The problem with your statement bubba is the fact that I just bought a replacement system in March that includes an HD4220 Radeon IGP with no PCIe Video Card Slot. This is a business system so upgradeability is limited. As a small business owner, I'm not willing to replace a working system for at least 5 years as the IGP is sufficient to handle the Win7 Aero Needs and such with reasonable performance. Keep in mind this system was not bought for Gaming/Fun. It's a Business machine, thus makes money.
Yes I can imagine spending over $5k for a computer. So far, my next system budget has reached $3k in just hardware. Add in Software and it's easily pushing north of $8k.
The big question, is why you seem so surprised that a high end system can easiy pass $2k. Hell when the IBM PC came out, it would easily cost $5k with all the options and I know damn well what our TRS80 workstation setup cost. That easily pushed $3k between software and hardware. We even had a massive 15M external Winchester Disk for it that cost over $1.5k by itself. The funny thing is our old Dot Matrix Line Printer still works though I need to find a manual to reconfigure the damn thing for use on one of our older computers (HP Pavilion w/700MHz Celeron - WinMe).
One game I play (Guild Wars) feels the same way. Yes there are some add-ons that people buy along with DLC (costumes) but they don't significantly change game play. Very nice and not a subscription based game so I can enjoy it until they shut the servers down.
and this is exactly why I use an answering machine to screen my calls along with Caller ID. If I don't know the number, I let the machine answer it. If they don't leave a message, then it's not important to them.
You've never used an ATI card then. the damn drivers crash if you even think about doing something and yes I've got an ATI card (4200 onboard - 5670 dedicated) and still see the damn thing puke for no reason. It's getting better with the feedback from the OSS devs but it's still a bit fragile.
I transitioned over to Gmail from Yahoo about 3 years ago and finally deleted my Yahoo account that I'd had for over a decade. The reason I made the switch was the amount of ads (spam) from Yahoo customers that filled my inbox and buried messages from friends and family.
Once I finished moving my address book over and giving all of my contacts my new address, I saw little reason to retain the yahoo address that had become a spam tar baby. It just wasn't worth my time/effort to use it any longer and with Gmail, the only time I see their ads is when I use the web inteface, which is rare because of Imap access.
Throw out that idea. If I want kids, I'll go with a contract marriage that spells out the responsibilities of both parties. Much cheaper in the long run and ensures that there is no possibility of being nailed for spousal support or Alimony because of the contract.
They've been my registrar for the last 6-9 years and other then their website being a bit confusing at times, they've been easy to deal with. I was even impressed that their phone support people were in the States and actually spoke english and they didn't work from a damn script. Knowledgable folks and they solved the problem within minutes plus I got a confirmation email for the trouble ticket
Guess it's nice to know that Google wont be using Priority Inbox with me as I've got it turned off. Didn't need or want the feature when it was offered so disabled it right away. Anyone else who didn't either has a need for the damn thing or doesn't have a clue how to setup labels and filters to do what they want.
In other words, nothing to see here citizen, move along.
In regards to winter driving, we've already got a solution that works quite well called Stability/Traction Control. It's part of the ABS system, so you now have the needed sensors to detect if a wheel is slipping/spinning on ice and the computer can compensate. Of course it's the cause of more fatalities as people driving models equiped with it tend to over-drive based on conditions but a computer will not.
Not only did MS strong arm OEM's to keep alternative browsers off the desktop but the also strong armed them to keep alternative OS's such as Linux from being available.
How many of us would have bought a business server with *nix and Apache installed instead of Windows and IIS? All of that was part of using their monopoly to kill any competition.
Then you loose the advantage that Flac/Raw offers, which is the ability to burn a standard cd that can be played in any player following the standard. Simply put, use a backup instead and in my case, it'll be a custom mix with what I like instead of all the garbage.
hell I'm finding that IE 9 is more stable then FF 4 on Win7 and it's more responsive when doing something because the UI is multithreaded. Sorry but until the Moz devs solve the damn UI freezing issues and get things properly multithreaded, I'm being forced to use either Chrome or IE as I don't like Opera.
I use it for the ease of keeping a few files synced between my desktop and laptop that's rarely turned on since I'm not traveling as often. As to security, what I sync doesn't need it and it's no great loss if the shit gets spread all over the web because all it is is notes on things like some online games I play on Neopets and garbage like that. Nothing important and who cares.
