One thing I saw when I upgraded my Amstrad CPC 1512 to a 486 with a SVGA Display 320x200 16 color games just didn't look as good any more. Mainly the high resolution high DPI monitor made these pixel nice little squares. Where the Amstrad had a low DPI where each pixel were a bit rounded and a little grainy. This made dithered 16 color graphics look much more realistic, when the EGA dithered the colors, it felt like a 128 color display. So now with 4k displays, We should be able to emulated the old low DPI displays and see the games much closer to to how we use to see them.
Why would you say that? Samsungs Failures will often lead to Apple not doing the same thing. So it may be many more more years until Apple makes a folding phone.
Just like the Note 7 Fires, Embolden the iPhone 7 stance of getting rid of the Headphone Jack. As it root cause seems that the phone was too tightly packed in the the device, where apple removed to port to give the battery a little more room.
Who knows, if the Note 7 didn't catch on fire, perhaps Apples "Courage" to drop the port, would be right back on the next version of the phones.
With the Samsung fold issues, Apple will be justified in their stance to not release such tech. If the product was reliable, Apple would have to start following that trend, and they will need to make a better new device again.
It is the customers who pay for it. Businesses especially in areas that are customer facing. Will spend a lot of money on mostly useless luxury items. That Gold Plated Logo that is 5 feet wide, on a wall with expensive fabric wall paper, Plush leather chairs, in a solid wood conference table. All to tell the customers that they are a company that is successful, and is setup to offer long term service, and isn't a fly by night operation.
A lot of demo's products while look cool and are seen favorably never make it to the market because there is the issue of getting critical mass from it. While I am sure some people would pay 8k for a D&D table, I doubt it will be enough to justify the build and marketing for it. But also there is a lot of Science Fiction Computer UI while many technically possible, are just impractical in real life. For example the Transparent Display It looks good in the movies, but it is so the Camera Man can see the Actors head and the data they are looking at the same time. In real life you are going to be sure you place that display in the right spot, otherwise you background is going to clash with what you are trying to read.
You can probably just mount your Surface Hub horizontally on a table if you want that specialist configuration.
What has Trump done to earn my respect? He has consistently said and done things that in my core find cruel and evil. This is with growing up in a Conservative Household, and having many of my values based on Conservative values.
The problem is Science in particular became a partisan ideology. Because many of the scientific studies show results that may conflict with the effectiveness of the steps taken to follow an ideology. Conservatives who's core base are Religious and the Wealthy Class. Will reject science that goes against the words in the bible, or what will make it harder to run a business as usual. Normally they reject science that says "This is bad" Liberals who's core base are Academics and Working Class. Will reject science that has a literary history of warning about it, or which is back by big businesses. Normally they reject science that says "This is good"
This makes sense as Conservatives have the gut instinctive to keep things as they are (If it ain't broke then don't fix it). So when Science points to something they have lived their life thinking it is perfectly fine now saying it is bad, makes them uncomfortable.
This also makes sense for Liberals as they have the gut instinct to change things and make them better. The status quo means stagnation, so when science says something that has been made is fine and safe, there is little room to make it better.
So if a Science class is teaching the man made global warming, evolution, vaccines, genetic modification they are not trying to be partisan, but the partisans are applying their rejection to the science thinking it is not me that is wrong, but the whole institution.
Except there is a world economy built on that model. Heck this post alone is using millions of miles of electrified infrastructure and I am sure most of it isn’t powered by clean energy. I say this not to guilt you, but point out the environmental problems are not easily fixed with a quick legislation or public outcry. There is demand for such products alternatives will need to be made and economies need to be altered.
The problem with PC gaming is the difference of quality between two different PC's Depending on your video card, your CPU, how much Ram you have... This makes some games run superior to a console, and on a slightly different PC (Still modern) you have bugs and performance problems.
You get a Playstation or an XBox and match their names, you mostly expect the games to run consistently. The biggest point of branding, isn't that a brand is superior, but a brand is consistent.
Their Sales and marketing team feel like their job is in jeopardy if they just rebrand the product with a new number. 3 or 4 times of doing this normally gets them nervous so they will want to give a new edgier new name. Heck Microsoft decided to call their Latest Browser Edge. I expect they will rename Windows 10 in a few more years to just Windows or Windows Edge or something stupid like that.
Grrr. Hate everything popular. Must maintain superiority by sticking to the Can Film festival. Because these artistic movies are by no means just the same.
