Imagine Bioware trying to convince their bosses to fund a new RPG SWTOR single player game after sinking 200 million into SWTOR MMO. Not gonna happen. These MMOs are setup to carry the IP for DECADES. There will be no more TES games as we know them now, just like there will never be a Warcraft 4.
Assumption. I never stated anything close to what you assumed or thought i implied. The OP stated that the mere EXISTENCE of another unit of measure caused the problem, when the true problem arose from a human incorrectly interpreting the issue. It doesnt matter what we call the units, an idiot is going to fuck it up anyways.
There is nothing obsolete about the Imperial system. Its a unit of measure like anything else. It may not be as elegant as some other systems, but it works just fine. DO you really need to be able to divide by 10 to feel better about it? The ONLY difference between metric and imperial is that metric is easily understood by idiots.
Logically false. You are saying that the existence of a different measuring system is the cause of the human failure to differentiate. It was a human failure, what you are asking for is to dumb it down so humans cant fail in that way anymore. I assure you, humans will find some other way to foul it up, no matter how many rubber bumpers you put on things.
THe point of my comment was that any large internet company can do what Dropbox does and that dropbox rides the coattails of another service. Im glad you like it, but I dont see them surviving in the face of the big players rolling out storage. I used dropbox because they had a client for everything, but if they dont change their pricing soon, i'll be moving over to Gdrive.
Because they dont have a monopoly, thats why. Sometimes i think people forget how far MS went and how truly abusive they became. Apple is just guarding its slice of the pie, they know they will never reach MS's level of ubiquity (back in the day). MS tried to eat the whole pie, forever.
I really dislike people who reduce the tools I use every day to run my business as a fashion accessory. A LOT of people buy it for the status, most denizens of this board buy it for other reasons.
Hubs require wall warts. That ALONE justifies another run of cable, not to mention you now have a backup line. Also, wifi is not a synonym for ethernet cable. They are not the same and accomplish their jobs in very different ways. Hard line is ALWAYS better, all things being equal. If you can wire it feasibly, then do so.
It eats into my bandwidth cap. If i had no cap, i might think different about it but its not as simple as $8/month. Its $8 plus $0.26/GB. ($65/mo cable, 250 GB cap, 25 down/3 up)
ok you got me, RTF, but since Word opens it, its really a non-issue.. The basic policy is, if she cant open it by default in the most current version of Word, it gets pushed back to the submitter for re-formatting.
HR does that because PDF and HTML and.DOC can be used as attack vectors so why accept anything but the 'standard'? In short, it costs more money to support other types, both in increased update and security costs.
Even PDFs I balk at since I rooted my ipad with one. And lol at you thinking she cant 'edit' it. Ever hear of copy/paste? I fail to see what you think you gain from this, its just text. All that data has to be put into the database somehow or do you think that using PDF will stop the data from being disseminated?
Agree. Word is the last true gotta have MS product. My wife is a recruiter and if people submit their resumes in anything other then.doc(x) i tell her to push back to the candidate and get a properly formatted resume. Its not because i want her to be elitist, but because its the path of least resistance from our perspective. I dont have to maintain other programs for her to catch weirdo formats. I really hate having to do this, but from a business perspective its the only logical choice.
And what do you do with the old mac? O thats right you can sell it for almost as much as you paid for it. You cant even get a G5 mac for under $250 used and that is a dead architecture.
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Imagine Bioware trying to convince their bosses to fund a new RPG SWTOR single player game after sinking 200 million into SWTOR MMO. Not gonna happen. These MMOs are setup to carry the IP for DECADES. There will be no more TES games as we know them now, just like there will never be a Warcraft 4.
A million mod points for you sir
sent from my mac (haha couldnt resist after seeing your sig)
Assumption. I never stated anything close to what you assumed or thought i implied. The OP stated that the mere EXISTENCE of another unit of measure caused the problem, when the true problem arose from a human incorrectly interpreting the issue. It doesnt matter what we call the units, an idiot is going to fuck it up anyways.
