I didn't know it was possible to contract Down Syndrome from someone, on the Internet, no less. Unless they start supplying some crackshit USB-only modems with only Windows drivers or drop TCP/IP (which would also screw over the Windows users), you can safely leave that tinfoil in the fridge. Also, with more reasons than 'I sometimes download Linux ISOs', Comcast would summarily be litigated into oblivion for forcing all of their customers to use a single OS.
'Much more expensive'? I see the prices actually going down. Has adding three processor cores and boatloads of cache over the past four years raised prices much? Also, this would mean a GPU would no longer be a specialized component and be produced in higher volume as part of every desktop CPU.
Upgrades? Just grab a new processor, tear up your thumbs removing the cheapshit heatsink you grabbed off eBay for $2, apply some thermal grease that absolutely refuses to come off your finger, replace the heatsink and you're done. (Well, it's cheaper, at least.) You could perform two of the most significant upgrades for $100-200, rather than $50-100 for the CPU and $100-200 for the GPU.
Next you're going to tell me the sky is blue or that too much water can kill me. Onboard video isn't meant to be shiny, just to serve a basic need: being able to see what the hell you're doing. Rather than dismissing Intel because they (and many other board manufacturers) provide a bare-bones video solution, I'm interested in seeing what they'll pop out when they're actually trying.
By the way, onboard video uses about as much RAM as a browser will use (And about as much as Win98 needs to boot in, but I digress.), hardly a drop in the bucket with 1GB sticks being so cheap now. If 8-32MB of RAM is that much of a problem for you, you have more problems than poor video.
I think someone who pushed systems slightly *over* the edge is excellently positioned know where the edge currently is.
Someone who pushed systems over the edge and didn't bother to step back a bit, mind you. Also, only those with more money than sense will rush out for new hardware every six months. Then again, we are talking about the 'gamer' crowd, with their window-modded monitors and magic smoke pumps.
Unethical? Anyone who intentionally starts blasting spam as part of a botnet should be stabbed in the face. (Both ideas sound like a desperately-needed public service to me.)
Then the ISPs can shut up about 'unlimited' usage policies, stop passing out un-guaranteed bandwidth like candy, raise prices to a more reasonable level, and upgrade their infrastructure more often. How you can defend such shady marketing practices is beyond me. How long do you think a residential ISP that didn't oversell by a factor of 1,000 would last in the current climate without pulling a miracle out of its collective ass? My electric company never tried to push 'unlimited watts' on me and neither should my ISP.
OK, so if I get 12 mbps speed, which is what is needed for high definition video in real time, you're going to charge $360 per month? It seems like your network isn't ready for 2009. Oh wait, it's still 2008. I guess you have another year.
$360/month for a guaranteed 12Mbps line is damn good. That 10-15Mb/s downstream CableCo X offers is nothing but burstable bandwidth, meaning that they promise you nothing but the line itself. In short: "Up to 15Mb/s".
Residential ISPs (at least in the US) typically oversell like there's no tomorrow, sometimes block ports to force you to use their 'business' service to say...run an HTTP server without the tacky port number at the end of the URL. 'Business' lines usually aren't oversold and go down about as often as residential ISPs upgrade their infrastructure, usually don't block ports, and tend to have better upstream.
Think of it as buying from a pharmacist instead of a dealer.
since someone could argue that you go near a bookshelf with a flame and you won't have it any more
True, but bits on a disk regularly shift as files are created, deleted or modified. Your bookshelf (probably) won't be turning into a bench in the near future.
Perhaps it was just that every raid I was in had like ten leaders; it could have just been Stranglethorn Vale and all those damn Night Elves, but I don't recall having to go to some MMORPG recovery clinic where I was given 15 minutes of EQ per day to help me through withdrawl after my subscription ran out. I wasn't even given a box of patches to put on my arm. I feel so left out now. The only attachment I had to WoW was because I had already thrown money at it.
I seriously doubt the relaxing effect mentioned in TFA is peculiar to games. I'd assume almost anything that allowed one to think under different rules, or just shut down entirely, in the case of non-interactive entertainment and often-performed tasks, will have the same effect. Granted, there may be minor psychological addictions, but that's quickly mitigated by the number of other forms of entertainment available. In any case, this certainly doesn't compare to a physical addiction to nicotine.
