Not everything is a rip off of apple. The apple tablet isnt even out yet, or even seen by anyone yet, and they hint at this one knocking apple off. Apple does not own a patent on rounded edges!
In my opinion programming is an art form. There is a lot of nuance to it, and you need to have a trained eye to know what to look for. It would be obvious to people that you cant judge an artist by how many paintings he has done. You just have the talent, or you dont.
What is so special about the number 10? if we're going to adopt a more sensible system of measurements, why not adopt a more sensible system of numbers?
Why base 10? The only reason is because we (most of us) have 10 fingers!
Why not base1 2? 12 is easily divisible by 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8, not just 2 and 5!
We already use the terms dozen and gross! Why shouldn't these terms be the base 12 equivalents of ten and hundred?
With a base 12 system we can represent higher numbers with fewer digits.
So why don't we switch to a base 12 metric system?
Because it is a pain in the ass! We already do all our math, all of our measurements, and all of THINKING in our archaic base 10 system, and it would be more efficient to stay with a 4 wheeled car than to waste the effort switching to 3 wheels and save a whole wheel!
VLC Will just become another reason for you to dual boot windows. You already need to if you play games, why not if you watch movies?
I just run windows on desktops through. I'm neither a beret wearing graphic designer nor a homosexual.
The "our house our rules" mentality is bullshit. They are taking peoples money, not offering a fair game. Whenever someone starts to win- they kick them out. That just simply isn't fair to whoever was winning.
This is a terrible idea. I think everyone at playboy involved with this should be shot, I think that the simpsons shoul've been canceled atleast 10 years ago, and I think that both playboy and the simpsons are old, stale, crap!
I don't think that they will really expand that much upon the ancients. I think that they mostly wanted to do something voyager-esque, and figured that the ancients were the only ones around long enough ago to have made a ship that would be far enough away to not be able to readily get back.
My guess is that they will run into the bad guys who control the *delta quadrant* or whatever- and that most of the story will be about them. I really hope i'm wrong though, because that would be very boring. I thought that the wraith were a bit of a stretch- introducing another bad guy would be hard.
Personally I look forward to every episode in the stargate series. I was a big fan of SG1 for a while, and while I didn't like atlantis at first, I eventually did- realizing that it was its own thing.
At first I was kind of scared with the direction they were taking it with stargate universe. I don't like watching drama shows. I thought back to the new battlestar galactica- which was okay- but honestly not my favorite series.
I just hope they don't try too hard to copy what battlestar galactica did. I kind of have the feeling that they want to- given the similarities of characters- Nicholas Rush is a over emotional long haired scientist guy who is possibly evil possibly insane- just like gaius baltar. I have a feeling that they're trying to adama-fy Col. Everett Young- but that wont work. Edward James Olmos defined that character. They cant duplicate him.
What i'm hoping is that they will realize they're going to fail if they copy another series, and they warp the characters a bit so that they're not the same. I'm hoping that once they do that- i'll lose the sour taste in my mouth.
Anyway- I do like the gamer dude- Eli Wallace- but I feel like it was kind of an obvious ploy of them to put him in- they know most of the people who watch the show are fat male gamers who went to college (like myself). Regardless- that should inject some humor into the series- and that is the main reason I loved the series- because of the witty comic relief- like when Jack O'neal made some wise crack at the big scary aliens- or when Rodney Mckay yelled at the other characters for forgetting something that was blatently obvious to the viewer- but would've been left in the background in any "first generation" sci fi series - like startrek and such.
Anyway- I feel like i've geeked out enough for one blurb, I may as well be the fat comic book guy at this point- so i'll cut my blurb short.
You can, actually, so long as no more than about 500 people are on at a time. That is the the average load for a single machine, with medium-high specs. If you get a cluster running, you can do a normal sized wow server. Just look up ascentemu.
I believe they're referring to the number of blizzard employees involved in the area.
As far as the millions- it takes 1 normal middle-high end computer to maintain 500 people logged in. If they have 20,000 servers, they can support their entire population (10 million) logging in at once (assuming they're evenly spread between servers).
that if this were microsoft, people would be yelling and screaming, and calling ballmer an evil bastard.
