To overtake the Ipod, these devices have to offer an management solution that is more user-friendly than the combination of Ipod and Itunes. I can't see it happening. If ever there was a justification for the Apple marketing slogan "Insanely Great", it's Ipod and Itunes together.
Comparing Outlook's Find function with Google Desktop's search of Outlook data is comparing a steamroller with a Ferrari. If I want to find a specific email based on a text search, using Outlook, I set it searching and go make a cup of coffee. If I want to find a specific email based on a text search, using Google Desktop, I click and it's there.
it's fairly obvious that that sort of thing has never been acceptable
Maybe where YOU live. Outside the United States of Puritan Wack-jobs, it's fairly obvious that that sort of thing is totally innocuous. The only interesting thing about the incident was the way that Americans seemed to lose their minds over it.
He saw his wife's pussy the first conjugal night and never looked at her ever again. He never ever had sex cos the sight of pubic hair made him very very sick.
Can you imagine what a Tudor pubic region would look and smell like? Remember, we're talking about a culture in which everyone knew that bathing gave you the plague.
I suspect that if I had seen his wife's pussy -- hell, any pussy of the time -- I would never want to have sex again.
Card illustrates what might have happened to Herbert if (a) Herbert had written every book as a piece of proselytizing Mormon propaganda, and (b) wanted to convince everyone that Russia is the source of all evil.
Seriously, Card has two storylines: the one where trusting in Jebus is the answer to everything, and the one where Russians want to take over the world. Sometimes (see "Ender's Shadow") it's both.
A reliable source once revealed to me that for the first year or so of the game's availability, id Software made more money out of Half-Life than Valve did. Valve sure looks to have signed on a lot of "new band's first album" bottom lines.
The point is, Apple agreed in 1991 not to enter the music industry. Apple broke that agreement, and is getting taken to court for breaking the agreement -- not for having a confusing company name.
> the most popular video (game) of all time on this planet.
Puh-LEASE. Counter-Strike is the most popular online multiplayer first-person-shooter game. That is a very different thing. A couple of reality checks for you:
1. For every PERSON playing Counter-Strike online right now, there is probably a Starcraft GAME full of players in progress on Battle.Net.
2. Sales of Half-Life and retail Counter-Strike combined are tiny compared with sales of console titles such as Gran Turismo (which, last time I checked, had done about four times Half-Life's numbers).
> Suppose your faster CPU inspires you to move from 128-bit keys to 256-bit. What happens to the guy trying to decrypt your message? He now has to work 68,056,473,384,187,692,692,674,921,486,354,000,000 times as long, even if he buys the 5x faster CPU.
Which is why it's a lot easier to buy a gun instead and hold it to your wife's head while asking for the passphrase. The algorithm is the HARDEST part of any cryptosystem to attack -- the fleshy bits are the easiest.
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Zelda on the N64 is still as good as it was a couple of years ago (as long as you play it for the first time).
It's still as good as it ever was even if it's the 5th time you've played through it.
Heh! no problem :) Surely, though, the noun should have been "pretentiousness"?
...like Australia, for example.
OK, so you want to criticise Stephenson for being pretentious... and the manner you choose is to post:
:)
Pretense, thy name is Neal.
That's EXACTLY what I thought!
To overtake the Ipod, these devices have to offer an management solution that is more user-friendly than the combination of Ipod and Itunes. I can't see it happening. If ever there was a justification for the Apple marketing slogan "Insanely Great", it's Ipod and Itunes together.
Comparing Outlook's Find function with Google Desktop's search of Outlook data is comparing a steamroller with a Ferrari. If I want to find a specific email based on a text search, using Outlook, I set it searching and go make a cup of coffee. If I want to find a specific email based on a text search, using Google Desktop, I click and it's there.
Music companies regard MPEG-4 AAC as a viable music format, and I can't see Windows Media Player supporting it any time soon.
it's fairly obvious that that sort of thing has never been acceptable
Maybe where YOU live. Outside the United States of Puritan Wack-jobs, it's fairly obvious that that sort of thing is totally innocuous. The only interesting thing about the incident was the way that Americans seemed to lose their minds over it.
He saw his wife's pussy the first conjugal night and never looked at her ever again. He never ever had sex cos the sight of pubic hair made him very very sick.
Can you imagine what a Tudor pubic region would look and smell like? Remember, we're talking about a culture in which everyone knew that bathing gave you the plague.
I suspect that if I had seen his wife's pussy -- hell, any pussy of the time -- I would never want to have sex again.
"Demons killed his favorite parents...
"Big mistake."
Agreed.
One word: BLACK RAGE
That's no webserver... that's a SPACE STATION!
Card illustrates what might have happened to Herbert if (a) Herbert had written every book as a piece of proselytizing Mormon propaganda, and (b) wanted to convince everyone that Russia is the source of all evil.
Seriously, Card has two storylines: the one where trusting in Jebus is the answer to everything, and the one where Russians want to take over the world. Sometimes (see "Ender's Shadow") it's both.
A reliable source once revealed to me that for the first year or so of the game's availability, id Software made more money out of Half-Life than Valve did. Valve sure looks to have signed on a lot of "new band's first album" bottom lines.
The point is, Apple agreed in 1991 not to enter the music industry. Apple broke that agreement, and is getting taken to court for breaking the agreement -- not for having a confusing company name.
Magnus would definitely get my vote :)
(Also showing MY age!)
Beer for Dolphins?
Yes! The problem of not being able to visit websites can be avoided with a quick visit to a website!
No... wait...
> the most popular video (game) of all time on this planet.
Puh-LEASE. Counter-Strike is the most popular online multiplayer first-person-shooter game. That is a very different thing. A couple of reality checks for you:
1. For every PERSON playing Counter-Strike online right now, there is probably a Starcraft GAME full of players in progress on Battle.Net.
2. Sales of Half-Life and retail Counter-Strike combined are tiny compared with sales of console titles such as Gran Turismo (which, last time I checked, had done about four times Half-Life's numbers).
> Suppose your faster CPU inspires you to move from 128-bit keys to 256-bit. What happens to the guy trying to decrypt your message? He now has to work 68,056,473,384,187,692,692,674,921,486,354,000,000 times as long, even if he buys the 5x faster CPU.
Which is why it's a lot easier to buy a gun instead and hold it to your wife's head while asking for the passphrase. The algorithm is the HARDEST part of any cryptosystem to attack -- the fleshy bits are the easiest.
Stuff that matters.
> For my users, 512mb is massive overkill
I guess none of your users have Photoshop 6 installed then...
A working install of Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction requires four CDs -- the three Diablo 2 discs and one extra for the expansion content.