I guess you didn't understand GP's point. If he didn't sign for it or authorize the charge, he's not responsible for more then $50 USD in debt in the States, unlike those smart cards, where the agreements are starting to include the improper use of a PIN making the customer completely responsible for the transaction.
Because of that, I will never go with one of the smart cards as sticking with the old system means I still have the limit on damages of $50 USD instead of having no recourse.
nah. Hit the CEO's wallets for the fines. They can afford it and they'd sure as hell get a damn clue. Expand this across the board and companies would be a lot more carefull and if there is a 2nd violation, include the Board of Directors in the fines.
Intel appears to be following a Discreete core design while AMD with Fusion is following an All-in-One design. From looking at what AMD has released as to their roadmap, it appears that unlike Intel, the APU will become the math core (fpu) of the chip, with the cpu core becoming even smaller. This appears to be planned for either the 2nd or 3rd generation of the chips
Although we're seeing continual die shrinkage by Intel, I suspect that AMD's integration will result in far better energy savings then what Intel gains from die shrinkage. From a performance stance, the APU already beats Intel's GPU by a large margin and looking at the power consumption graphs from http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/a8-3500m-llano-apu,review-32207-22.html we're already seeing a more stable draw by the fusion design compared to the i3. Yes the Intel design does drop into a far lower power stage but with proper emphasis on the rest of the other system chips, AMD should be able to cut power even further while retaining performance.
and yet, if our fuel was up to the octane standards of the late 60's, our cars could easily beat the emission standards set by almost any government and no I'm not talking this crap they call 87 octane but the 100 octane we used to get with premium/high test being 110+ octane. Keep in mind that the higher the octane, the more resistant the fuel is to detonation, thus allowing them to set the timing where needed to get both maximum power with the leanest fuel settings and on the new computer controlled with an O2 sensor, you would see very close to zero emissions across the board while getting 50+ mpg at the minimum
I did RTFM and WTV and caught something most didn't. This is going to be included in the next version of Direct X and looks to be part of Windows 8. Is it any wonder that MS demo'd their latest version of DX on new hardware? Not to me. This doesn't discount the performance level's possible on the new CPU/APU designs both AMD and Intel are pursuing and if MS can include the new DX in Win8-ARM, we should be seeing some damn interesting capabilities in the next couple of years
Seeing as how Alzheimers is related to Diabetes and that we now have a diabetes vaccine (experimental yet), I'd say it's a damn good possibility that we'll be laughing at Alzheimers in 50 years if the Diabetes vaccine proves effective.
One thing to keep in mind is that they are a Registered LLC (limited liability corporation), which means they operate under a corporate charter issued by the state as iCloud Computing. Combined with the fact that the trademark registered owner did not use it nor protect it, they have a very good chance of hitting Apple's wallet.
Someone earlier did mention money as to "how much will it take to make this case go away" and it may actually be cheaper for Apple to simply buy them out and change their name then to fight this in court.
It's not just the right that feels we'd be better off defaulting but over 63 percent of American's according to a recent article. The initial poll indicated that over 45 percent feel that way but after they changed the questions and run the poll again, the answers resulted in over 60 percent response saying default and be damned about it.
Yes people in this country are getting tired of the ever growing debt due to the war and funding things like NATO (10billion per quarter), Israel (several billion per year) and would rather we get our own house in order and take care of ourselves instead of everyone else.
Personally, I'd love the Feds to default and give us a reason to kick most of the damn idiots out of office for a change while going back to either a Gold or Silver standard. Yes it would hurt lots of corps and China but who gives a damn about them? I certainly don't because the only faith in the Dollar is now backed by the Military only, not something real.
who said it was software. What about some idiot with a backhoe that cuts a cable?
What I don't understand is why in hell a major hub airport doesn't have something like a system that's setup to cache this data? To my mind, this would actually help in the case some idiot with a backhoe does cut a com line or they get hit with some disaster like a tornado, huricane or god forbid an earthquake taking out large swathes of infrastructure.
