Not sure where you're getting this information that says investing in sustainable energy devalues currency. Many economist articles I've read recently state the opposite, but only time will tell on this one.
Go ahead, try and short sell the Euro, you'll just end up broke.
A quick google would answer your own questions. K5 was released (was a competitor to the Intel Pentium & IBM/Cyrix 586), the K6 was up against PII and suffered from major thermal problems. While it did give Intel a little bit of a worry as far as sales go, the K6/K6 II's weren't exactly powerful. It wasn't until the Athlon (K7) that Intel shat themselves.
Success is a very loose term for a processor with major problems.
Actually... BetaMax is far superior to VHS and always was. Professionals used BetaMax, consumers used VHS.
If you wanted to sell shows to TV stations they needed to be in BetaMax, otherwise they'd be refused.
Sorry, but your analogy is basically saying the iPad is far superior to anything else on the market, and will be until we get brain implants (tape to disc shift).
I really don't think you can compare HP's aimlessness and IBMs ruthlessness. IBM actually probably did the smartest thing they could "fuck it, if you want the consumer end of the market China, you can have it".
Meanwhile HP dumps what could have actually lifted them out of the doldrums and focuses on an already overcrowded market. Not exactly the smartest thing to do.
Going up against SAP & Oracle is not as easy as it seems. Oracle isn't just Oracle, people forget this. Oracle is the base of a huge chunk of database systems (think... well... SAP & Maximo [IBM]).
The problems started when Fiorina, maybe even before that with the Compaq merger. They really haven't been able to do anything other than sell large volume servers since. No major projects really have come to fruition. Everything seems to turn into a clusterfuck for HP every time they swap CEOs.
I remember a number of years ago a documentary on Silicon Valley where an ex-HP engineer said "HP's slogan is 'Invent', we stopped doing that years ago". I think that statement pretty much sums up HP.
The restrictions are to try to get high tech industry to develop in China. There are no restrictions of use of rare earth metals in China, just the export of the raw materials. It's a good way to ensure high tech manufacturing does develop. Essentially China can hold the world to ransom due their highly developed and underpaid RE mining industry. It's much cheaper to refine RE minerals in China due to lack of industrial relations and environmental laws.
Hell, even Australian RE companies are hesitant to set up refining here due to the massive amounts of radioactive waste from refining RE minerals.
China are even buying up large stakes in Australian RE mining companies just to gain even more of an edge. Chinalco attempted to take over Australia's largest RE miner and was blocked by the ACCC in no small part due to China's stance on RE exports.
Maybe look a bit deeper rather than just looking at company profits. China are all about bringing jobs onshore and having the upper hand globally.
Aside from this, very happy I bought 4x 2GB HDDs recently for my new array, in before the price rise!
The US funds the Pakistani military for their OWN benefit, not for Pakistan's. It's leverage, same as China.
US already knew China had huge investment in Pakistan so they have no one to blame but themselves. They know Pakistan is of higher strategic importance than China knowing how a stealth chopper was built.
I think the bigger problem you highlight is that most people lack the capacity to actually formulate search terms. It seems that if you want to ask your search engine a question, Bing is better, if you want to actually formulate & refine your search, Google is better.
The article just seems like a bit of astroturfing crap to me, it explains nothing and bases itself on a very vague premise.
That's completely ignoring the way smartphones are headed. Everything is moving to SOC to keep costs downl having 3 chips just so you can play DS games would add way too much to the price. Nintendo would have to completely redesign the DS architecture to make this viable.
If anyone saw the press conference that the minister/attorneys general did they'd know that this is going ahead, whether NSW signs up or not. Add to this that the NSW AG has hinted that he will be voting for it, just needs data. All of them understand that the average age of an Aussie gamer is 30.
Not only that, it would over heat and it would cost a fortune. One of the reasons HDDs are cheap is that the read heads cost almost nothing to make. A laser capable of reading data is not so cheap.
There's been many attempts to make enclosed optical media, none of it was very successful due to speed, price and heat concerns - lasers do run hot.
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Not sure where you're getting this information that says investing in sustainable energy devalues currency. Many economist articles I've read recently state the opposite, but only time will tell on this one.
Go ahead, try and short sell the Euro, you'll just end up broke.
A quick google would answer your own questions. K5 was released (was a competitor to the Intel Pentium & IBM/Cyrix 586), the K6 was up against PII and suffered from major thermal problems. While it did give Intel a little bit of a worry as far as sales go, the K6/K6 II's weren't exactly powerful. It wasn't until the Athlon (K7) that Intel shat themselves.
Success is a very loose term for a processor with major problems.
You just gotta gets rhythm!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itz2ghPDiEY
Actually... BetaMax is far superior to VHS and always was. Professionals used BetaMax, consumers used VHS.
If you wanted to sell shows to TV stations they needed to be in BetaMax, otherwise they'd be refused.
Sorry, but your analogy is basically saying the iPad is far superior to anything else on the market, and will be until we get brain implants (tape to disc shift).
