Speaking of selling the consoles at a loss, is this really true?
I can understand this at the beginning of the console's life cycle, but now the hardware is not as expensive as it was when it was first introduced. In addition, the R&D must have also been covered by now.
Anybody with real numbers?
May be you shouldn't count downloads as a direct indicator of success. People download things just to try them and play around with their phones. I'd rather count the real sales where money is exchanged. The summary even states that these adult apps made the most downloaded lists.
I read a comment here (http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1558048&cid=31220298) a few days ago claiming that Apple does not make money out of the store and that it is barely paying for its maintenance. The comment claims that this is shown by Apple's financial reports (I did not check those reports, however).
And how exactly would those publishers benefit if they "murder" the author? the work will go into public domain, not to the publisher. You can't benefit from popular works if everyone's able to print and market their own copy (i.e. no monopoly).
The worst software ever written. It brings all the machines I have to their knees. Even crashes the browser often. Yet, web developers insist on forcing it upon us. I've never anticipated a product more than M$'s Silverwhatever. The least it could do is force Adobe to clean up their shit.
Is it the implementation itself or is Flash inherently broken?
Why? because you are the one paying for the goverment who made that law. And you are the one paying the companies that developed this system. And you are the one paying for the hardware. And you are the one paying for the people maintaining the system. And you are the one paying for the extra hardware they'll need after your stunt. And you are the one paying for the extra manpower they'll need. And you are the one....
In short, you are paying for everything. It is your tax money. Me: 1. Buy stocks in WD and Seagate 2. Build Big Brother software solutions and sell to the government. 3.... 4. Profit!
NOTE: Please mod me +5 Informative. Not for my ego but I really want all people to read this.
I'm a CS graduate from Saudi Arabia. I didn't do any biology in university, but back in high school we were taught evolution as one of the available theories. Perhaps not the we-were-monkeys one (the one where the origin of things is part of the theory), but the one where things evolve due to many factors (environment, survival,...) and that could take relatively short or long time.
So, I believe I'm better than you because I don't take evolution as a religion and become an extremist where I attack, insult and ridicule non-believers. I also don't go around telling what's taught in Muslim countries without attending their schools.
It always bothers me that they monitor and identify my traffic. If they identify and view my HTTP why should I trust them with carrying my communication with my bank?
I know it is encrypted but there's nothing to stop them from breaking that encryption. What about my email and passwords? my shopping list at Amazon.com?
I would hack/. just to mod you up. You and Mr.Slippery below. I'll introduce "still has a brain" as a mod.
It is sad that there are people who still say that terrorists want to change their way of life, convert them to Islam or introduce Sharia law.
They don't care about your way of life, your God or that you jail a man 5 yrs for copyright infringement. They just want you to let them be and stop supporting Israil and blocking every UN resolution.
The whole "Oh gee! Computers and technology are so complicated! LOLZ!!1! I'm such an idiot about computers!" thing is getting old. You're technologically incompetent. Wonderful. Either start learning, or stop complaining when it bites you in the ass.
It is not that.
My friend's old XP laptop died. His 1.5yr old angel of a daughter spilled her milk on it. He used to use it for his research (working on his PhD on effects of commerce on city planning) while his wife and 5yr old son used it for everything that comes to mind.
He did a lot of research on hardware and bought an affordable (for a student) PC off ebay that came with no OS. Since XP is old and every reasonable non-IT professional would expect Vista to be better he decided on Vista. Looking at Vista's 9999 editions he couldn't make much sense. He picked Ultimate based merely on the word "Ultimate" and fearing that the other editions might not allow him to run his software, his son to play games or his wife to browse the net.
The only thing that stopped him was the price. He was lucky to have a friend who knows these things. He asked me first. He could have asked me to do everything and get him a working PC but he did not want to waste my time (knowing that I am doing my PhD too).
So, moral of the story (apart from praising myself):
People are not stupid. They try to research things before spending their hard earned money. You can't AND SHOULDN'T expect them to know everything or find everything. They are trying to get along with their lives not become certified IT professionals. Afterall, nobody expects you to know how a Toyota's engine works before you buy one, and everyone will be on your side if you later find out that it won't go over 30mph unless you buy fuel only from Shell.
You seem to have read or at least checked them. Can I ask you a question? (or anyone here for that matter)
I've seen the 1st movie and was not interested. I saw the 1st LOTR movie and went out and bought the whole series (and the Hobbit). I didn't put them down until I finished them all.
Books are unlike movies though. Will I like Harry Potter at all?
To me it is not how many are in use? but how much effort is wasted on those not in use? that much effort could have been directed at perfecting the experience and improving HW support.
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Why redo the computation when you can utilize the Cache? I thought that's the we should do things in CS.
