The reason graphic artists (like myself) avoid LCD monitors is because of the lack of consistency of luminance across the entire screen. The same color can look completely different because its brightness value doesn;t look the same even though, according to the software, it is. If you are working on any work which requires color accuracy, this will not do. Hopefully the OLEP screens will eliminate this luminosity problem and larger screens will be available at a much more affordable price.
- People breaking into my car and stealing them. - My house burning down, getting brocken into etc.
Ever hear of insurance? You can cover the cost of personal items in home owners or renters insurance but you have to itemize and spend time listing what you want insured. Would you expect Dell to replace your PC (not saying you have a Dell) if your house burned down? No, you would either call your insurance agent or pony up and buy a new PC if you didn't have insurance.
...because creating you own parts would infringe on trademarks etc.
I know you used etc., a term I HATE reading in posts like this. It means you don't know what you are talking about so you'll throw in the "etc." to cover anything you missed. Panels, were they actually protected, would be covered by patents if they were truly unique and the look would becovered by copyrights (this is why you don't see a Ford Viper or a Dodge Corvette).
Did you ever think of taking care of your crap? I have CDs that are ~20 years old and they play just as well as the day they were purchased. Why? Because I treat them carefully, even when transporting them.
Do you get pissed at the car manufacturer because your car could be damaged in a wreck and ask them for a replacement? You don't? Of course not, because you either drive carefully (take care of your crap) or you hope the other guy has insurance.
Plumbers don't make the plumbing, they only install it. Do you think Kohler or Delta would gladly mine and process the ore, run it through the smelting process and shape it into pipes and fittings only to give it away for free? I realize they do not charge a royalty every time the toilet is flushed but pipes and fittings aren't exactly a unique idea unlike intellectual property.
Who really gives a rat's ass? I run a dual PII Xeon 450 system on a motherboard I got from Supermicro (case too) and it just goes. I have NEVER had a problem with this system. My next systemis going to be a dual P4 Xeon running on a motherboard from Supermicro because I'm happy with the stability my current system provides. The difference in times tasks are completed in these benchmarks aren't enough to make me want to switch to an AMD. Who cares if a 3D scene finishes 5 minutes later? I set my machines to render during downtimes anyway. Who cares if Photoshop can perform the lighting effects filter 1.5 seconds faster? I surely don't. What I care about is not having to worry about the latest VIA drivers wrecking my system or hoping the bargain motehrboard I purchased for my AMD CPU won't gie me problems in 6 months. I stick with Intel because it just plain works, no worries.
I know I shouldresist the temptation to feed trolls like you but I can't resist. Are you capable of actually making a choerent argument? At teh very least coherent speech? You might not like Oddworld but it clearly demonstrates the rendering capabilities of the xbox compared to the PS2. Once again though you fail to make any points which can't be readily dismissed as unintelligible or simply not true.
The only hnk of crap is your baseless, rambling post. I've played Halo and even on Legendary (the hardest level where they really throw the monsters at you) there are no slowdowns, evenin the middle of a real shit storm, covenant surrounding you nad pummelling you with their energy weapons. The only "slowdowns" are when the game is accessing a different part of a new level or there is a pause while the game loads an entirely new location.
I agree GT3 looks nice for the PS2 but there are race games out for the xbox which give it a real run for its money. PGR is not bad but Rallisport Racing kills GT3 in graphics and physics and is about equal in their choice of cars.
Before you write off the xbox entirely because you have some enormous bur up your ass about Microsoft, you should check out www.gamespot.com and take a peak at some of the games being released for the xbox.
John Carmack has stated that the graphics capabilities of the xbox are far and away better than the PS2 and id plans to release Doom3 for teh xbox later this year. There will be NO PS2 release.
Bioware is teaming up with Lucasarts to develop a Star Wars title based on teh NeverWinter Nights engine to be released for the xbox and the PC. There is no PS2 release scheduled for thie title either.