But noooo.... since this is apple- half the freaking people will defend them even if they're being evil.
Look- it does not matter how shiny or great your new mac is- the corporation that made it is just as underhanded and evil as its main competitor, just less successful at being evil.
If you have an extra 500 bucks laying around to spend on a one time use card, go nuts.
You could just get your significant other a netbook with a video file on it, captain yesterday.:P
I agree that wireless keyboards are mostly pointless- but I like wireless mice because with wired you constantly have to adjust that cord, and it kind of pulls on the mouse at certain angles, and you have to keep your computer closer to you in order to keep it plugged in in many cases.
I agree that double-a and regular rechargeable mice are crap. I like the ones that have their own type of battery pack. It comes with two, and you just swpa em out every so often.
I prefer the types that charge via swappable battery packs. You just hit a button, and it pops out, then you replace it with one in the receiver- have to do it once a day, but it easily charges in that time.
I think that microsoft over the last year have been getting better. They're doing fair business and making decent (if not good) products.
I dont know if bill leaving was the reason- and I doubt anyone does.
I'm not sure who I like- Gates or Ballmer. Gates is smarter than ballmer, but very very controlling. Ballmet is stupider, and kind of pigheaded, but he is just a party boy at heart.
Either way I dont think a CEO has enough direct influence in a company to shift the entire mindset. Sure, they can put specific things in place to shape the company, but in the end the city is populated by the citizens, not the mayor.
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Not everything is a rip off of apple. The apple tablet isnt even out yet, or even seen by anyone yet, and they hint at this one knocking apple off. Apple does not own a patent on rounded edges!
In my opinion programming is an art form. There is a lot of nuance to it, and you need to have a trained eye to know what to look for. It would be obvious to people that you cant judge an artist by how many paintings he has done. You just have the talent, or you dont.
What is so special about the number 10? if we're going to adopt a more sensible system of measurements, why not adopt a more sensible system of numbers?
Why base 10? The only reason is because we (most of us) have 10 fingers!
Why not base1 2? 12 is easily divisible by 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8, not just 2 and 5!
We already use the terms dozen and gross! Why shouldn't these terms be the base 12 equivalents of ten and hundred?
With a base 12 system we can represent higher numbers with fewer digits.
So why don't we switch to a base 12 metric system?
Because it is a pain in the ass! We already do all our math, all of our measurements, and all of THINKING in our archaic base 10 system, and it would be more efficient to stay with a 4 wheeled car than to waste the effort switching to 3 wheels and save a whole wheel!
VLC Will just become another reason for you to dual boot windows. You already need to if you play games, why not if you watch movies? I just run windows on desktops through. I'm neither a beret wearing graphic designer nor a homosexual.
Yeah- that about sums the american legal system up. Here is isn't about who's in the right- its about who has the most money for lawyers.
I do not hold grudges. I just want tech to advance. I hope microsoft wins this case. I always support the allegeded infringer in patent suits.
"fair" is not kicking people out for simply playing well- which is all card counting is.
The "our house our rules" mentality is bullshit. They are taking peoples money, not offering a fair game. Whenever someone starts to win- they kick them out. That just simply isn't fair to whoever was winning.
This is a terrible idea. I think everyone at playboy involved with this should be shot, I think that the simpsons shoul've been canceled atleast 10 years ago, and I think that both playboy and the simpsons are old, stale, crap!
Every other electronic device besides calculators.. that is.
Remember those things? Calculators? I think they're kind of like abacuses- people used them before they had phones/laptops.
I don't think that they will really expand that much upon the ancients. I think that they mostly wanted to do something voyager-esque, and figured that the ancients were the only ones around long enough ago to have made a ship that would be far enough away to not be able to readily get back.
My guess is that they will run into the bad guys who control the *delta quadrant* or whatever- and that most of the story will be about them. I really hope i'm wrong though, because that would be very boring. I thought that the wraith were a bit of a stretch- introducing another bad guy would be hard.