That was my understanding. I am no fan of Assange, but Manning is the real criminal/hero (depending on your point of view) for the leaks. Assange, is just a glorified blogger who is just full of himself.
Would it be the moral compass of the voters that need to be fixed? The problem is we are trying to find a politician who will solve all our problems, so we keep on voting in bozos who try to solve all our problems, and often will fail miserably because our problems are diverse and will conflict with others problems.
We really need to solve most of our own problems, and for bigger ones, it should be up to the local governments, and giving national government the least amount of problems to solve. Because a national sweeping change, is going to hurt a lot of people.
Perfection is often a goal to disaster. Good Enough is actually a better goal. Then with improvements later on. Lets say this new 3d heard will work 75% as well as a healthy human heart transplant. So the patient may not be able to run sprints or marathons, but it is better then their own heart that is working at 25% of normal.
Animal Testing then human trials are part of the course. I am not sure what you are expecting a 100% effective human heart to be implanted perfectly without any testing?
"Socialism" is a loaded word. The problem is a lot of Communist Countries used the Term Socialism as part of their excuse for heavy handed violations in peoples liberties. While Socialism, isn't communism, or even opposed to capitalism, Socialism, is more of rule of thumb to apply regulation on areas showing a trend to be be more harmful then good, and making sure there is a social safety net available, to allow people the ability to take risks in life.
The being the BBC news, not Fox News or MSNBC, I expect a degree of professional journalism from them. There is little to gain from making him seem like a model resident vs. a horrible human. In terms of the court and countries that want him to see locked up behind bars, they have more evidence to show thean being a bad house guest.
Why would one, wage war on every first world nation? Even fans of Assange, wouldn't do what he does, because most of us are sane enough to not risk everything we have, separate ourselves from friends and families.
From his rants and ravings, I expect this guy just isn't right in the head. Normally these "warriors of the norm" tend to have issues with basic common courtesy. Part of the outrage from what is considered normal for these people, because they just cannot understand normal conditions needed to live with other people. Often, people who don't understand why people treat them poorly, they assume it is their fault, where it just may be them making others uncomfortable.
Being such an outsider is probably what drives him to do what he does, but it is also putting him into additional trouble. He was a guest of the Ecuador government, he seemed to think that the government is an unbreakable ally, not realizing that governments are just a group of people, the same groups of people he has a hard time dealing with.
Most companies have a Love Hate relationship with Refurbished equipment. They hate it because people are buying their products that they have already sold so they are not getting money from it. However they also love it because people are not buying the competing product.
Apple is in a stronger position if those who cannot afford new Apple products but get refurbished means still more people using the Apple Ecosystem so they still may buy a cheap app or songs that is money in their pocket.
That is a very over simplistic view. Unless you are a one issue voter. Right now I am not Happy with the GOP. Mostly due to the the fact that Trump Stands for Cruelty Division and rarely anti-intellectualism, and for the most part the GOP Leadership has been silent, even as he opposes values that use to be strong in the GOP area, mostly because He ran for President with the Republican Party. I think both parties are the same, because if someone like Trump ran and won for the Democratic side, then the Democrat Leadership would probably be just as silent while the GOP will be in all outrage.
Net Neutrality isn't a liberal or a conservative issue. I can see both side supporting and or rejecting applying a Left wing or a Right wing philosophy to it. But because it had gotten some serious Lobbing from big money makers it became a partisan issue. Because it is a two party system, have to prioritize all are views, and pick the lesser of two evils.
A company that is growing quickly is also normally creating a lot of debt. Unfortunately this field of dreams style of business is very risky. Besides Debt, a fast growing company is getting stuck in the way they use to do business when they are small compared to how the need to do business when they are larger. These changes also mess up their growth and profit projections and often creat more stress because the investments from their debts are not paying off. It is possible for a company to grow fast and not hit this problem but that requires real company leadership not just some guys who is playing by ear, and just feels vindicated from their past success.
Technology never dies, as long as someone is using it. However a Dead technology means there is no more support or new products from its licensed company.
We still have MS Dos 3.0 systems fully functioning and used for business. There are still people making games for legacy systems such as the Commodore 64
But they are dead technology too, because there is no official point of support.