Just for the hell of it, the cost: WoW - $25 for the game and 30 days of playtime, $30 for the Burning Crusade expansion, and $15 for each additional month of play. Cigarettes - ~$25 per case, lasting anywhere from 1-3 weeks and a possible $20-$40 for each box of gum/patches/pills.
People are people, location and language notwithstanding; this kind of thing will always get the bleeding hearts riled up. I'd find this behavior admirable, if only everyone would work on repairing their own countries (or even cities) before worrying about the rest of the world's woes.
Domain names are more or less useless when billions of sites, many which capitalize on mistyped or abandoned domain names, exist. When was the last time you put something like 'unbiasednewssite.com' in the URL bar and got anything useful? Search engines allow for more specific queries and (more importantly) give multiple results, usually ordered by relevance. DNS is almost useless with search engines and even directories. Even the 'I-can't-remember-twelve-numbers' crowd can get by easily with bookmarks.
What good is Windows in comparison to the alternatives, when all those niche apps people keep bringing up no longer work? I'm sure those dependent on Microsoft software will still get working replacements, but where will the gamers and 'niche app' crowd go when Linux and OS10 run more Windows apps than Windows?
I suppose a lot more Windows users will be downloading WINE for the next few years.
Actually, it could very well be that this is evil. When none of the users are directly paying you and thus have no reason to stubbornly cling to you, image really does matter.
But do you really need elaborate ad testing methods to sell alcohol? I was under the impression that it just had to not taste like ass while still keeping a reasonable price compared to the other non-ass-tasting brands.
Before we start whining about the corporate cock-suckers (Sorry, I meant to say 'lobbyists'.), let's do something about the thousands of people being shipped out to get killed and kill thousands of others, the current 'Screw this treaty, we have bombs.' policy, and the trainwreck dropped in place of due process. Half-baked copyright laws don't even enter the picture. (Well, the old ones.) Then again, maybe I'll be allowed to listen to music while being waterboarded in Gitmo.
I know this country isn't burning yet, but I'll be damned if it isn't heading there at present. Your sane copyright laws can wait while 'terrorism' is violently ripped from the dictionary and people start to remember that public office isn't a god-given right and should be questioned at all times.
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Convex =/= Concave
Also, the Earth is bloody huge compared to a car-sized hamster ball. The curvature quickly becomes quite obvious.
I didn't know it was possible to contract Down Syndrome from someone, on the Internet, no less. Unless they start supplying some crackshit USB-only modems with only Windows drivers or drop TCP/IP (which would also screw over the Windows users), you can safely leave that tinfoil in the fridge. Also, with more reasons than 'I sometimes download Linux ISOs', Comcast would summarily be litigated into oblivion for forcing all of their customers to use a single OS.
'Much more expensive'? I see the prices actually going down. Has adding three processor cores and boatloads of cache over the past four years raised prices much? Also, this would mean a GPU would no longer be a specialized component and be produced in higher volume as part of every desktop CPU.
Upgrades? Just grab a new processor, tear up your thumbs removing the cheapshit heatsink you grabbed off eBay for $2, apply some thermal grease that absolutely refuses to come off your finger, replace the heatsink and you're done. (Well, it's cheaper, at least.) You could perform two of the most significant upgrades for $100-200, rather than $50-100 for the CPU and $100-200 for the GPU.
Or just design a dedicated GPU that blows Intel's offering out of the water. That's what a video card manufacturer does, after all.
Next you're going to tell me the sky is blue or that too much water can kill me. Onboard video isn't meant to be shiny, just to serve a basic need: being able to see what the hell you're doing. Rather than dismissing Intel because they (and many other board manufacturers) provide a bare-bones video solution, I'm interested in seeing what they'll pop out when they're actually trying.
By the way, onboard video uses about as much RAM as a browser will use (And about as much as Win98 needs to boot in, but I digress.), hardly a drop in the bucket with 1GB sticks being so cheap now. If 8-32MB of RAM is that much of a problem for you, you have more problems than poor video.
Then again, we are talking about the 'gamer' crowd, with their window-modded monitors and magic smoke pumps.
Unethical? Anyone who intentionally starts blasting spam as part of a botnet should be stabbed in the face. (Both ideas sound like a desperately-needed public service to me.)
