I can't see the RIAA setting a precedent by doing a settlement. If they do settle it opens up a lot more cases against them with the thoughts of scoring that same $1-2 million purse in hopes of a settlement. I think they're in a situation where they NEED to win this case or things will finally start to crumble for them.
I'm just glad they're finally going to have to answer to someone.
I'm not sure what you're implying by the "anti-PS3 crowd"? That only die-hard PS3 fans are technically savvy enough to want an HD player? Or is it just a troll remark? The market is made up of a lot of different people on ALL sides of the console front; some for gaming, some for the overall capabilities of a console and, with the war being over, a BD player first and a game console second.
Most of my time is still playing PC games but I also have an Xbox and have no interest in a PS3 even for the BluRay. I have a lot of interest in BluRay but not through a PS3 or the "new" pricing scheme that they've seemed to now drop on consumers for stand-alone players. I'll bid my time and hopefully Microsoft releases a BD player at some point in the upcoming months as has been the rumor.
I've been completely happy with my company issued T61. I'm not excessively hard on laptops but they get banged around and used a lot at home. Overall I think they're very nice laptops. My previous T42 was equally durable.
To be honest, I never thought I'd sing praises of an IBM product but after being away from them many years I wish I would have picked one of them up instead of the HP that I bought.
Great post, thanks for the link! Actually if you read through a bit it looks like theres something about getting shader support with non-DX10 cards. I too didn't take too much time in reading... I wanted to bookmark it and revisit for a possible attempt this weekend.:)
Thanks again for the link!
I'll bite... I have two Ron Paul topics... 1. Why is he running as a Republican? 2. Why is he STILL running?:)
As for your attack, WTF man, you need to get some grounding in reality. Lay off the expresso.;)
Actually if you're referring to the old dial machines which were used for many years, yes it was quite easy to "rig". I think the past 2 Presidential elections have garnered more scrutiny and as with technology, the internet continues to increase the dose of news you get about something whether it's completely accurate or not. I'm sure the problems with Diebold in Cuyahoga county this past election also puts the Ohio SOS on edge for the 2008 Presidential election.
I had some involvement in this but can't say anything about results...don't care to deal with disclosure agreements.
None of the systems (which is easy to see from articles from California to Ohio) are 100% reliable and having had the chance to work a lot with various equipment, I think scanners are about as close as you get to marking the "X" as someone else had said they wanted. I think the ability to act maliciously is there for anything, you're not going to get around that even with marking "X"... Someone has to count that X and while it may be 99% reliable, it's not full-proof. I also think that some officials are looking for the impossibility of a full-proof system at some point you have to rely on humans.
The other part most people are missing is reliability, it's not just about someone being malicious. Does the platform hold votes reliably, can votes be lost from neglect (not intentional), etc? It's overall integrity and not just looking at if an election can be "stolen".
There's an old saying in Tennessee, I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee... that says fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me...you can't get fooled again.
Companies or channels? I'm in Ohio and glad I don't have the company that doesn't offer the Big 10 Network or NFL Network while I enjoy both in HD on Insight. I never thought I'd say something like that but my Insight service has been rock solid the past 2 years.
I completely agree. Some people give Google an easy way to go, no matter what they may do. Google's domination on the web (services & future media kings?) could very well be a scary thing. There's competition but with the way they tie things together, I'd imagine a lot of people don't go to far from their iGoogle home. It could very well be the future desktop of a lot of people. AND Google has a leg up on MS for future domination with their presentation and the amount of (as said before) services and ever growing media involvement.
As for storing personal documents (your entire life) on the web, is it the company providing the service or the government that we have to fear, or is it both?? I'm far from a conspiracy theorist but I think it's an open (or should I say back) door for government (US at least) to easily obtain information that they want using flawed legislation that's in place today and that's aside from the hack threat.
That was simply my point. The hopes of Linux gaining wide-range support on the desktop has been getting more and more attention but mostly by people on sites such as this who want the popularity. The problem is that it's a small number in general and saying "A lot of new users get bitchslapped because they deserve it." is what kills it.