Personally I look forward to every episode in the stargate series. I was a big fan of SG1 for a while, and while I didn't like atlantis at first, I eventually did- realizing that it was its own thing.
At first I was kind of scared with the direction they were taking it with stargate universe. I don't like watching drama shows. I thought back to the new battlestar galactica- which was okay- but honestly not my favorite series.
I just hope they don't try too hard to copy what battlestar galactica did. I kind of have the feeling that they want to- given the similarities of characters- Nicholas Rush is a over emotional long haired scientist guy who is possibly evil possibly insane- just like gaius baltar. I have a feeling that they're trying to adama-fy Col. Everett Young- but that wont work. Edward James Olmos defined that character. They cant duplicate him.
What i'm hoping is that they will realize they're going to fail if they copy another series, and they warp the characters a bit so that they're not the same. I'm hoping that once they do that- i'll lose the sour taste in my mouth.
Anyway- I do like the gamer dude- Eli Wallace- but I feel like it was kind of an obvious ploy of them to put him in- they know most of the people who watch the show are fat male gamers who went to college (like myself). Regardless- that should inject some humor into the series- and that is the main reason I loved the series- because of the witty comic relief- like when Jack O'neal made some wise crack at the big scary aliens- or when Rodney Mckay yelled at the other characters for forgetting something that was blatently obvious to the viewer- but would've been left in the background in any "first generation" sci fi series - like startrek and such.
Anyway- I feel like i've geeked out enough for one blurb, I may as well be the fat comic book guy at this point- so i'll cut my blurb short.
Where is the news in this article? Wimax has been coming soonâ for like 700 years.
Whoever came up with that name sucks. From this point forward, carbon nanotube sheets are called mithril.
You can, actually, so long as no more than about 500 people are on at a time. That is the the average load for a single machine, with medium-high specs. If you get a cluster running, you can do a normal sized wow server. Just look up ascentemu.
I believe they're referring to the number of blizzard employees involved in the area.
As far as the millions- it takes 1 normal middle-high end computer to maintain 500 people logged in. If they have 20,000 servers, they can support their entire population (10 million) logging in at once (assuming they're evenly spread between servers).
After these fuckers spending years creating malware that specifically target's microsoft products, I say: ITS ABOUT FUCKING TIME. Go microsoft!
that if this were microsoft, people would be yelling and screaming, and calling ballmer an evil bastard.
But noooo.... since this is apple- half the freaking people will defend them even if they're being evil.
Look- it does not matter how shiny or great your new mac is- the corporation that made it is just as underhanded and evil as its main competitor, just less successful at being evil.
Umm.... have you SEEN wow? They ARE cartoons.
If you have an extra 500 bucks laying around to spend on a one time use card, go nuts. :P
You could just get your significant other a netbook with a video file on it, captain yesterday.
Inventors of the methodology were last seen being vigorously helped into vans by friends of their.
I agree that wireless keyboards are mostly pointless- but I like wireless mice because with wired you constantly have to adjust that cord, and it kind of pulls on the mouse at certain angles, and you have to keep your computer closer to you in order to keep it plugged in in many cases. I agree that double-a and regular rechargeable mice are crap. I like the ones that have their own type of battery pack. It comes with two, and you just swpa em out every so often.
I prefer the types that charge via swappable battery packs. You just hit a button, and it pops out, then you replace it with one in the receiver- have to do it once a day, but it easily charges in that time.
I think that microsoft over the last year have been getting better. They're doing fair business and making decent (if not good) products.
I dont know if bill leaving was the reason- and I doubt anyone does.
I'm not sure who I like- Gates or Ballmer. Gates is smarter than ballmer, but very very controlling. Ballmet is stupider, and kind of pigheaded, but he is just a party boy at heart.
Either way I dont think a CEO has enough direct influence in a company to shift the entire mindset. Sure, they can put specific things in place to shape the company, but in the end the city is populated by the citizens, not the mayor.
Any optical mouse by logitech. I prefer fast RF wireless.