Obviously they need to hold on to Halo 3 until the next version of Windows comes out so they can force a few gamers to upgrade Windows just to play a year old game that should run fine on Windows 2000.
That graph is entertaining. All studio art majors were not virgins... Yet the surprising twist was that a whopping 63% of CS majors had participated in sex.
Honestly, nerds have less sex is hardly a headline. That's like saying, "we did a study that suggests cars with bigger engines go faster". Is Captain Obvious their lead researcher?
Also, when is the last time the government passed a law to help the petroleum industry? Last I heard they were trying to shoot it in the foot with an anti-gouging law (where gouging isn't clearly defined).
The flash disks have much higher transfer rates. That $140 CF card is only 40x. If you can live with slow transfer rates, go for it. You'll still get quicker access times than a hard drive. You win some, you lose some.
People predicted that offices would go paperless, and that cars would fly too. But the reality is, if you don't need the portability, why spend the extra money to get a laptop? Plus desktops will always have greater power, easier upgrades, standard hardware, and more perhiperals.
Have you ever played it... It's horrible. Disgustingly horrible. But when you start playing multiplayer, it's a riot to play because you get to watch other people humiliate themselves in order to not lose. A good example of a horrible game being fun. Watching other people submit themselves to misery.
Could be your local Time Warner branch. I had roadrunner installed a few months ago, and there wasn't a computer in the house when it was installed. He ran the line, hooked up the modem, started up his laptop, did his thing, and then left. I then hooked up my router, started up my Ubuntu laptop and everything worked fine. Never had any problems with the service. Now cable TV is something else, but I've always gotten excellent service for roadrunner.
Ahh, the gasoline reference. No one can let it slip through. Your analogy between gas and cell phones falls apart because with gas, everyone sells the same product, and uses the same delivery method. Imagine what would happen in the cell industry if there was only 3 types of phones (all that did the exact same thing), and service was identical because they all used the same towers. I'd be willing to bet that all the cell phone rates would be the same.
You forget the physics card that you really need if you are going to show off your billion dollar machine. Of course pretty soon they'll have dual physics cards that run in parallel to compliment your dual-core processor, dual-channel memory, SLI graphics, and RAID array.
(Before someone else replies, I have the most likely response, "Necessary? Is it necessary that I drink my own urine? No, but I do it anyways because it's sterile and I like the taste." -Patches O'Houlihan)
With the power of the Opera Browser on the Wii, Nintendo has ensured that hardcore will exist forever. Porn on your TV, powered by your console. How is that ditching hardcore?
The next release will be interesting to see. Being a LTS version, I can see it spreading rather quickly and staying there for quite a while. It definitely has had a lot of upgrades since the last LTS flavor.
I think the main reason Ubuntu is doing so well is that it has a consistent and relatively quick release cycle, so it always has the latest drivers/software/utilities and more importantly, it has great package management build on Debian. That was always what I disliked about Debian, that it took way to long for programs to filter down to the stable repos.
Props to you Ubuntu and friends, I look forward to working with you down the road.
Considering the blender that comes with it is worth 400 bucks, I'd say it's not a bad deal. Unless of course, the blender is the one they used in the show too, in which case it's probably a bit screwed up.
I would assume it was either the LCD touchscreen, the Li-Ion battery or the combination of both. Who knows, but it was definitely cooler than most. Though I did like the IT blending one just because they threw in a Windows Vista CD.
Sorry I was so crass before, but the Wii has been out forever, and how you didn't know these things were included is beyond me... But I included a link that shows a Wii Box with a rather prominent marker to indicate Wii Sports being included. This matches my Wii Box (along with all the rest sold in the US). http://videogamecentral.com/wii_box_retail_box2.jp g/
No, you're wrong. I bought the console, and in the box there was a wiimote, a nunchuck, and a Wii Sports disk. You sir, are a moron. Or maybe you live outside the US and Nintendo is screwing you in the ass.
It most certainly is. It is stored at atmospheric pressure!
Captain Obvious aside, It is not vented to the outside air, as that would be a large source of product loss, much larger than the difference in volume caused by temperature change.
You need to get out of your paranoid hole in the ground and look at the big picture. Oil prices are set ON THE MARKET. People trade it just like any other commodity. The prices are set by supply and demand. Now OPEC has significant sway with supply, I'll give you that, but they hold no where near 80% of the supply in the first place.
The real competition though is in the refining market. That is where profit is made in the petroleum market. If you can refine products for less that your competitors, you have a huge advantage.
As for your gas stations theory, you are obviously not familiar with how the market works, because gas companies make money at the terminal, where they sell gasoline by the tanker load, then the retailer tries to break even, while making profit on bottled water, soda, and beef jerky.
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Obviously they need to hold on to Halo 3 until the next version of Windows comes out so they can force a few gamers to upgrade Windows just to play a year old game that should run fine on Windows 2000.
That graph is entertaining. All studio art majors were not virgins... Yet the surprising twist was that a whopping 63% of CS majors had participated in sex.
