Using a doctor to handle 911 calls is an incredible waste of resources. 911 handles alot more situations then just medical. Let doctors tend patients and let low skill workers man the phones. Hell, if you want to have a single doctor in the call center, thats not a terrible idea, but still a waste of resource.
I have a PPC Mac Mini and a C2D. Both of them were trivial to open, with that caveat that you cant be a complete and total moron. Sorry but 'insert putty knife here' is not rocket science.
Discs cost almost nothing to make. Id argue that it actually costs MORE to stream you a netflix movie then it does to press a disc. At the very least they are in the same ballpark.
THe main problem hollywood has with cheap prices is they are terrified of racing to the bottom. Has nothing to do with cost and everything to do with the consumer's perceived value.
Honestly, anything past 480p is fine for picture quality.It might not be great, but its 'good enough' for everyday viewing. Not everything has to be 1080p/120hz/35 MB/sec video. For MOST films that is WAY overkill. FOr physical discs, uber bit rates are fine, but its overkill in the vast majority of cases. SO try to be realistic and understand that on the whole, streaming/downloading is whole hell of alot more convenient. You can only wave that 'BLU-RAY HAS UBER BIT RATES' flag for so long.
Just because Blu-ray provides a superior picture, doesnt mean that everything below it is garbage and unwatchable.
Thats exactly what Kinect is aimed for, Xbox 3. They have the software guys applying pressure to slow hardware, so this is the stop gap to get the pieces in place and buy time for XBox 3, for which the drumbeat is getting steadily louder. They have no more then 2 years before that drumbeat will get too loud to ignore.
This has the be one of the best examples of a perfect marketroid word.
Kin (family)
Kinetic (motion)
Kinect (connect,social connection, web connection etc,)
Hey genius, you dont put your best and brightest on a project that is a guaranteed revenue LOSS. Linux gaming is a lost cause, please stop asking for dev resources to be wasted on it. Once you can get a desktop userbase that exceeds Apple's, then you can start asking.. There is no reason why you cant pony up $120 for a gaming OS.
I agree 100%. Hell even the CIA uses a.com in its recruiting ads. Drives me up the wall. If you feel the people you are marketing to are so dumb that they cant handle a different TLD besides.com, then you are doing it wrong.
Its this attitude that a little corruption is permissible that allows stuff like this to happen. The law is very often DAMN specific, and if you want to wield it, you better conduct the process with extreme precision. Officers doing traffic duty should be experts in car makes and models, considering the varying laws concerning older vehicles, capabilities, allowable modifications etc. A mistake like that in a legal case shows lack of precision in record keeping, as the make and model can easily be verified through the cars VIN. An officer who is a car expert would even be able to at least partially decode the VIN from memory ( enough for manufacturer codes and model distinctions). It is not unreasonable to ask that those who are charged with enforcing the law be very familiar with it, especially considering how nuanced vehicular law can be.
We do not have to be forever shackled to the laptop paradigm. It is OK to develop other types of computers. A laptop is not the END ALL solution for computing. It is a great general purpose design, but there are many areas it can be improved. Not every type of personal computer in the world is going to require a full hardware keyboard to be useful, why is this so hard to understand?
You are kidding right? I had a Winmo 5 (XV6700)for 4 years. The times a program properly installed i can count on my fingers. When i bought it I had all these dreams of remote access, playing music, movies, maybe some games. In the end all it ever did was make calls and played solitaire. My Palm Pre is like its made by god in comparison. I will NEVER buy a windows based phone again.
I disregard WinMo through YEARS of personal experience. Please explain to me how WebOS and the Pre is not a 'real' hardware software stack?
They changed the machines to include windows and partnered with Intel. Once they started discussions with MS, i lost all respect for the project as that was what the whole idea was supposed to be against. The way OLPC was billed in the beginning was a rugged linux computer with all open sourced software to avoid software vendor lock in. AT least thats what i took away from the initial OLPC discussions.
I realize they had lofty goals, but to see them fail so utterly in their mission takes away most of their credibility. The whole point was to bring computers to the developing world and break vendor lock in.
Microsoft will become less and less important in the years to come when we can easily break their lock-in with all manner of mobile internet appliances. MS days as the 10,000 lb gorilla are coming to an end. They have to reach out or die a slow and horrible death as the need for Office or even the need for a desktop dwindles. I imagine the future where your desktop is more server then client.
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This is an idea that should be shielded from lawsuits. Tired of human innovation being held up because the people on the slow bus.
Using a doctor to handle 911 calls is an incredible waste of resources. 911 handles alot more situations then just medical. Let doctors tend patients and let low skill workers man the phones. Hell, if you want to have a single doctor in the call center, thats not a terrible idea, but still a waste of resource.
USB soundcard..... Also, i think those 3.5mm jacks are dual electrical/optical.
