For all realistic purposes, Sony already has the "First to Market" edge due to backward compatability.
Ideally, what does being "First" really get you?
Well, you get a user base before the other guys.
You get enough developer support going to have a larger library of better games.
More free advertising through the press and media outlets.
More word of mouth.
More time to actually advertise a real product.
Time to work out all the v1.0 hardware release bugs. Even the PS2 has gone through a number of hardware and firmware revisions.
More add on gear like controlers and software.
Sony already has most of these advantages thanks to backward compatability. There has been more than one occasion when I've been in a store and overheard a debate on which console to buy. Sometimes it ends with a comment about all the games the PS2 supports. Sometimes I end it by pointing out that you can play the PSOne games on the PS2. Not everyone knows that.
Microsoft of all companies should know the advantages offered by backward compatability.
Contorlers and other gear don't really matter as they aren't big sellers anyhow.
I have to tell you, the decision on buying the next Playsataion will be made far easier by the fact that my existing games will work on it. Now if it also has Tivo like abilities I'm all set.
Yes. One dose of the antibiotic penicillin will cure a person who has had syphilis for less than a year. However, penicilin will not cure damage that has occured before treatment. More doses are needed to cure someone who has had it for longer than a year. A baby born with the disease needs daily penicillin treatment for 10 days. There are no home remedies or over-the-counter drugs that cure syphilis.
This means if you catch Strep throat and syphilis from the same partner, and get treated for the Strep, you'll never know you even HAD syphilis because the antibiotics from curing the Strep will wipe out the syphilis long before the Strep is done in. Last time I had Strep it was treated with a ten day program of antibiotics.
Out of the box Red Hat, Knoppix and Suse autodetect and configure all the hardware on both of my computers at home.
Windows requires five reboots and numerous driver installs one one box and SIX on the other.
All the software for Linux is updated with two commands. All the software is update on Windows with numerous downloads and a few dozen reboots.
It all depends on the hardware.
Part of the issue is that Linux has more frequent OS updates, so more hardware can be added to the "Out of the box" configuration. Windows "Out of the Box" detection is just going to get worse and worse until Longhorn comes out. "Out of the Box" detection is a pretty useless metric, as any OS that is older than the latest graphics / sound/RAID card will require downloads and installs.
As for lying, I've spent six years running a distance learning environment with close to 200,000 students using a system the vendor rates for 10,000. It's fun making a system do things stably that the vendor insisted wasn't possible.:)
We have what's called the "Hit by a bus" file where I work. It's supposed to be a set of sealed envelopes to be opened in the event of an emergency.
Sadly, we had a server die while the Network Admin was on vacation, and we discovered his was blank. Seems he wants to take all our configuration, login and server data to his grave.
Given the dialogue that Lucas Wrote for the first two steaming piles of Bantha waste I suspect he may very well have labored long and hard over the titles to get them to align like that, never once realizing his grasp of grammar was rudimentary at best.
You're really squeezing all you can out of this dried up idea.
I just can't sink my teeth into something like this, it's not juicy enough. It has the seed of a good series of puns, but you'd think it was left out in the sun too long and shriveled up.
I'll stop now, but not out of decency, but the need to refresh my caffeine supply.
You have been declared an enemy combatant and convicted of providing detailed bomb construction information to potential terrorists. If you do not report to the nearest detention center for sentencing within the next three hours, an APB will be put out notifying all law enforcement personnel that you are a known terrorist and are considered armed and dangerous.
All of your goods and property are hereby seized by the federal government and will be liquidated to finance the ongoing war on terror. All of your known family and associates will be detained for questioning regarding your activities and their involvement in terrorist activities.
By engaging in the terrorist activity of disseminating bomb construction information, you have forfeited all rights and privileges, including but not limited to free trial, freedom of speech and the right to face your accusers.
The install program dies under Windows if you don't have your Palm Desktop installed to the "default" directory. If, for example, you're using e:\palm\ for your Palm install program, you get an error message that it couldn't find the Palm Desktop.
The Wi-Fi is, in the classis sense, a "Loss Leader"
If $150 / mo for a business cable modem and $300 in one time setup hardware results in an extra $200 a months in business with no extra "tech support" issues from customers, then it's worth the investment.
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Fascinating.
Does that mean he'll solve that pesky "The universe resets at the end of every episode" bug?
And will be get the "Non-trivial character development" patch?
Cool.
My lord, this would be cool. A Trek Series with a plot.
We haven't seen that in ages.
For all realistic purposes, Sony already has the "First to Market" edge due to backward compatability.
Ideally, what does being "First" really get you?
Well, you get a user base before the other guys.
You get enough developer support going to have a larger library of better games.
More free advertising through the press and media outlets.
More word of mouth.
More time to actually advertise a real product.
Time to work out all the v1.0 hardware release bugs. Even the PS2 has gone through a number of hardware and firmware revisions.
More add on gear like controlers and software.
Sony already has most of these advantages thanks to backward compatability. There has been more than one occasion when I've been in a store and overheard a debate on which console to buy. Sometimes it ends with a comment about all the games the PS2 supports. Sometimes I end it by pointing out that you can play the PSOne games on the PS2. Not everyone knows that.
Microsoft of all companies should know the advantages offered by backward compatability.
Contorlers and other gear don't really matter as they aren't big sellers anyhow.
I have to tell you, the decision on buying the next Playsataion will be made far easier by the fact that my existing games will work on it. Now if it also has Tivo like abilities I'm all set.
Fast load time, support for basic Word DOC formatting and a few other nice features.