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One thing I saw when I upgraded my Amstrad CPC 1512 to a 486 with a SVGA Display 320x200 16 color games just didn't look as good any more. Mainly the high resolution high DPI monitor made these pixel nice little squares. Where the Amstrad had a low DPI where each pixel were a bit rounded and a little grainy. This made dithered 16 color graphics look much more realistic, when the EGA dithered the colors, it felt like a 128 color display.
So now with 4k displays, We should be able to emulated the old low DPI displays and see the games much closer to to how we use to see them.
Why would you say that?
Samsungs Failures will often lead to Apple not doing the same thing. So it may be many more more years until Apple makes a folding phone.
Just like the Note 7 Fires, Embolden the iPhone 7 stance of getting rid of the Headphone Jack. As it root cause seems that the phone was too tightly packed in the the device, where apple removed to port to give the battery a little more room.
Who knows, if the Note 7 didn't catch on fire, perhaps Apples "Courage" to drop the port, would be right back on the next version of the phones.
With the Samsung fold issues, Apple will be justified in their stance to not release such tech. If the product was reliable, Apple would have to start following that trend, and they will need to make a better new device again.
But they are companies built just around making packaging materials.
It is the customers who pay for it. Businesses especially in areas that are customer facing. Will spend a lot of money on mostly useless luxury items. That Gold Plated Logo that is 5 feet wide, on a wall with expensive fabric wall paper, Plush leather chairs, in a solid wood conference table. All to tell the customers that they are a company that is successful, and is setup to offer long term service, and isn't a fly by night operation.
A lot of demo's products while look cool and are seen favorably never make it to the market because there is the issue of getting critical mass from it.
While I am sure some people would pay 8k for a D&D table, I doubt it will be enough to justify the build and marketing for it. But also there is a lot of Science Fiction Computer UI while many technically possible, are just impractical in real life. For example the Transparent Display It looks good in the movies, but it is so the Camera Man can see the Actors head and the data they are looking at the same time. In real life you are going to be sure you place that display in the right spot, otherwise you background is going to clash with what you are trying to read.
You can probably just mount your Surface Hub horizontally on a table if you want that specialist configuration.
Have you looked into the working conditions of Silicon Valley?
What has Trump done to earn my respect? He has consistently said and done things that in my core find cruel and evil. This is with growing up in a Conservative Household, and having many of my values based on Conservative values.
The problem is Science in particular became a partisan ideology. Because many of the scientific studies show results that may conflict with the effectiveness of the steps taken to follow an ideology.
Conservatives who's core base are Religious and the Wealthy Class. Will reject science that goes against the words in the bible, or what will make it harder to run a business as usual. Normally they reject science that says "This is bad"
Liberals who's core base are Academics and Working Class. Will reject science that has a literary history of warning about it, or which is back by big businesses. Normally they reject science that says "This is good"
This makes sense as Conservatives have the gut instinctive to keep things as they are (If it ain't broke then don't fix it). So when Science points to something they have lived their life thinking it is perfectly fine now saying it is bad, makes them uncomfortable.
This also makes sense for Liberals as they have the gut instinct to change things and make them better. The status quo means stagnation, so when science says something that has been made is fine and safe, there is little room to make it better.
So if a Science class is teaching the man made global warming, evolution, vaccines, genetic modification they are not trying to be partisan, but the partisans are applying their rejection to the science thinking it is not me that is wrong, but the whole institution.
Except there is a world economy built on that model. Heck this post alone is using millions of miles of electrified infrastructure and I am sure most of it isn’t powered by clean energy. I say this not to guilt you, but point out the environmental problems are not easily fixed with a quick legislation or public outcry. There is demand for such products alternatives will need to be made and economies need to be altered.
The problem with PC gaming is the difference of quality between two different PC's Depending on your video card, your CPU, how much Ram you have... This makes some games run superior to a console, and on a slightly different PC (Still modern) you have bugs and performance problems.
You get a Playstation or an XBox and match their names, you mostly expect the games to run consistently.
The biggest point of branding, isn't that a brand is superior, but a brand is consistent.
Their Sales and marketing team feel like their job is in jeopardy if they just rebrand the product with a new number. 3 or 4 times of doing this normally gets them nervous so they will want to give a new edgier new name. Heck Microsoft decided to call their Latest Browser Edge. I expect they will rename Windows 10 in a few more years to just Windows or Windows Edge or something stupid like that.
Grrr. Hate everything popular. Must maintain superiority by sticking to the Can Film festival. Because these artistic movies are by no means just the same.