There are some games which were PS2 titles originally that have been ported to the xbox and the graphics went through an update because they could. Oddworld can handle at least three times as many polygons than the PS2 and it shows in Munches Oddeyssee. Star Wars: Starfighter was updated for the xbox with better graphics and more missions because the xbox offered so much more in the way of graphics capabilties.
Instead of being a typical fanboy, why don't you learn how to read things other than that PS2 magazine you seem to have your nose in, pull your head out of your ass and join the rest of reality?
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exclusive EM contracts aren't illegal until you're ruled a monopoly. When Microsoft established these contracts they were not a monopoly. Sure, over time they became one because of the exclusive contracts.
Dell tried to sell Linux workstations. Their endeavors failed and they dropped the program altogether. They still sell servers with Linux preinstalled but that's it.
Sun is failing as a hardware/os/software company due to Linux. SGI isn't in much better shape though they have one of the most lucrative industries in the world clammoring for their machines - Hollywood. Apple is doing well though they are having a tough time climbing out of their niche market. Be, well, be was, and won;t be anymore.
Apple has ~10% market penetration on the desktop and it's been able to maintain that due to its easy to use, consistent UI. This is what gets users and keeps them. Choices for a UI might get the geeks, but amazingly they make up a small minority of PC users. It has been stated over and over that businesses won't look at Linux on the desktop because there is no standard interface that programmers are responsible for conforming to. This might work on the server where the interaction is low and the number of people needing to work on the systems is minimal, it will not work on the desktop because the opposite is true - too many users to worry about the different conigurations and settings and the high use of interaction with the system make this unworkable. Ironically, for a group of people screaming standards compliance is the true way, the OSS community seems to have a huge problem with developing a standard GUI system for all to use.
This article missed the main problem altogether. All this extra information is going to distributed digitally as well. Many people who use Morpheus or Napster don't care enough about quality, what makes the author think they care about waiting an extra couple of weeks for the stuff to wind up on the P2P networks? What makes the author think it will take that long to even wind up on the P2P networks? Many movies have made it onto VCD long before the DVD or video is released meaning there are leaks elsewhere in the production chain that need to be addressed. This guy makes far too many assumptions without any data to back up his claims that these methods of consumer distribution will work.
I'll be curious to see how long this OS free PC sales pitch works for Wal-Mart. Also, I'd like to see, though I doubt it will be a highly touted number, how many people purchase Windows with the PC, how many come in within a few days to prchase Windows only after realizing there was no OS on the PC and how many poeple purchase an alternative OS.
Also, I'd wager that once Linux sees a significant penetration into the consumer desktop market - 20-30% perhaps - that tech support will see many more "re-install Linux" suggestions as well. The reason being, OSes are complex no matter which one and it is far easier for tech support to suggest a reinstall than to hand hold a technologically inept person through a proper fix procedure. Not to mention the various in window managers and configuration settings for typical Linux installs making tech support even more difficult. This might not be such a big deal because Linux is going to have to standardize their UI before they even reach 5% market penetration of the desktop OS market.
This remedy is BEYOND extensively punitive. As the previous poster already mentioned, much of your argument doesn't even address the original case at hand.
Beyond that, 10 years is a very long time in a very ast moving industry like technology. 2-5 years might have been more reasonable.
However, you fail understand WHY OEMs sell Windows with the PC - it adds value to the consumer. COuld you imagine having to purchase a car without an engine? Not a great analogy, I know, because Microsoft doesn't build the cars but the premise is the same. When GM or Ford sells you the car with the engine or wheels they add value to the consumer.
You'll probably say you get a choice of engines when you buy a new car. Sometimes and even then they are designed by the same company. To make the analogy work in your favor one would be able to put a GM engine in a Ford vehicle. It doesn't work that way for a number of reasons, least of which being it would increase the cost ofautomobiles having to build engines to a basic, least common denominator design so they could be dropped in a competing manufacturers automobile.
