure it's probably fanboyism and follow the leader mentality, but a small part of me wonders if this isn't just some propaganda to ensure a nice bottom line.
Maybe, but Yahoo isn't just a search engine, is it.. I guess your correct in that statement, but I tend to think of it as it was when I first started using it. Wasn't much more than a search engine with a directory attached back then, but now they have too much going on on their front page. Sure search.yahoo.com is good, but I am under the perception their priorities lie elsewhere...
I don't think it's likely that yahoo will disappear, after all, it has a lot of customers. I don't think it will disappear either but I do think it will cease to be of any improtance rather quickly, only floated by whatever scheme Microsoft devises to get Windows users there. Default start pages and what have you, it wouldn't have to be that way, but I just don't see a world where Microsoft owns something like Yahoo, or Flickr and doesn't rebrand it and attempt a half assed integration into it's existing products.
Slashdot Mirror
A look at corporate head quarters sheds some additional light on the situation.
I got your 9 Volts of Love right here
I had IE8 in use for some time. I installed it for no particular reason and didn't really notice any particular difference (not that I was truly looking for any truth be told, it was just shiny and new). It ran reasonably fast, memory consumption wasn't wildly different from previous incarnations, pages displayed roughly the same as with any modern browser. No crashes... So yeah, not much to talk about from an end use experience. Although it should be noted FF is my primary browser so my actual use was limited to sites that were broken under anything but IE or when a program needed it's rendering engine.
Early termination fee's are ridiculous, I can understand an earlier time when the costs of building the cellular network were to be thought of. Now it would seem they like their little cash cow, must help them subsidize the latest shitty phone. It's a shame it's taken this many years for it to finally get some government attention.
Yes but what is your video card? I have a ATI x1800 XT that runs hot even when idle, I've often wondered how much it has increased idle consumption.
Instead of 10 "known not obscene", I would assume it would be more akin to George Carlin's 7 words you can't say on TV. That is I can see how this might be an attempt at bringing broadcast television style internet to the masses.
Took a couple seasons before I liked Stewart but in the end he was a good replacement.
Free is Overrated but only in the sense that having the physical media (disc, case, booklets, cardboard sleeves, etc) is part of the experience and fun, especially when you truly enjoy the content. Granted there is much media I've consumed that I wouldn't have if it would of required the insertion of a disc or what have you. But once I find those rare gems a free stream or download just won't cut it. The sooner they realize there are places for free no-drm content just as there are places where it is worth a purchase... The prob for them is not everything they create is worth a purchase. Or at least enough purchases to ensure a nice juicy profit...
It was done long ago during the twilight of CD only drive...
See...
http://everything2.com/e2node/TrueX
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM#Transfer_rates
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Multiheaded_20CD-ROM
I believe the main issues were reliability, cost and lack of noticeable speed gains when using the CD-ROM in common tasks. Although there isn't much to be found (or said) about them anymore. It would seem the increased density of today's optical media put a damper on the need for increased spindle speeds making multiple lasers an unattractive way to boost speeds.
Also if I remember correctly they were entering a market at a time when CD-R/RW drives were becoming more cost competitive.
I'm still trying to see what makes this diffrent from some sort of personalized internet radio station, which isn't a bad idea for some. It certainly shouldn't be the end of discussion for legit music over the net tho.
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Players who've picked up the basic skills, and maxed out a half dozen characters, and are now bored to tears with WoW's pointless and repetitive endgame grindfest. I'm assuming you don't even play the games your talking about do you? Everquest, which I played from retail release on, had no actual skill requirements until end game. It was the quintessential "grindfest". No one longs for EQ1, sure some days I wish I could go back to when it was top dog, before all the expansions and it took 45mins to run from one town to the next, but I think that really boils down to looking at the past through rose colored glasses.
Anyways I like MMO's and I've played more then my fair share and I feel your comments do not reflect the reality present today. As WoW is a wonderful system that seems to aim at three distinct play styles, large groups=tactics=thinking, pvp=tactics=thinking, solo=grinding. So yeah I guess if you are going to pay 15 bucks a month to play by yourself you have way worse problems on your hand then how boring, addicting, formulated or whatever the game is. As the fact remains these are multi player games and it's the people working within the system that makes them fun. Not the system itself...
The fact remains these are wonderful games, WoW imho being the most finely tuned and polished. That is why it is and will continue to be the leader in this market for the foreseeable future.
That summary read like a piece of proganada. I mean I have no doubt its going to be an excellent game and I am huge fan of the series and video games in general. But with so much hype before release, as seems to be the norm these days. I'm started to wonder about the motivation of such glow reviews. Sure it's probably fanboyism and follow the leader mentality, but a small part of me wonders if this isn't just some propaganda to ensure a nice bottom line.
I view his statement as pro-communist propaganda.
Spoken like a true commie, why don't you go back to your communal farm Ivan!
"Great! How much do we have now?"
"One hundred pesos!"