I have a PPC Mac Mini and a C2D. Both of them were trivial to open, with that caveat that you cant be a complete and total moron. Sorry but 'insert putty knife here' is not rocket science.
Discs cost almost nothing to make. Id argue that it actually costs MORE to stream you a netflix movie then it does to press a disc. At the very least they are in the same ballpark. THe main problem hollywood has with cheap prices is they are terrified of racing to the bottom. Has nothing to do with cost and everything to do with the consumer's perceived value.
Honestly, anything past 480p is fine for picture quality.It might not be great, but its 'good enough' for everyday viewing. Not everything has to be 1080p/120hz/35 MB/sec video. For MOST films that is WAY overkill. FOr physical discs, uber bit rates are fine, but its overkill in the vast majority of cases. SO try to be realistic and understand that on the whole, streaming/downloading is whole hell of alot more convenient. You can only wave that 'BLU-RAY HAS UBER BIT RATES' flag for so long. Just because Blu-ray provides a superior picture, doesnt mean that everything below it is garbage and unwatchable.
Thats exactly what Kinect is aimed for, Xbox 3. They have the software guys applying pressure to slow hardware, so this is the stop gap to get the pieces in place and buy time for XBox 3, for which the drumbeat is getting steadily louder. They have no more then 2 years before that drumbeat will get too loud to ignore.
In most other industries this would be considered illegal as a clear conflict of interest.
This has the be one of the best examples of a perfect marketroid word. Kin (family) Kinetic (motion) Kinect (connect,social connection, web connection etc,)
Hey genius, you dont put your best and brightest on a project that is a guaranteed revenue LOSS. Linux gaming is a lost cause, please stop asking for dev resources to be wasted on it. Once you can get a desktop userbase that exceeds Apple's, then you can start asking.. There is no reason why you cant pony up $120 for a gaming OS.
YES, absolutely.
I wouldnt average over 75 because my car doesnt feel safe over 80. Most people's wont go over 90, no matter what the speed limit is set at.
I agree 100%. Hell even the CIA uses a .com in its recruiting ads. Drives me up the wall. If you feel the people you are marketing to are so dumb that they cant handle a different TLD besides .com, then you are doing it wrong.
Its this attitude that a little corruption is permissible that allows stuff like this to happen. The law is very often DAMN specific, and if you want to wield it, you better conduct the process with extreme precision. Officers doing traffic duty should be experts in car makes and models, considering the varying laws concerning older vehicles, capabilities, allowable modifications etc. A mistake like that in a legal case shows lack of precision in record keeping, as the make and model can easily be verified through the cars VIN. An officer who is a car expert would even be able to at least partially decode the VIN from memory ( enough for manufacturer codes and model distinctions). It is not unreasonable to ask that those who are charged with enforcing the law be very familiar with it, especially considering how nuanced vehicular law can be.
We do not have to be forever shackled to the laptop paradigm. It is OK to develop other types of computers. A laptop is not the END ALL solution for computing. It is a great general purpose design, but there are many areas it can be improved. Not every type of personal computer in the world is going to require a full hardware keyboard to be useful, why is this so hard to understand?
All the 'online check' does is register your serial with a battle.net account. Also, HL2 required online activation 6 years ago.
I have 100 GB of steam backups on my NAS. Comes in handy as I like to play mods and sometimes you'll bork a game modding it.
You are kidding right? I had a Winmo 5 (XV6700)for 4 years. The times a program properly installed i can count on my fingers. When i bought it I had all these dreams of remote access, playing music, movies, maybe some games. In the end all it ever did was make calls and played solitaire. My Palm Pre is like its made by god in comparison. I will NEVER buy a windows based phone again. I disregard WinMo through YEARS of personal experience. Please explain to me how WebOS and the Pre is not a 'real' hardware software stack?
Encryption only protects the content of the communication, not the fact that the communication occurred, which in itself is possible usable evidence.
When i finished ME2, i put down my controller and stated "This was a better story then 90% of science fiction movies I have seen in my lifetime."
Why not just have Seth Green play him?
They changed the machines to include windows and partnered with Intel. Once they started discussions with MS, i lost all respect for the project as that was what the whole idea was supposed to be against. The way OLPC was billed in the beginning was a rugged linux computer with all open sourced software to avoid software vendor lock in. AT least thats what i took away from the initial OLPC discussions.
I realize they had lofty goals, but to see them fail so utterly in their mission takes away most of their credibility. The whole point was to bring computers to the developing world and break vendor lock in.
Microsoft will become less and less important in the years to come when we can easily break their lock-in with all manner of mobile internet appliances. MS days as the 10,000 lb gorilla are coming to an end. They have to reach out or die a slow and horrible death as the need for Office or even the need for a desktop dwindles. I imagine the future where your desktop is more server then client.
Its frustrating that 5 years came and went and we arent even HEARING about next gen discussions.