There's a lot of people out there who need training wheels to get them rolling and then they're off to the races. I understand it can be frustrating at times but you can't have it both ways... Either people need to embrace and help new users or they need to quite tauting how Linux is ready for the general desktop. In no way am I trying to piss anyone off with that comment, I just keep seeing people post how it's set it and forget it but you've made the perfect point that it's not, Kadin.
I have Ubuntu installed and work part of the time with it and I also think that there are some fantastic utility distros out there that have saved me a lot of time.
As for the WalMart phone support... I wonder how many people are going to call and say that a friend gave them a CD or they picked a 5 year old copy of Wheel of Fortune in the bargain bin at WalMart and it won't run on their PC (not knowing any difference between Windows and Linux)?
Honestly I think market acceptance would be greatly help if (as I repeat over and over) the typical Linux users attitude would change. Hate to say it but the hardcore Linux group tends to have a superiority complex and rather than answer questions, they become overly sensitive, defensive and generally talk down to people because they can't get a feature to work. I'm not saying all are like this but I've read a lot of forums where new users are talked to like they're stupid rather than just a new user in a foreign playground.
If Apple were to release their OS, without throwing in Intel's hardware, it would be. Unfortunately Apple continues the straight and narrow as a hardware company. Part of what saves Apple from something like this is controlling their empire with tighter leashes than Microsoft. I'm not putting them down but if they were to start releasing the OS without requiring their relabeled hardware they would be fighting similar issues. Apple is out to make money just the same.
I also think it's the latter... It's amazing that a company as Alienware, that caters to geeks, is afraid to release something that every geek would eat up. Then again I build my own systems because they add little value to a good system built inside of a nice case (like the Antec 900) that may not have that "Alien" look to them but works just as well for a hell of a lot less.
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M$, windoze... I'm sure you can fit more acrimonious spelling in there. Wow and just when I thought everyone was moderately mature here.
As far as I know Office has been there for a very long time and part of their way of securing the original Mac OS before it's release.
I can't see the RIAA setting a precedent by doing a settlement. If they do settle it opens up a lot more cases against them with the thoughts of scoring that same $1-2 million purse in hopes of a settlement. I think they're in a situation where they NEED to win this case or things will finally start to crumble for them.
I'm just glad they're finally going to have to answer to someone.
I'm not sure what you're implying by the "anti-PS3 crowd"? That only die-hard PS3 fans are technically savvy enough to want an HD player? Or is it just a troll remark? The market is made up of a lot of different people on ALL sides of the console front; some for gaming, some for the overall capabilities of a console and, with the war being over, a BD player first and a game console second.
Most of my time is still playing PC games but I also have an Xbox and have no interest in a PS3 even for the BluRay. I have a lot of interest in BluRay but not through a PS3 or the "new" pricing scheme that they've seemed to now drop on consumers for stand-alone players. I'll bid my time and hopefully Microsoft releases a BD player at some point in the upcoming months as has been the rumor.
I've been completely happy with my company issued T61. I'm not excessively hard on laptops but they get banged around and used a lot at home. Overall I think they're very nice laptops. My previous T42 was equally durable. To be honest, I never thought I'd sing praises of an IBM product but after being away from them many years I wish I would have picked one of them up instead of the HP that I bought.
Great post, thanks for the link! Actually if you read through a bit it looks like theres something about getting shader support with non-DX10 cards. I too didn't take too much time in reading... I wanted to bookmark it and revisit for a possible attempt this weekend. :)
Thanks again for the link!