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The problem with your statement bubba is the fact that I just bought a replacement system in March that includes an HD4220 Radeon IGP with no PCIe Video Card Slot. This is a business system so upgradeability is limited. As a small business owner, I'm not willing to replace a working system for at least 5 years as the IGP is sufficient to handle the Win7 Aero Needs and such with reasonable performance. Keep in mind this system was not bought for Gaming/Fun. It's a Business machine, thus makes money.
Yes I can imagine spending over $5k for a computer. So far, my next system budget has reached $3k in just hardware. Add in Software and it's easily pushing north of $8k.
The big question, is why you seem so surprised that a high end system can easiy pass $2k. Hell when the IBM PC came out, it would easily cost $5k with all the options and I know damn well what our TRS80 workstation setup cost. That easily pushed $3k between software and hardware. We even had a massive 15M external Winchester Disk for it that cost over $1.5k by itself. The funny thing is our old Dot Matrix Line Printer still works though I need to find a manual to reconfigure the damn thing for use on one of our older computers (HP Pavilion w/700MHz Celeron - WinMe).
One game I play (Guild Wars) feels the same way. Yes there are some add-ons that people buy along with DLC (costumes) but they don't significantly change game play. Very nice and not a subscription based game so I can enjoy it until they shut the servers down.
and this is exactly why I use an answering machine to screen my calls along with Caller ID. If I don't know the number, I let the machine answer it. If they don't leave a message, then it's not important to them.
You've never used an ATI card then. the damn drivers crash if you even think about doing something and yes I've got an ATI card (4200 onboard - 5670 dedicated) and still see the damn thing puke for no reason. It's getting better with the feedback from the OSS devs but it's still a bit fragile.
I transitioned over to Gmail from Yahoo about 3 years ago and finally deleted my Yahoo account that I'd had for over a decade. The reason I made the switch was the amount of ads (spam) from Yahoo customers that filled my inbox and buried messages from friends and family.
Once I finished moving my address book over and giving all of my contacts my new address, I saw little reason to retain the yahoo address that had become a spam tar baby. It just wasn't worth my time/effort to use it any longer and with Gmail, the only time I see their ads is when I use the web inteface, which is rare because of Imap access.
Throw out that idea. If I want kids, I'll go with a contract marriage that spells out the responsibilities of both parties. Much cheaper in the long run and ensures that there is no possibility of being nailed for spousal support or Alimony because of the contract.
What's this Citizen Garbage? My green card specifically states I'm not one of yours.
Now where's that aid package you promised me for visiting?
They've been my registrar for the last 6-9 years and other then their website being a bit confusing at times, they've been easy to deal with. I was even impressed that their phone support people were in the States and actually spoke english and they didn't work from a damn script. Knowledgable folks and they solved the problem within minutes plus I got a confirmation email for the trouble ticket
Strange. I'm not seeing any problems on FF5 and Win7-64. Not sure what the problem is for everyone else.
Guess it's nice to know that Google wont be using Priority Inbox with me as I've got it turned off. Didn't need or want the feature when it was offered so disabled it right away. Anyone else who didn't either has a need for the damn thing or doesn't have a clue how to setup labels and filters to do what they want.
In other words, nothing to see here citizen, move along.
In regards to winter driving, we've already got a solution that works quite well called Stability/Traction Control. It's part of the ABS system, so you now have the needed sensors to detect if a wheel is slipping/spinning on ice and the computer can compensate. Of course it's the cause of more fatalities as people driving models equiped with it tend to over-drive based on conditions but a computer will not.
Not only did MS strong arm OEM's to keep alternative browsers off the desktop but the also strong armed them to keep alternative OS's such as Linux from being available.
How many of us would have bought a business server with *nix and Apache installed instead of Windows and IIS? All of that was part of using their monopoly to kill any competition.
Then you loose the advantage that Flac/Raw offers, which is the ability to burn a standard cd that can be played in any player following the standard. Simply put, use a backup instead and in my case, it'll be a custom mix with what I like instead of all the garbage.
hell I'm finding that IE 9 is more stable then FF 4 on Win7 and it's more responsive when doing something because the UI is multithreaded. Sorry but until the Moz devs solve the damn UI freezing issues and get things properly multithreaded, I'm being forced to use either Chrome or IE as I don't like Opera.