Hoisted by your own petard.
I have a sneaking suspicion that one dead horse has already decomposed and they're on to a new one!
I really don't think you can compare HP's aimlessness and IBMs ruthlessness. IBM actually probably did the smartest thing they could "fuck it, if you want the consumer end of the market China, you can have it".
Meanwhile HP dumps what could have actually lifted them out of the doldrums and focuses on an already overcrowded market. Not exactly the smartest thing to do.
Going up against SAP & Oracle is not as easy as it seems. Oracle isn't just Oracle, people forget this. Oracle is the base of a huge chunk of database systems (think... well... SAP & Maximo [IBM]).
The problems started when Fiorina, maybe even before that with the Compaq merger. They really haven't been able to do anything other than sell large volume servers since. No major projects really have come to fruition. Everything seems to turn into a clusterfuck for HP every time they swap CEOs.
I remember a number of years ago a documentary on Silicon Valley where an ex-HP engineer said "HP's slogan is 'Invent', we stopped doing that years ago". I think that statement pretty much sums up HP.
to be fair, I'm a serious gamer and I'd never buy a "gaming laptop"
They really are. Religion is based on irrational answers to rational problems.
EG:
Where do earthquakes come from?
Religion: GOD!
Science: Tectonic movement
Pretty easy to see how mutually exclusive they are.
actually, you're 100% wrong.
The restrictions are to try to get high tech industry to develop in China. There are no restrictions of use of rare earth metals in China, just the export of the raw materials. It's a good way to ensure high tech manufacturing does develop. Essentially China can hold the world to ransom due their highly developed and underpaid RE mining industry. It's much cheaper to refine RE minerals in China due to lack of industrial relations and environmental laws.
Hell, even Australian RE companies are hesitant to set up refining here due to the massive amounts of radioactive waste from refining RE minerals.
China are even buying up large stakes in Australian RE mining companies just to gain even more of an edge. Chinalco attempted to take over Australia's largest RE miner and was blocked by the ACCC in no small part due to China's stance on RE exports.
Maybe look a bit deeper rather than just looking at company profits. China are all about bringing jobs onshore and having the upper hand globally.
Aside from this, very happy I bought 4x 2GB HDDs recently for my new array, in before the price rise!
Indeed, the DMCA does prohibit breaking of copy protection.
The US funds the Pakistani military for their OWN benefit, not for Pakistan's. It's leverage, same as China.
US already knew China had huge investment in Pakistan so they have no one to blame but themselves. They know Pakistan is of higher strategic importance than China knowing how a stealth chopper was built.
say what?
I don't recall Australia or New Zealand always being at war with East Asia...
I don't think Oceania means what you think it means.
I think the bigger problem you highlight is that most people lack the capacity to actually formulate search terms. It seems that if you want to ask your search engine a question, Bing is better, if you want to actually formulate & refine your search, Google is better.
The article just seems like a bit of astroturfing crap to me, it explains nothing and bases itself on a very vague premise.
Congratulations on demonstrating GP's point expertly. You earn +10 slashdot troll points to spent in the store.
That's completely ignoring the way smartphones are headed. Everything is moving to SOC to keep costs downl having 3 chips just so you can play DS games would add way too much to the price. Nintendo would have to completely redesign the DS architecture to make this viable.
hahahaha
TIMMEH!!!!
you fail at slashdot AC.
1) Slashdot is about the discussion of the news for nerds, not just having everything
2) posting a snide remark as AC means you won't get discussion
double fail at slashdot, enjoy.
Yeh, it's an "arduino killer", why else would it have been made?
Stop playing fucking semantics to ignore the truth of the situation.
It's an overpriced "arduino killer" for people who've drunk the .net koolaid.
http://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/category/265/
$3 for the cheapest ribbon cable, something you can pick up from a decent part store for 50c. Rip off.
As an Australian who refuses to watch anything made or distributed by hollywood studios, no, they don't.
Maybe if you're a myopic American you'd see it this way, but people in the real world don't.
Those who understand what you mean, really care, and know you're wrong. Nice one MS shill.
that's exactly what's happening:
http://www.ministerhomeaffairs.gov.au/www/ministers/oconnor.nsf/Page/MediaReleases_2011_ThirdQuarter_22July2011-AgreementonR18+classificationforcomputergames
If anyone saw the press conference that the minister/attorneys general did they'd know that this is going ahead, whether NSW signs up or not. Add to this that the NSW AG has hinted that he will be voting for it, just needs data. All of them understand that the average age of an Aussie gamer is 30.
It was where you went straight away. Your mind connects anonymity with illegal activities...
Not only that, it would over heat and it would cost a fortune. One of the reasons HDDs are cheap is that the read heads cost almost nothing to make. A laser capable of reading data is not so cheap.
There's been many attempts to make enclosed optical media, none of it was very successful due to speed, price and heat concerns - lasers do run hot.
Not sure if you're aware of how percentages work... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage