From the recycling article regarding the US and reprocessing.
"In October 1976, fear of nuclear weapons proliferation (especially after India demonstrated nuclear weapons capabilities using reprocessing technology) led President Gerald Ford to issue a Presidential directive to indefinitely suspend the commercial reprocessing and recycling of plutonium in the U.S. This was confirmed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977. After that, only countries that already had large investments in reprocessing infrastructure continued to reprocess spent nuclear fuel. President Reagan lifted the ban in 1981, but did not provide the substantial subsidy that would have been necessary to start up commercial reprocessing."
This is also similar to the 'Linux' guys who want to 'fool around at home' with Ubuntu etc. on a Pentium 2 with 128MB of ram and 20Gig hard drive - and then call it slow, no drivers, hard to configure, etc.
Ah well reason and realism seem to go out the window when people 'try' a new operating system of any flavor.
Apparently you've never supported the Palm Pilot mX Magical Pony Edition or you would not be saying such things.
Of the few POS that are still in service where I am employed - our team spends at least 6 hours a week supporting palms for their issues.
Users love them for their calendaring and contact lists and don't want to give them up for that.
Blackberry just doesn't have it yet when it comes to that in the users eyes.
Apparently losing data, duping data, not synching every other day, bursting into flames, and killing babies to a dark lord are all things they can live with in order to use those two functions.
Curses! Beaten to the punch!
I was in fact going to point to the same article. I remember my neighbor getting all upset about this in his brand new Pentium base system.
A structured or standardized format to error logs would go a long way I think.
I'm not sure what it's like on MAC and really haven't found out how to do it on Linux (Ubuntu)
but finding and reading logs for Windows is a small nightmare.
The event viewer can help but some times it doesn't give enough detail or doesn't even log the event as you would expect.
Perhaps it's just the environment I'm in and the way it's setup but logs are the last thing our desktop support look for in resolving an issue while it's the 1st thing I want to look at.
Too true comrade - now if you wouldn't mine to please be fashionably goose stepping into our wonderfully crafted from your tax dollars super showers of peace and happiness over here as you are modded down.:D
Don't use a graph to confuse the semantic issue.
OIL is not used to create power.
OIL is used for the transportation infrastructure.
FOSSIL FUELS such as COAL and NATURAL GAS are used to create power.
Thank you.
Ah man! Too funny! I can hear that infernal voice now: LITIGATE! TERMINATE! DESTROY! DESTROY! DESTROY!
I foresee a PS'd Dalek with 200$ silk tie and leather brief case...
Going to have that in my head all day now.
With EA's earlier pledge to bring Games to the MAC platform this could break new ground easily for Bioware/Pandemic who might not have had the financial or technical resources themselves. This sort of move gives all parties involved a lot of leverage and with the upswing in sales of Mac it is hard for games companies to ignore the platform.
As successful as the products lines from B/P have been it is a no-brain move for them to pursue EA and for EA to willingly pick them up. EA gets more proven product lines, a broader market share, and a game segment that they have not really had a lot of success in. B/P gets resources both financial and technical to bring their products to other platforms and, if represented properly, have a better chance at larger sales within the market.
A good indicator of the winds of change are the slow uptake of Vista and the broader market rejection of it in the business sector. The consumer is looking for value in their dollar with current trends in the US market(s) and in hard times you will suddenly find a lot of DYI growth, which inevitably leads to... Linux. Look at AMD/ATI and what they've started to do for open source. Hardware/Software is rapidly changing from fixed goods into a serviced goods structure as I see it. ALA Google apps etc.
Do you start to see the trends now? This is hardly a bad move by all parties and the only thing that can possibly foul it up is terrible ego and mis-management. Oh... EA... hrmmm...:P
Bioware/Pademic good move and enjoy your new found success!
Well EA, you've got a turning point here... best of luck and hope you do well!
Disclaimer: Economists please excuse my amateurish views and abuse of terms and concepts I don't fully understand but I felt it necessary to put business insight into the discussion instead of typical End of the World rants and raves.