I use it for the ease of keeping a few files synced between my desktop and laptop that's rarely turned on since I'm not traveling as often. As to security, what I sync doesn't need it and it's no great loss if the shit gets spread all over the web because all it is is notes on things like some online games I play on Neopets and garbage like that. Nothing important and who cares.
I guess you didn't understand GP's point. If he didn't sign for it or authorize the charge, he's not responsible for more then $50 USD in debt in the States, unlike those smart cards, where the agreements are starting to include the improper use of a PIN making the customer completely responsible for the transaction.
Because of that, I will never go with one of the smart cards as sticking with the old system means I still have the limit on damages of $50 USD instead of having no recourse.
nah. Hit the CEO's wallets for the fines. They can afford it and they'd sure as hell get a damn clue. Expand this across the board and companies would be a lot more carefull and if there is a 2nd violation, include the Board of Directors in the fines.
Intel appears to be following a Discreete core design while AMD with Fusion is following an All-in-One design. From looking at what AMD has released as to their roadmap, it appears that unlike Intel, the APU will become the math core (fpu) of the chip, with the cpu core becoming even smaller. This appears to be planned for either the 2nd or 3rd generation of the chips
Although we're seeing continual die shrinkage by Intel, I suspect that AMD's integration will result in far better energy savings then what Intel gains from die shrinkage. From a performance stance, the APU already beats Intel's GPU by a large margin and looking at the power consumption graphs from http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/a8-3500m-llano-apu,review-32207-22.html we're already seeing a more stable draw by the fusion design compared to the i3. Yes the Intel design does drop into a far lower power stage but with proper emphasis on the rest of the other system chips, AMD should be able to cut power even further while retaining performance.
and yet, if our fuel was up to the octane standards of the late 60's, our cars could easily beat the emission standards set by almost any government and no I'm not talking this crap they call 87 octane but the 100 octane we used to get with premium/high test being 110+ octane. Keep in mind that the higher the octane, the more resistant the fuel is to detonation, thus allowing them to set the timing where needed to get both maximum power with the leanest fuel settings and on the new computer controlled with an O2 sensor, you would see very close to zero emissions across the board while getting 50+ mpg at the minimum
I did RTFM and WTV and caught something most didn't. This is going to be included in the next version of Direct X and looks to be part of Windows 8. Is it any wonder that MS demo'd their latest version of DX on new hardware? Not to me. This doesn't discount the performance level's possible on the new CPU/APU designs both AMD and Intel are pursuing and if MS can include the new DX in Win8-ARM, we should be seeing some damn interesting capabilities in the next couple of years
Seeing as how Alzheimers is related to Diabetes and that we now have a diabetes vaccine (experimental yet), I'd say it's a damn good possibility that we'll be laughing at Alzheimers in 50 years if the Diabetes vaccine proves effective.
One thing to keep in mind is that they are a Registered LLC (limited liability corporation), which means they operate under a corporate charter issued by the state as iCloud Computing. Combined with the fact that the trademark registered owner did not use it nor protect it, they have a very good chance of hitting Apple's wallet.
Someone earlier did mention money as to "how much will it take to make this case go away" and it may actually be cheaper for Apple to simply buy them out and change their name then to fight this in court.
It's not just the right that feels we'd be better off defaulting but over 63 percent of American's according to a recent article. The initial poll indicated that over 45 percent feel that way but after they changed the questions and run the poll again, the answers resulted in over 60 percent response saying default and be damned about it.
Yes people in this country are getting tired of the ever growing debt due to the war and funding things like NATO (10billion per quarter), Israel (several billion per year) and would rather we get our own house in order and take care of ourselves instead of everyone else.
Personally, I'd love the Feds to default and give us a reason to kick most of the damn idiots out of office for a change while going back to either a Gold or Silver standard. Yes it would hurt lots of corps and China but who gives a damn about them? I certainly don't because the only faith in the Dollar is now backed by the Military only, not something real.
who said it was software. What about some idiot with a backhoe that cuts a cable?
What I don't understand is why in hell a major hub airport doesn't have something like a system that's setup to cache this data? To my mind, this would actually help in the case some idiot with a backhoe does cut a com line or they get hit with some disaster like a tornado, huricane or god forbid an earthquake taking out large swathes of infrastructure.