Kelvin was not "essentially" right. His view was that scientists had already discovered and understood all the fundamental particles that make up the universe, with just a few "nagging details" to be put away like the photoelectric effect. Those details were well known at the time he made his statement, but it wasn't more precise measurement that led to the discoveries that came like what...4 years later. It was more precise understanding.
You'll have to explain to me how losing a statistically insiginficant number of weapons constitutes proof of government incompetence. Not that I necessarily assume the government is competent, mind you, but losing 250 out of a total number of guns that must be in the hundreds of thousands doesn't constitute 'proof' of anything.
I guess you could call them shortsighted. But I also guess the times they lived in were a lot more desperate than yours. This is a situation where the mines that succeeded in their job caused more environmental devastation than the ones now sitting on the ocean bed (ever think about what a large ship is made of, not to mention its cargo?).
For many of these folks, the war was one of survival: you did what you needed to. Or would you not fire a gun at someone who intended you harm, out of worry about the lead in the bullet?
Not just that, but undoubtedly he'll have a suit to keep him from freezing and an oxygen supply to keep him from passing out. So if you want to be pedantic, he has plenty of 'machines' aiding him, but nothing with a motor, which I think was the point.
I recently went through an analysis of all the tools that are available, and ended up at Roboform as well. Yes, it has a pw generator, ability to move to a USB drive, just like a lot of the others. The problem for me was that I have macs and PCs at home, but I have a PC at work (on which I can install NOTHING) where I still want to be able to get to some sites. The only tool I found that automatically syncs to whatever computer I'm using without installing anything was Roboform.
Plus, if I'm at a computer I don't own, like at a hotel in a foreign country, I can still easily get passwords to my sites and automatically log in. I've been using it about a month and have so far been pleased.
I work in SCADA on water / wastewater systems in the US. With few exceptions, all systems we deal with are completely isolated from the Internet. However, the number of exceptions is increasing these days as more people want to view their plant data in the office and tie into their business systems. This trend means I have a tougher job (as automation engineers know much less about IT security, since we didn't have to before).
Are you suggesting that the iPhone and iPod aren't targeted towards the upper part of the market? Sure, they dominate the market, but I can get a "MP3 Player" for $10-20, yet most current iPods are an order of magnitude more. Likewise the iPhone is targeted towards the upper echelon of the market (this argument was easier when it was $600 and not $200, but clearly they are not "racing to the bottom" with that either).
If you're comparing a point-and-shoot camera to an old SLR and don't like the response time, the simple answer is to get a DSLR and make it a fair comparision. They start in the $500 range and typically have an practically non-existent delay from press to shutter.
I wonder sometimes if the smaller models are intentionally gimped to drive people to the DSLRs at the same price, given that a DSLR provides more incentive to stay with the same brand when it's time to upgrade.
OK I scanned all the comments, but I dont see it mentioned anywhere. I use IE6 at work, and I have Gmail, and I saw this message 2 weeks ago. It DID have a link to IE7. Unless they changed it later, the summary is very misleading, and several comments are heading in the wrong direction.
I just hope I dont forget to shut down or leave my computer on...overnight. Or over the weekend. This quickly adds up to the cost of just going out to buy the software today. I guess thats what they mean by 'the supplier can develop a revenue stream business that may actually have higher value than the one-time purchase model currently practiced.'
Old technology to you maybe, but for someone in Brazil or Malaysia, it is the most bang for the buck if you want a cheaper console with a huge game library - far better than any "modern" console.
A quick check of VGChartz shows that Sony sold 436,458 PS2s from Sept. 28 to Oct. 25 worldwide. Given that the hardware is by now cheap to produce, that's a cash COW. I doubt it makes sense for Sony to follow your suggestion quite yet. But the move they made here seems to be to encourage "local" developers to make more games for it, recognizing that the larger developers have moved on to the next gen. machines.
How come no one has mentioned that you CAN back up your PS3 to an external hard drive? So if the hard drive is toasted or you want to upgrade your HD to a larger one, no problem.
On the other hand, if the PS3 dies and you want your content, then you do have to badger them. And if you have 2 PS3s die, then you're hosed.
There are no other PS3 exclusives being released for the rest the year, meaning that this game is the ONLY game that will be pushing PS3s come the holiday season.
I knew that had to be BS, so I looked up what I could on IGN. These aren't necessarily the only exclusives, but just the ones I can be sure of since they are published by Sony:
Wipeout HD (Sept. 25) NBA '09(Oct. 7) SOCOM: Confrontation(Oct. 14) Motorstorm: Pacific Rift (Oct. 28) Singstar V2(Oct. 28) Resistance 2 (Nov. 4) White Knight Chronicles is coming Dec. 25th, but is Japan only for now. There were a few other pieces of shovelware (but exclusive shovelware!) in there too that I didn't bother.
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Kelvin was not "essentially" right. His view was that scientists had already discovered and understood all the fundamental particles that make up the universe, with just a few "nagging details" to be put away like the photoelectric effect. Those details were well known at the time he made his statement, but it wasn't more precise measurement that led to the discoveries that came like what...4 years later. It was more precise understanding.
They're going to surprise everyone and skip straight to the PS5!
No tagbacks? King's X?
Come on guys, this is a great example of reduced government inefficiency at its best! We should be cheering!!