Does Jesus have Microsoft stock? :)
I'll bite... I have two Ron Paul topics... 1. Why is he running as a Republican? 2. Why is he STILL running? :)
As for your attack, WTF man, you need to get some grounding in reality. Lay off the expresso. ;)
Actually if you're referring to the old dial machines which were used for many years, yes it was quite easy to "rig". I think the past 2 Presidential elections have garnered more scrutiny and as with technology, the internet continues to increase the dose of news you get about something whether it's completely accurate or not. I'm sure the problems with Diebold in Cuyahoga county this past election also puts the Ohio SOS on edge for the 2008 Presidential election. I had some involvement in this but can't say anything about results...don't care to deal with disclosure agreements. None of the systems (which is easy to see from articles from California to Ohio) are 100% reliable and having had the chance to work a lot with various equipment, I think scanners are about as close as you get to marking the "X" as someone else had said they wanted. I think the ability to act maliciously is there for anything, you're not going to get around that even with marking "X"... Someone has to count that X and while it may be 99% reliable, it's not full-proof. I also think that some officials are looking for the impossibility of a full-proof system at some point you have to rely on humans. The other part most people are missing is reliability, it's not just about someone being malicious. Does the platform hold votes reliably, can votes be lost from neglect (not intentional), etc? It's overall integrity and not just looking at if an election can be "stolen".
Wow the story is gone... no news now.. :(
There's an old saying in Tennessee, I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee ... that says fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me...you can't get fooled again.
Companies or channels? I'm in Ohio and glad I don't have the company that doesn't offer the Big 10 Network or NFL Network while I enjoy both in HD on Insight. I never thought I'd say something like that but my Insight service has been rock solid the past 2 years.
Assimilated?
Just before you and others start posting about the tyranny of Google. :)
I completely agree. Some people give Google an easy way to go, no matter what they may do. Google's domination on the web (services & future media kings?) could very well be a scary thing. There's competition but with the way they tie things together, I'd imagine a lot of people don't go to far from their iGoogle home. It could very well be the future desktop of a lot of people. AND Google has a leg up on MS for future domination with their presentation and the amount of (as said before) services and ever growing media involvement. As for storing personal documents (your entire life) on the web, is it the company providing the service or the government that we have to fear, or is it both?? I'm far from a conspiracy theorist but I think it's an open (or should I say back) door for government (US at least) to easily obtain information that they want using flawed legislation that's in place today and that's aside from the hack threat.
I'm waiting to make my connection to my mail order bride on mySpace. I may end up having two.
That was simply my point. The hopes of Linux gaining wide-range support on the desktop has been getting more and more attention but mostly by people on sites such as this who want the popularity. The problem is that it's a small number in general and saying "A lot of new users get bitchslapped because they deserve it." is what kills it.
There's a lot of people out there who need training wheels to get them rolling and then they're off to the races. I understand it can be frustrating at times but you can't have it both ways... Either people need to embrace and help new users or they need to quite tauting how Linux is ready for the general desktop. In no way am I trying to piss anyone off with that comment, I just keep seeing people post how it's set it and forget it but you've made the perfect point that it's not, Kadin.
I have Ubuntu installed and work part of the time with it and I also think that there are some fantastic utility distros out there that have saved me a lot of time.
As for the WalMart phone support... I wonder how many people are going to call and say that a friend gave them a CD or they picked a 5 year old copy of Wheel of Fortune in the bargain bin at WalMart and it won't run on their PC (not knowing any difference between Windows and Linux)?
Honestly I think market acceptance would be greatly help if (as I repeat over and over) the typical Linux users attitude would change. Hate to say it but the hardcore Linux group tends to have a superiority complex and rather than answer questions, they become overly sensitive, defensive and generally talk down to people because they can't get a feature to work. I'm not saying all are like this but I've read a lot of forums where new users are talked to like they're stupid rather than just a new user in a foreign playground.
If Apple were to release their OS, without throwing in Intel's hardware, it would be. Unfortunately Apple continues the straight and narrow as a hardware company. Part of what saves Apple from something like this is controlling their empire with tighter leashes than Microsoft. I'm not putting them down but if they were to start releasing the OS without requiring their relabeled hardware they would be fighting similar issues. Apple is out to make money just the same.
I also think it's the latter... It's amazing that a company as Alienware, that caters to geeks, is afraid to release something that every geek would eat up. Then again I build my own systems because they add little value to a good system built inside of a nice case (like the Antec 900) that may not have that "Alien" look to them but works just as well for a hell of a lot less.