I never stated it was. I just don't like Assange, it doesn't mean I think he needs to go to jail.
That was my understanding.
I am no fan of Assange, but Manning is the real criminal/hero (depending on your point of view) for the leaks. Assange, is just a glorified blogger who is just full of himself.
Would it be the moral compass of the voters that need to be fixed?
The problem is we are trying to find a politician who will solve all our problems, so we keep on voting in bozos who try to solve all our problems, and often will fail miserably because our problems are diverse and will conflict with others problems.
We really need to solve most of our own problems, and for bigger ones, it should be up to the local governments, and giving national government the least amount of problems to solve. Because a national sweeping change, is going to hurt a lot of people.
Perfection is often a goal to disaster.
Good Enough is actually a better goal. Then with improvements later on.
Lets say this new 3d heard will work 75% as well as a healthy human heart transplant. So the patient may not be able to run sprints or marathons, but it is better then their own heart that is working at 25% of normal.
Animal Testing then human trials are part of the course. I am not sure what you are expecting a 100% effective human heart to be implanted perfectly without any testing?
"Socialism" is a loaded word. The problem is a lot of Communist Countries used the Term Socialism as part of their excuse for heavy handed violations in peoples liberties. While Socialism, isn't communism, or even opposed to capitalism, Socialism, is more of rule of thumb to apply regulation on areas showing a trend to be be more harmful then good, and making sure there is a social safety net available, to allow people the ability to take risks in life.
I thought the sales problem is how the xbox one is lagging in technology. Making it difficult for the next generation of games to come to play.
The being the BBC news, not Fox News or MSNBC, I expect a degree of professional journalism from them. There is little to gain from making him seem like a model resident vs. a horrible human. In terms of the court and countries that want him to see locked up behind bars, they have more evidence to show thean being a bad house guest.
Why would one, wage war on every first world nation? Even fans of Assange, wouldn't do what he does, because most of us are sane enough to not risk everything we have, separate ourselves from friends and families.
From his rants and ravings, I expect this guy just isn't right in the head. Normally these "warriors of the norm" tend to have issues with basic common courtesy. Part of the outrage from what is considered normal for these people, because they just cannot understand normal conditions needed to live with other people.
Often, people who don't understand why people treat them poorly, they assume it is their fault, where it just may be them making others uncomfortable.
Being such an outsider is probably what drives him to do what he does, but it is also putting him into additional trouble. He was a guest of the Ecuador government, he seemed to think that the government is an unbreakable ally, not realizing that governments are just a group of people, the same groups of people he has a hard time dealing with.
Most companies have a Love Hate relationship with Refurbished equipment. They hate it because people are buying their products that they have already sold so they are not getting money from it. However they also love it because people are not buying the competing product.
Apple is in a stronger position if those who cannot afford new Apple products but get refurbished means still more people using the Apple Ecosystem so they still may buy a cheap app or songs that is money in their pocket.
That is a very over simplistic view. Unless you are a one issue voter.
Right now I am not Happy with the GOP. Mostly due to the the fact that Trump Stands for Cruelty Division and rarely anti-intellectualism, and for the most part the GOP Leadership has been silent, even as he opposes values that use to be strong in the GOP area, mostly because He ran for President with the Republican Party. I think both parties are the same, because if someone like Trump ran and won for the Democratic side, then the Democrat Leadership would probably be just as silent while the GOP will be in all outrage.
Net Neutrality isn't a liberal or a conservative issue. I can see both side supporting and or rejecting applying a Left wing or a Right wing philosophy to it. But because it had gotten some serious Lobbing from big money makers it became a partisan issue. Because it is a two party system, have to prioritize all are views, and pick the lesser of two evils.
A company that is growing quickly is also normally creating a lot of debt. Unfortunately this field of dreams style of business is very risky. Besides Debt, a fast growing company is getting stuck in the way they use to do business when they are small compared to how the need to do business when they are larger. These changes also mess up their growth and profit projections and often creat more stress because the investments from their debts are not paying off.
It is possible for a company to grow fast and not hit this problem but that requires real company leadership not just some guys who is playing by ear, and just feels vindicated from their past success.
Technology never dies, as long as someone is using it.
However a Dead technology means there is no more support or new products from its licensed company.
We still have MS Dos 3.0 systems fully functioning and used for business.
There are still people making games for legacy systems such as the Commodore 64
But they are dead technology too, because there is no official point of support.