Back to the OS. Dell tried selling desktops with Linux preinstalled and it didn't go over well. They stopped because they were losing money on the venture, not because Microsoft bullied them. The current remedy the DOJ and Microsoft signed will allow OEMs to offer alernate OSes but the OEMs will only do so if they can make money. If they run into the problems Dell had then they will drop the OSes draining their profits. That's business.
Actually, Ayn Rand - I'm assuming you were referring to her views on capitalism and anti-trust - would be horrified by the States attack on Microsoft on behalf of their competitors.
You can increase your resolution on the PocketPC by using JimmySoftware Landscape. Not only that but you can change the screen orientation for better display of things like web pages or PDFs.
Actually, there's a report out now which discusses in detail the amount of information bin Laden had concerning the architectural structure of the WTC. After the original attack in '93(?) failed Al Qaeda studied the plans for the WTC. They did a thorough analysis of the best point to crash a large airplane into the building to start a chain reaction collapse. Had the planes hit the towers a few too many floors too high or low or a bit more to one corner and the towers would still be standing today.
While I do not agree that blueprints and plans should be locked away, I feel there should be a check-in/out process for sensitive information. This way should something like this happen, law enforcement has a starting point to begin their investigation.
This ia all fine and well but there are tywo problems with your argument. First of all, Microwaves and the other list of small appliances do not perform the myriad of tasks the PC is expected to perform.
The other problem is getting programmers to actually listen to and implement proper user interfaces. Human Interface Guidelines aren't written for the health of the authors. They are written so developers can build applications which fllow a certain set of rules of consistancy. The HIGs exist, get the pig-headed developers to follow them.
While this argument might possibly fly with some, it doesn't address the future of this illegal piracy industry. What happens when video quality on desktops becomes DVD quality for only a few hundred megs and broadband access becomes the norm? Do you think people will still buy the videos in the store if they can just burn their own? You will see your case become nearly extinct and the numbers of poeple illegally trading and distributing the files increase exponentially.
It is for this very reason the SSSCA has been brought before congress. Enfocring copyright law on a person by person basis is a PR nightmare, regardless of the legality of the issue. The SSSCA makes it easier to go after the companies who make the illegal possible. Why cure the disease when you can eradicate the virus?
Movies and CDs increase in cost because the production costs increase. Post production costs have grown and special effects are creeping into some of the most unlikely places in movies. Recording studios use the latest technology to improve the fidelity of the music they record. Do not compare what can be done on a laptop or desktop with what can be done in a full blown studio setting (both for music and film).
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The reason graphic artists (like myself) avoid LCD monitors is because of the lack of consistency of luminance across the entire screen. The same color can look completely different because its brightness value doesn;t look the same even though, according to the software, it is. If you are working on any work which requires color accuracy, this will not do. Hopefully the OLEP screens will eliminate this luminosity problem and larger screens will be available at a much more affordable price.
- People breaking into my car and stealing them.
...because creating you own parts would infringe on trademarks etc.
- My house burning down, getting brocken into etc.
Ever hear of insurance? You can cover the cost of personal items in home owners or renters insurance but you have to itemize and spend time listing what you want insured. Would you expect Dell to replace your PC (not saying you have a Dell) if your house burned down? No, you would either call your insurance agent or pony up and buy a new PC if you didn't have insurance.
I know you used etc., a term I HATE reading in posts like this. It means you don't know what you are talking about so you'll throw in the "etc." to cover anything you missed. Panels, were they actually protected, would be covered by patents if they were truly unique and the look would becovered by copyrights (this is why you don't see a Ford Viper or a Dodge Corvette).
Did you ever think of taking care of your crap? I have CDs that are ~20 years old and they play just as well as the day they were purchased. Why? Because I treat them carefully, even when transporting them.
Do you get pissed at the car manufacturer because your car could be damaged in a wreck and ask them for a replacement? You don't? Of course not, because you either drive carefully (take care of your crap) or you hope the other guy has insurance.
I got the impression she was like five or there abouts.
It's the nickname of one of the founders daughter.