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From the recycling article regarding the US and reprocessing. "In October 1976, fear of nuclear weapons proliferation (especially after India demonstrated nuclear weapons capabilities using reprocessing technology) led President Gerald Ford to issue a Presidential directive to indefinitely suspend the commercial reprocessing and recycling of plutonium in the U.S. This was confirmed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977. After that, only countries that already had large investments in reprocessing infrastructure continued to reprocess spent nuclear fuel. President Reagan lifted the ban in 1981, but did not provide the substantial subsidy that would have been necessary to start up commercial reprocessing."
This is also similar to the 'Linux' guys who want to 'fool around at home' with Ubuntu etc. on a Pentium 2 with 128MB of ram and 20Gig hard drive - and then call it slow, no drivers, hard to configure, etc. Ah well reason and realism seem to go out the window when people 'try' a new operating system of any flavor.
Apparently you've never supported the Palm Pilot mX Magical Pony Edition or you would not be saying such things. Of the few POS that are still in service where I am employed - our team spends at least 6 hours a week supporting palms for their issues. Users love them for their calendaring and contact lists and don't want to give them up for that. Blackberry just doesn't have it yet when it comes to that in the users eyes. Apparently losing data, duping data, not synching every other day, bursting into flames, and killing babies to a dark lord are all things they can live with in order to use those two functions.
What really matters is that there is no 'pistol whip' tag to explain this. As in: The ISO just got a pistol whip from IBM.
Curses! Beaten to the punch! I was in fact going to point to the same article. I remember my neighbor getting all upset about this in his brand new Pentium base system.
A structured or standardized format to error logs would go a long way I think. I'm not sure what it's like on MAC and really haven't found out how to do it on Linux (Ubuntu) but finding and reading logs for Windows is a small nightmare. The event viewer can help but some times it doesn't give enough detail or doesn't even log the event as you would expect. Perhaps it's just the environment I'm in and the way it's setup but logs are the last thing our desktop support look for in resolving an issue while it's the 1st thing I want to look at.
My SWAG is that Steve Jobs will talk it up not by doing it 1st but by doing it better. DISCLAIMER: No I don't own a MAC or MAC stock.
Too true comrade - now if you wouldn't mine to please be fashionably goose stepping into our wonderfully crafted from your tax dollars super showers of peace and happiness over here as you are modded down. :D
Don't use a graph to confuse the semantic issue. OIL is not used to create power. OIL is used for the transportation infrastructure. FOSSIL FUELS such as COAL and NATURAL GAS are used to create power. Thank you.
Ah man! Too funny! I can hear that infernal voice now: LITIGATE! TERMINATE! DESTROY! DESTROY! DESTROY! I foresee a PS'd Dalek with 200$ silk tie and leather brief case... Going to have that in my head all day now.
With EA's earlier pledge to bring Games to the MAC platform this could break new ground easily for Bioware/Pandemic who might not have had the financial or technical resources themselves. This sort of move gives all parties involved a lot of leverage and with the upswing in sales of Mac it is hard for games companies to ignore the platform. As successful as the products lines from B/P have been it is a no-brain move for them to pursue EA and for EA to willingly pick them up. EA gets more proven product lines, a broader market share, and a game segment that they have not really had a lot of success in. B/P gets resources both financial and technical to bring their products to other platforms and, if represented properly, have a better chance at larger sales within the market. A good indicator of the winds of change are the slow uptake of Vista and the broader market rejection of it in the business sector. The consumer is looking for value in their dollar with current trends in the US market(s) and in hard times you will suddenly find a lot of DYI growth, which inevitably leads to... Linux. Look at AMD/ATI and what they've started to do for open source. Hardware/Software is rapidly changing from fixed goods into a serviced goods structure as I see it. ALA Google apps etc. Do you start to see the trends now? This is hardly a bad move by all parties and the only thing that can possibly foul it up is terrible ego and mis-management. Oh... EA... hrmmm... :P
Bioware/Pademic good move and enjoy your new found success!
Well EA, you've got a turning point here... best of luck and hope you do well!
Disclaimer: Economists please excuse my amateurish views and abuse of terms and concepts I don't fully understand but I felt it necessary to put business insight into the discussion instead of typical End of the World rants and raves.