Yea right, like we're going to listen to what a former manager says. I mean, anyone stop to think why they got rid of him?
You'll have to explain to me how losing a statistically insiginficant number of weapons constitutes proof of government incompetence. Not that I necessarily assume the government is competent, mind you, but losing 250 out of a total number of guns that must be in the hundreds of thousands doesn't constitute 'proof' of anything.
I guess you could call them shortsighted. But I also guess the times they lived in were a lot more desperate than yours. This is a situation where the mines that succeeded in their job caused more environmental devastation than the ones now sitting on the ocean bed (ever think about what a large ship is made of, not to mention its cargo?).
For many of these folks, the war was one of survival: you did what you needed to. Or would you not fire a gun at someone who intended you harm, out of worry about the lead in the bullet?
Not just that, but undoubtedly he'll have a suit to keep him from freezing and an oxygen supply to keep him from passing out. So if you want to be pedantic, he has plenty of 'machines' aiding him, but nothing with a motor, which I think was the point.
So...now you can pirate Linux?
Huh.
More like "Net Neutrality Doublespeak", no?
I recently went through an analysis of all the tools that are available, and ended up at Roboform as well. Yes, it has a pw generator, ability to move to a USB drive, just like a lot of the others. The problem for me was that I have macs and PCs at home, but I have a PC at work (on which I can install NOTHING) where I still want to be able to get to some sites. The only tool I found that automatically syncs to whatever computer I'm using without installing anything was Roboform.
Plus, if I'm at a computer I don't own, like at a hotel in a foreign country, I can still easily get passwords to my sites and automatically log in. I've been using it about a month and have so far been pleased.
I work in SCADA on water / wastewater systems in the US. With few exceptions, all systems we deal with are completely isolated from the Internet. However, the number of exceptions is increasing these days as more people want to view their plant data in the office and tie into their business systems. This trend means I have a tougher job (as automation engineers know much less about IT security, since we didn't have to before).
Haven't seen a TI 99/4(A) in use in a while, and since the OS was (I think) in ROM...
And what about the iPhone and iPod?
Are you suggesting that the iPhone and iPod aren't targeted towards the upper part of the market? Sure, they dominate the market, but I can get a "MP3 Player" for $10-20, yet most current iPods are an order of magnitude more. Likewise the iPhone is targeted towards the upper echelon of the market (this argument was easier when it was $600 and not $200, but clearly they are not "racing to the bottom" with that either).
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If you're comparing a point-and-shoot camera to an old SLR and don't like the response time, the simple answer is to get a DSLR and make it a fair comparision. They start in the $500 range and typically have an practically non-existent delay from press to shutter.
I wonder sometimes if the smaller models are intentionally gimped to drive people to the DSLRs at the same price, given that a DSLR provides more incentive to stay with the same brand when it's time to upgrade.
I hear this is replacing Blu-Ray as the basis for the storage disk for the PS4, which now has an estimated MSRP of $4260285021.99.
I know it sounds absolutely crazy. But train simulators are BIG business in Japan.
OK I scanned all the comments, but I dont see it mentioned anywhere. I use IE6 at work, and I have Gmail, and I saw this message 2 weeks ago. It DID have a link to IE7. Unless they changed it later, the summary is very misleading, and several comments are heading in the wrong direction.
I just hope I dont forget to shut down or leave my computer on...overnight. Or over the weekend. This quickly adds up to the cost of just going out to buy the software today. I guess thats what they mean by 'the supplier can develop a revenue stream business that may actually have higher value than the one-time purchase model currently practiced.'
Why would you have to drop one to have it start eating everything?
If the thing vaporizes everything, I wonder why the AIR around it survives, and you don't end up with a constant wind inwards towards the blade.
Old technology to you maybe, but for someone in Brazil or Malaysia, it is the most bang for the buck if you want a cheaper console with a huge game library - far better than any "modern" console.
A quick check of VGChartz shows that Sony sold 436,458 PS2s from Sept. 28 to Oct. 25 worldwide. Given that the hardware is by now cheap to produce, that's a cash COW. I doubt it makes sense for Sony to follow your suggestion quite yet. But the move they made here seems to be to encourage "local" developers to make more games for it, recognizing that the larger developers have moved on to the next gen. machines.
How come no one has mentioned that you CAN back up your PS3 to an external hard drive? So if the hard drive is toasted or you want to upgrade your HD to a larger one, no problem.
On the other hand, if the PS3 dies and you want your content, then you do have to badger them. And if you have 2 PS3s die, then you're hosed.
There are no other PS3 exclusives being released for the rest the year, meaning that this game is the ONLY game that will be pushing PS3s come the holiday season.
I knew that had to be BS, so I looked up what I could on IGN. These aren't necessarily the only exclusives, but just the ones I can be sure of since they are published by Sony:
Wipeout HD (Sept. 25)
NBA '09(Oct. 7)
SOCOM: Confrontation(Oct. 14)
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift (Oct. 28)
Singstar V2(Oct. 28)
Resistance 2 (Nov. 4)
White Knight Chronicles is coming Dec. 25th, but is Japan only for now.
There were a few other pieces of shovelware (but exclusive shovelware!) in there too that I didn't bother.
and, Little Big Planet.