I once heard about this guy in a red suit climbing down chimneys on December 25th. Does this mean Santa Claus is real?
Plumbers don't make the plumbing, they only install it. Do you think Kohler or Delta would gladly mine and process the ore, run it through the smelting process and shape it into pipes and fittings only to give it away for free? I realize they do not charge a royalty every time the toilet is flushed but pipes and fittings aren't exactly a unique idea unlike intellectual property.
Who really gives a rat's ass? I run a dual PII Xeon 450 system on a motherboard I got from Supermicro (case too) and it just goes. I have NEVER had a problem with this system. My next systemis going to be a dual P4 Xeon running on a motherboard from Supermicro because I'm happy with the stability my current system provides. The difference in times tasks are completed in these benchmarks aren't enough to make me want to switch to an AMD. Who cares if a 3D scene finishes 5 minutes later? I set my machines to render during downtimes anyway. Who cares if Photoshop can perform the lighting effects filter 1.5 seconds faster? I surely don't. What I care about is not having to worry about the latest VIA drivers wrecking my system or hoping the bargain motehrboard I purchased for my AMD CPU won't gie me problems in 6 months. I stick with Intel because it just plain works, no worries.
Sorry, it was FAR too tempting.
So, I guess this means you really can go blind masturbating.
I know I shouldresist the temptation to feed trolls like you but I can't resist. Are you capable of actually making a choerent argument? At teh very least coherent speech? You might not like Oddworld but it clearly demonstrates the rendering capabilities of the xbox compared to the PS2. Once again though you fail to make any points which can't be readily dismissed as unintelligible or simply not true.
The only hnk of crap is your baseless, rambling post. I've played Halo and even on Legendary (the hardest level where they really throw the monsters at you) there are no slowdowns, evenin the middle of a real shit storm, covenant surrounding you nad pummelling you with their energy weapons. The only "slowdowns" are when the game is accessing a different part of a new level or there is a pause while the game loads an entirely new location.
I agree GT3 looks nice for the PS2 but there are race games out for the xbox which give it a real run for its money. PGR is not bad but Rallisport Racing kills GT3 in graphics and physics and is about equal in their choice of cars.
Before you write off the xbox entirely because you have some enormous bur up your ass about Microsoft, you should check out www.gamespot.com and take a peak at some of the games being released for the xbox.
John Carmack has stated that the graphics capabilities of the xbox are far and away better than the PS2 and id plans to release Doom3 for teh xbox later this year. There will be NO PS2 release.
Bioware is teaming up with Lucasarts to develop a Star Wars title based on teh NeverWinter Nights engine to be released for the xbox and the PC. There is no PS2 release scheduled for thie title either.
There are some games which were PS2 titles originally that have been ported to the xbox and the graphics went through an update because they could. Oddworld can handle at least three times as many polygons than the PS2 and it shows in Munches Oddeyssee. Star Wars: Starfighter was updated for the xbox with better graphics and more missions because the xbox offered so much more in the way of graphics capabilties.
Instead of being a typical fanboy, why don't you learn how to read things other than that PS2 magazine you seem to have your nose in, pull your head out of your ass and join the rest of reality?
exclusive EM contracts aren't illegal until you're ruled a monopoly. When Microsoft established these contracts they were not a monopoly. Sure, over time they became one because of the exclusive contracts.
Dell tried to sell Linux workstations. Their endeavors failed and they dropped the program altogether. They still sell servers with Linux preinstalled but that's it.
Sun is failing as a hardware/os/software company due to Linux. SGI isn't in much better shape though they have one of the most lucrative industries in the world clammoring for their machines - Hollywood. Apple is doing well though they are having a tough time climbing out of their niche market. Be, well, be was, and won;t be anymore.