Honestly, nerds have less sex is hardly a headline. That's like saying, "we did a study that suggests cars with bigger engines go faster". Is Captain Obvious their lead researcher?
You mean Linux doesn't stand for "Linux Is Not Unix"?
It means to load more letter sized paper.
I think you slashdotted a website efficiency report of Slashdot. Shouldn't that cause a black hole or something?
Also, when is the last time the government passed a law to help the petroleum industry? Last I heard they were trying to shoot it in the foot with an anti-gouging law (where gouging isn't clearly defined).
The flash disks have much higher transfer rates. That $140 CF card is only 40x. If you can live with slow transfer rates, go for it. You'll still get quicker access times than a hard drive. You win some, you lose some.
People predicted that offices would go paperless, and that cars would fly too. But the reality is, if you don't need the portability, why spend the extra money to get a laptop? Plus desktops will always have greater power, easier upgrades, standard hardware, and more perhiperals.
Only 61 results? That's much less than I expected... Then again, I guess phonographs don't come up much on nerd news.
Have you ever played it... It's horrible. Disgustingly horrible. But when you start playing multiplayer, it's a riot to play because you get to watch other people humiliate themselves in order to not lose. A good example of a horrible game being fun. Watching other people submit themselves to misery.
Could be your local Time Warner branch. I had roadrunner installed a few months ago, and there wasn't a computer in the house when it was installed. He ran the line, hooked up the modem, started up his laptop, did his thing, and then left. I then hooked up my router, started up my Ubuntu laptop and everything worked fine. Never had any problems with the service. Now cable TV is something else, but I've always gotten excellent service for roadrunner.
Ahh, the gasoline reference. No one can let it slip through. Your analogy between gas and cell phones falls apart because with gas, everyone sells the same product, and uses the same delivery method. Imagine what would happen in the cell industry if there was only 3 types of phones (all that did the exact same thing), and service was identical because they all used the same towers. I'd be willing to bet that all the cell phone rates would be the same.
You forget the physics card that you really need if you are going to show off your billion dollar machine. Of course pretty soon they'll have dual physics cards that run in parallel to compliment your dual-core processor, dual-channel memory, SLI graphics, and RAID array.
Is this really neccesary?
(Before someone else replies, I have the most likely response, "Necessary? Is it necessary that I drink my own urine? No, but I do it anyways because it's sterile and I like the taste." -Patches O'Houlihan)
With the power of the Opera Browser on the Wii, Nintendo has ensured that hardcore will exist forever. Porn on your TV, powered by your console. How is that ditching hardcore?
OHHHHHH, hardcore GAMERS... My bad.
I guess I was wrong. I thought it would be. I could have sworn every 3rd release was an LTS version. Oh well, I still can't wait, LTS or not.
The next release will be interesting to see. Being a LTS version, I can see it spreading rather quickly and staying there for quite a while. It definitely has had a lot of upgrades since the last LTS flavor.
I think the main reason Ubuntu is doing so well is that it has a consistent and relatively quick release cycle, so it always has the latest drivers/software/utilities and more importantly, it has great package management build on Debian. That was always what I disliked about Debian, that it took way to long for programs to filter down to the stable repos.
Props to you Ubuntu and friends, I look forward to working with you down the road.
Considering the blender that comes with it is worth 400 bucks, I'd say it's not a bad deal. Unless of course, the blender is the one they used in the show too, in which case it's probably a bit screwed up.
I would assume it was either the LCD touchscreen, the Li-Ion battery or the combination of both. Who knows, but it was definitely cooler than most. Though I did like the IT blending one just because they threw in a Windows Vista CD.
It does blend. Quite well actually, better than the Ipod in fact. By the way, you really don't want to BREATHE that stuff.
Sorry I was so crass before, but the Wii has been out forever, and how you didn't know these things were included is beyond me... But I included a link that shows a Wii Box with a rather prominent marker to indicate Wii Sports being included. This matches my Wii Box (along with all the rest sold in the US).p g/
http://videogamecentral.com/wii_box_retail_box2.j
No, you're wrong. I bought the console, and in the box there was a wiimote, a nunchuck, and a Wii Sports disk. You sir, are a moron. Or maybe you live outside the US and Nintendo is screwing you in the ass.
It most certainly is. It is stored at atmospheric pressure!
Captain Obvious aside, It is not vented to the outside air, as that would be a large source of product loss, much larger than the difference in volume caused by temperature change.
You need to get out of your paranoid hole in the ground and look at the big picture. Oil prices are set ON THE MARKET. People trade it just like any other commodity. The prices are set by supply and demand. Now OPEC has significant sway with supply, I'll give you that, but they hold no where near 80% of the supply in the first place.
The real competition though is in the refining market. That is where profit is made in the petroleum market. If you can refine products for less that your competitors, you have a huge advantage.
As for your gas stations theory, you are obviously not familiar with how the market works, because gas companies make money at the terminal, where they sell gasoline by the tanker load, then the retailer tries to break even, while making profit on bottled water, soda, and beef jerky.