Looks like they might have listend to you.
Their web site is running Suse Linux
Server: Apache/1.3.27 (Linux/SuSE) PHP/4.3.1
Operating system: Linux - Suse
Syphilis can be cured rather easily.
Is there a cure for syphilis?
Yes. One dose of the antibiotic penicillin will cure a person who has had syphilis for less than a year. However, penicilin will not cure damage that has occured before treatment. More doses are needed to cure someone who has had it for longer than a year. A baby born with the disease needs daily penicillin treatment for 10 days. There are no home remedies or over-the-counter drugs that cure syphilis.
This means if you catch Strep throat and syphilis from the same partner, and get treated for the Strep, you'll never know you even HAD syphilis because the antibiotics from curing the Strep will wipe out the syphilis long before the Strep is done in. Last time I had Strep it was treated with a ten day program of antibiotics.
Therfore, AIDS is far worse than Syphilis.
Pep Boys?
These are fiancial guys Joe Sixpack listens to. Mainstream all the way baby.
Out of the box Red Hat, Knoppix and Suse autodetect and configure all the hardware on both of my computers at home.
/RAID card will require downloads and installs.
Windows requires five reboots and numerous driver installs one one box and SIX on the other.
All the software for Linux is updated with two commands. All the software is update on Windows with numerous downloads and a few dozen reboots.
It all depends on the hardware.
Part of the issue is that Linux has more frequent OS updates, so more hardware can be added to the "Out of the box" configuration. Windows "Out of the Box" detection is just going to get worse and worse until Longhorn comes out. "Out of the Box" detection is a pretty useless metric, as any OS that is older than the latest graphics / sound
That's pretty much what a lot of man pages already do.
And I use a mac, so commence making fun of me for being a hypocrit.
Well, if you're using OS X, you're already running Unix anyway.
I'm getting more and more tempted by MAC these days.
Mmmmm. Unix.
Mmmmmm uber-easy GUI
Thanks!
:)
I need all the help I can get.
As for lying, I've spent six years running a distance learning environment with close to 200,000 students using a system the vendor rates for 10,000. It's fun making a system do things stably that the vendor insisted wasn't possible.
I'd run far and fast from your employer.
And with the economy ramping up, I might have a shot at a new job!
It all boils down the the fact that I can't seem to write s decent resume to save my life.
I'm a damn guru of Distance Learning implementation but my resume is a mess.
We have what's called the "Hit by a bus" file where I work. It's supposed to be a set of sealed envelopes to be opened in the event of an emergency.
Sadly, we had a server die while the Network Admin was on vacation, and we discovered his was blank. Seems he wants to take all our configuration, login and server data to his grave.
And it STILL hasn't been updated
Given the dialogue that Lucas Wrote for the first two steaming piles of Bantha waste I suspect he may very well have labored long and hard over the titles to get them to align like that, never once realizing his grasp of grammar was rudimentary at best.
You're really squeezing all you can out of this dried up idea.
I just can't sink my teeth into something like this, it's not juicy enough. It has the seed of a good series of puns, but you'd think it was left out in the sun too long and shriveled up.
I'll stop now, but not out of decency, but the need to refresh my caffeine supply.
You have been declared an enemy combatant and convicted of providing detailed bomb construction information to potential terrorists. If you do not report to the nearest detention center for sentencing within the next three hours, an APB will be put out notifying all law enforcement personnel that you are a known terrorist and are considered armed and dangerous.
All of your goods and property are hereby seized by the federal government and will be liquidated to finance the ongoing war on terror. All of your known family and associates will be detained for questioning regarding your activities and their involvement in terrorist activities.
By engaging in the terrorist activity of disseminating bomb construction information, you have forfeited all rights and privileges, including but not limited to free trial, freedom of speech and the right to face your accusers.
Have a Nice Day
They have a Windows installer, which does not work.
And truth be told, if I can't install A Linux program with apt-get, rpm or make install, then I don't bother with it either.
Linux installer methods are generally good. With Windows you have to track down the program, download it, save it somewhere and then run the.
In a Linux that supports apt-get, you type apt-get install (program name) and you're pretty much done.
So yes, you don't see many Linux "Install" program these days. Linux is evolving past such arcane things.
The install program dies under Windows if you don't have your Palm Desktop installed to the "default" directory. If, for example, you're using e:\palm\ for your Palm install program, you get an error message that it couldn't find the Palm Desktop.
This article in their web site tells more.
It's clear that instead of fixing their installer, they've chosen to make people jump through some hoops after searching their help forums.
Broken Installers are not worth my time, especially for a commercial application.
Check out Wizard's Bane by Rick Cook
It's a fun, Computer Geek Oriented Fantasy Novel, which is the start of a fun series.
All of the articles I see here today are about linux. Is today a linux day or something ?
/. so this is not a complaint
On Slashdot, every day is Linux day!
Of course, I like that about
Oh well, I'll just continue to use Mailwasher to cleanse my Hotmail account. It works nicely. Well worth the registration fee.
Good point.
The Wi-Fi is, in the classis sense, a "Loss Leader"
If $150 / mo for a business cable modem and $300 in one time setup hardware results in an extra $200 a months in business with no extra "tech support" issues from customers, then it's worth the investment.
You know, if that's the way tehy hadle it, and they don't burden us with annoying ads that jump around or make sound, I say go for it.
Well, Hormel's rep could take a beating, as they do produce a lot of tasty food.
SPAM (n) Gefilte Fish for Gentiles.
Just subscribe to one of their services. :)
Everyone wins except the SPAM sending slime.