Then the ISPs can shut up about 'unlimited' usage policies, stop passing out un-guaranteed bandwidth like candy, raise prices to a more reasonable level, and upgrade their infrastructure more often. How you can defend such shady marketing practices is beyond me. How long do you think a residential ISP that didn't oversell by a factor of 1,000 would last in the current climate without pulling a miracle out of its collective ass?
My electric company never tried to push 'unlimited watts' on me and neither should my ISP.
Residential ISPs (at least in the US) typically oversell like there's no tomorrow, sometimes block ports to force you to use their 'business' service to say...run an HTTP server without the tacky port number at the end of the URL. 'Business' lines usually aren't oversold and go down about as often as residential ISPs upgrade their infrastructure, usually don't block ports, and tend to have better upstream.
Think of it as buying from a pharmacist instead of a dealer.
But wouldn't the banks also require fake stupid people to fall for 419 scams and the like?
I know exactly what you mean. Those slashes hurt my ears. :(
I think you made the editors angry.
Since when was the anthropic principle "Because we don't see it, it doesn't exist."?
"Up to *Mb/s"
Perhaps it was just that every raid I was in had like ten leaders; it could have just been Stranglethorn Vale and all those damn Night Elves, but I don't recall having to go to some MMORPG recovery clinic where I was given 15 minutes of EQ per day to help me through withdrawl after my subscription ran out. I wasn't even given a box of patches to put on my arm. I feel so left out now. The only attachment I had to WoW was because I had already thrown money at it.
I seriously doubt the relaxing effect mentioned in TFA is peculiar to games. I'd assume almost anything that allowed one to think under different rules, or just shut down entirely, in the case of non-interactive entertainment and often-performed tasks, will have the same effect. Granted, there may be minor psychological addictions, but that's quickly mitigated by the number of other forms of entertainment available. In any case, this certainly doesn't compare to a physical addiction to nicotine.
Just for the hell of it, the cost:
WoW - $25 for the game and 30 days of playtime, $30 for the Burning Crusade expansion, and $15 for each additional month of play.
Cigarettes - ~$25 per case, lasting anywhere from 1-3 weeks and a possible $20-$40 for each box of gum/patches/pills.
People are people, location and language notwithstanding; this kind of thing will always get the bleeding hearts riled up. I'd find this behavior admirable, if only everyone would work on repairing their own countries (or even cities) before worrying about the rest of the world's woes.
Domain names are more or less useless when billions of sites, many which capitalize on mistyped or abandoned domain names, exist. When was the last time you put something like 'unbiasednewssite.com' in the URL bar and got anything useful? Search engines allow for more specific queries and (more importantly) give multiple results, usually ordered by relevance. DNS is almost useless with search engines and even directories. Even the 'I-can't-remember-twelve-numbers' crowd can get by easily with bookmarks.
2001 was seven years ago.
What good is Windows in comparison to the alternatives, when all those niche apps people keep bringing up no longer work? I'm sure those dependent on Microsoft software will still get working replacements, but where will the gamers and 'niche app' crowd go when Linux and OS10 run more Windows apps than Windows?
I suppose a lot more Windows users will be downloading WINE for the next few years.
Actually, it could very well be that this is evil. When none of the users are directly paying you and thus have no reason to stubbornly cling to you, image really does matter.
But do you really need elaborate ad testing methods to sell alcohol? I was under the impression that it just had to not taste like ass while still keeping a reasonable price compared to the other non-ass-tasting brands.
And sometimes hard drives. (I know, I was shocked, too.)
Priorities!
Before we start whining about the corporate cock-suckers (Sorry, I meant to say 'lobbyists'.), let's do something about the thousands of people being shipped out to get killed and kill thousands of others, the current 'Screw this treaty, we have bombs.' policy, and the trainwreck dropped in place of due process. Half-baked copyright laws don't even enter the picture. (Well, the old ones.)
Then again, maybe I'll be allowed to listen to music while being waterboarded in Gitmo.
I know this country isn't burning yet, but I'll be damned if it isn't heading there at present. Your sane copyright laws can wait while 'terrorism' is violently ripped from the dictionary and people start to remember that public office isn't a god-given right and should be questioned at all times.