There is nothing obsolete about the Imperial system. Its a unit of measure like anything else. It may not be as elegant as some other systems, but it works just fine. DO you really need to be able to divide by 10 to feel better about it? The ONLY difference between metric and imperial is that metric is easily understood by idiots.
Logically false. You are saying that the existence of a different measuring system is the cause of the human failure to differentiate. It was a human failure, what you are asking for is to dumb it down so humans cant fail in that way anymore. I assure you, humans will find some other way to foul it up, no matter how many rubber bumpers you put on things.
THe point of my comment was that any large internet company can do what Dropbox does and that dropbox rides the coattails of another service. Im glad you like it, but I dont see them surviving in the face of the big players rolling out storage. I used dropbox because they had a client for everything, but if they dont change their pricing soon, i'll be moving over to Gdrive.
Because they dont have a monopoly, thats why. Sometimes i think people forget how far MS went and how truly abusive they became. Apple is just guarding its slice of the pie, they know they will never reach MS's level of ubiquity (back in the day). MS tried to eat the whole pie, forever.
I really dislike people who reduce the tools I use every day to run my business as a fashion accessory. A LOT of people buy it for the status, most denizens of this board buy it for other reasons.
I hope anyone isnt fond of dropbox. Its an easily replaceable service. Arent they using EC2 anyways?
So no internet, no beer?
Hubs require wall warts. That ALONE justifies another run of cable, not to mention you now have a backup line. Also, wifi is not a synonym for ethernet cable. They are not the same and accomplish their jobs in very different ways. Hard line is ALWAYS better, all things being equal. If you can wire it feasibly, then do so.
I ran RG6 to my outlets for antenna to each TV. If the network fails, we still get live TV.
It eats into my bandwidth cap. If i had no cap, i might think different about it but its not as simple as $8/month. Its $8 plus $0.26/GB. ($65/mo cable, 250 GB cap, 25 down/3 up)
ok you got me, RTF, but since Word opens it, its really a non-issue.. The basic policy is, if she cant open it by default in the most current version of Word, it gets pushed back to the submitter for re-formatting.
"Federally Sanctioned Media Provider" I hate to be that guy, but what exactly do you think OTA TV is?
P.S. i run Tivo + antenna too.
Glad I got my antenna up and working (46 miles out from the TX). Turned in my cable box and I cancelled hulu 3 minutes ago. Netflix is next.
HR does that because PDF and HTML and .DOC can be used as attack vectors so why accept anything but the 'standard'? In short, it costs more money to support other types, both in increased update and security costs.
Even PDFs I balk at since I rooted my ipad with one. And lol at you thinking she cant 'edit' it. Ever hear of copy/paste? I fail to see what you think you gain from this, its just text. All that data has to be put into the database somehow or do you think that using PDF will stop the data from being disseminated?
I think of Pearl Harbor every Dec 7th, and I was born in the 70s.
Radio is just a promotion venue like any other, not the standard by which one decides if they are an artist or not.
Agree. Word is the last true gotta have MS product. My wife is a recruiter and if people submit their resumes in anything other then .doc(x) i tell her to push back to the candidate and get a properly formatted resume. Its not because i want her to be elitist, but because its the path of least resistance from our perspective. I dont have to maintain other programs for her to catch weirdo formats. I really hate having to do this, but from a business perspective its the only logical choice.
Tell them to use Pro at home too, especially with the rise of NAS as backup.
NO they are not. People CHOOSE to work with the record companies for fame and fortune, not for the sake of art.
And what do you do with the old mac? O thats right you can sell it for almost as much as you paid for it. You cant even get a G5 mac for under $250 used and that is a dead architecture.
So this Mustang Cobra uses more gas, runs hotter, and its only a half a second faster in the 1/4 mile then the stock mustang?
P.S. You should check out the Ivy Bridge pricing before opening your stupid mouth.