Speaking of selling the consoles at a loss, is this really true? I can understand this at the beginning of the console's life cycle, but now the hardware is not as expensive as it was when it was first introduced. In addition, the R&D must have also been covered by now. Anybody with real numbers?
May be you shouldn't count downloads as a direct indicator of success. People download things just to try them and play around with their phones. I'd rather count the real sales where money is exchanged. The summary even states that these adult apps made the most downloaded lists.
I read a comment here (http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1558048&cid=31220298) a few days ago claiming that Apple does not make money out of the store and that it is barely paying for its maintenance. The comment claims that this is shown by Apple's financial reports (I did not check those reports, however).
I wonder what will such high speeds (and increasingly powerful/affordable processors) do to things like Tor.
The US has threatened to withhold cooperation on terrorist intelligence if the bank data deal now in place is canceled
Like US intelligence means something. Fat lot of good their own intelligence did them.
And how exactly would those publishers benefit if they "murder" the author? the work will go into public domain, not to the publisher. You can't benefit from popular works if everyone's able to print and market their own copy (i.e. no monopoly).
I knew TV was not a new technology
Ameen, brother, Ameen.
The worst software ever written. It brings all the machines I have to their knees. Even crashes the browser often. Yet, web developers insist on forcing it upon us. I've never anticipated a product more than M$'s Silverwhatever. The least it could do is force Adobe to clean up their shit.
Is it the implementation itself or is Flash inherently broken?
Whatever happens, DO NOT DO THAT!
....
...
Why? because you are the one paying for the goverment who made that law. And you are the one paying the companies that developed this system. And you are the one paying for the hardware. And you are the one paying for the people maintaining the system. And you are the one paying for the extra hardware they'll need after your stunt. And you are the one paying for the extra manpower they'll need. And you are the one
In short, you are paying for everything. It is your tax money.
Me:
1. Buy stocks in WD and Seagate
2. Build Big Brother software solutions and sell to the government.
3.
4. Profit!
NOTE: Please mod me +5 Informative. Not for my ego but I really want all people to read this.
...) and that could take relatively short or long time.
I'm a CS graduate from Saudi Arabia. I didn't do any biology in university, but back in high school we were taught evolution as one of the available theories. Perhaps not the we-were-monkeys one (the one where the origin of things is part of the theory), but the one where things evolve due to many factors (environment, survival,
So, I believe I'm better than you because I don't take evolution as a religion and become an extremist where I attack, insult and ridicule non-believers. I also don't go around telling what's taught in Muslim countries without attending their schools.
It always bothers me that they monitor and identify my traffic. If they identify and view my HTTP why should I trust them with carrying my communication with my bank?
I know it is encrypted but there's nothing to stop them from breaking that encryption. What about my email and passwords? my shopping list at Amazon.com?
I would hack /. just to mod you up. You and Mr.Slippery below. I'll introduce "still has a brain" as a mod.
It is sad that there are people who still say that terrorists want to change their way of life, convert them to Islam or introduce Sharia law.
They don't care about your way of life, your God or that you jail a man 5 yrs for copyright infringement. They just want you to let them be and stop supporting Israil and blocking every UN resolution.
It is not that.
My friend's old XP laptop died. His 1.5yr old angel of a daughter spilled her milk on it. He used to use it for his research (working on his PhD on effects of commerce on city planning) while his wife and 5yr old son used it for everything that comes to mind.
He did a lot of research on hardware and bought an affordable (for a student) PC off ebay that came with no OS. Since XP is old and every reasonable non-IT professional would expect Vista to be better he decided on Vista. Looking at Vista's 9999 editions he couldn't make much sense. He picked Ultimate based merely on the word "Ultimate" and fearing that the other editions might not allow him to run his software, his son to play games or his wife to browse the net.
The only thing that stopped him was the price. He was lucky to have a friend who knows these things. He asked me first. He could have asked me to do everything and get him a working PC but he did not want to waste my time (knowing that I am doing my PhD too).
So, moral of the story (apart from praising myself):
People are not stupid. They try to research things before spending their hard earned money. You can't AND SHOULDN'T expect them to know everything or find everything. They are trying to get along with their lives not become certified IT professionals. Afterall, nobody expects you to know how a Toyota's engine works before you buy one, and everyone will be on your side if you later find out that it won't go over 30mph unless you buy fuel only from Shell.
Let's bomb the fookers cowboy Neil
better yet, make that 22.99 fps
You seem to have read or at least checked them. Can I ask you a question? (or anyone here for that matter) I've seen the 1st movie and was not interested. I saw the 1st LOTR movie and went out and bought the whole series (and the Hobbit). I didn't put them down until I finished them all. Books are unlike movies though. Will I like Harry Potter at all?
To me it is not how many are in use? but how much effort is wasted on those not in use? that much effort could have been directed at perfecting the experience and improving HW support.