Apple has ~10% market penetration on the desktop and it's been able to maintain that due to its easy to use, consistent UI. This is what gets users and keeps them. Choices for a UI might get the geeks, but amazingly they make up a small minority of PC users. It has been stated over and over that businesses won't look at Linux on the desktop because there is no standard interface that programmers are responsible for conforming to. This might work on the server where the interaction is low and the number of people needing to work on the systems is minimal, it will not work on the desktop because the opposite is true - too many users to worry about the different conigurations and settings and the high use of interaction with the system make this unworkable. Ironically, for a group of people screaming standards compliance is the true way, the OSS community seems to have a huge problem with developing a standard GUI system for all to use.
This article missed the main problem altogether. All this extra information is going to distributed digitally as well. Many people who use Morpheus or Napster don't care enough about quality, what makes the author think they care about waiting an extra couple of weeks for the stuff to wind up on the P2P networks? What makes the author think it will take that long to even wind up on the P2P networks? Many movies have made it onto VCD long before the DVD or video is released meaning there are leaks elsewhere in the production chain that need to be addressed. This guy makes far too many assumptions without any data to back up his claims that these methods of consumer distribution will work.
"There is a record company called Apple Records that has been around longer than Apple Computer has."
And Apple Records tried to sue Apple Computer over Trademark infringement.
I'll be curious to see how long this OS free PC sales pitch works for Wal-Mart. Also, I'd like to see, though I doubt it will be a highly touted number, how many people purchase Windows with the PC, how many come in within a few days to prchase Windows only after realizing there was no OS on the PC and how many poeple purchase an alternative OS.
Also, I'd wager that once Linux sees a significant penetration into the consumer desktop market - 20-30% perhaps - that tech support will see many more "re-install Linux" suggestions as well. The reason being, OSes are complex no matter which one and it is far easier for tech support to suggest a reinstall than to hand hold a technologically inept person through a proper fix procedure. Not to mention the various in window managers and configuration settings for typical Linux installs making tech support even more difficult. This might not be such a big deal because Linux is going to have to standardize their UI before they even reach 5% market penetration of the desktop OS market.
This remedy is BEYOND extensively punitive. As the previous poster already mentioned, much of your argument doesn't even address the original case at hand.
Beyond that, 10 years is a very long time in a very ast moving industry like technology. 2-5 years might have been more reasonable.
However, you fail understand WHY OEMs sell Windows with the PC - it adds value to the consumer. COuld you imagine having to purchase a car without an engine? Not a great analogy, I know, because Microsoft doesn't build the cars but the premise is the same. When GM or Ford sells you the car with the engine or wheels they add value to the consumer.
You'll probably say you get a choice of engines when you buy a new car. Sometimes and even then they are designed by the same company. To make the analogy work in your favor one would be able to put a GM engine in a Ford vehicle. It doesn't work that way for a number of reasons, least of which being it would increase the cost ofautomobiles having to build engines to a basic, least common denominator design so they could be dropped in a competing manufacturers automobile.
Back to the OS. Dell tried selling desktops with Linux preinstalled and it didn't go over well. They stopped because they were losing money on the venture, not because Microsoft bullied them. The current remedy the DOJ and Microsoft signed will allow OEMs to offer alernate OSes but the OEMs will only do so if they can make money. If they run into the problems Dell had then they will drop the OSes draining their profits. That's business.
Actually, Ayn Rand - I'm assuming you were referring to her views on capitalism and anti-trust - would be horrified by the States attack on Microsoft on behalf of their competitors.
You can increase your resolution on the PocketPC by using JimmySoftware Landscape. Not only that but you can change the screen orientation for better display of things like web pages or PDFs.
Now I know why Americans LOVE chinese take out :)
Actually, there's a report out now which discusses in detail the amount of information bin Laden had concerning the architectural structure of the WTC. After the original attack in '93(?) failed Al Qaeda studied the plans for the WTC. They did a thorough analysis of the best point to crash a large airplane into the building to start a chain reaction collapse. Had the planes hit the towers a few too many floors too high or low or a bit more to one corner and the towers would still be standing today.
While I do not agree that blueprints and plans should be locked away, I feel there should be a check-in/out process for sensitive information. This way should something like this happen, law enforcement has a starting point to begin their investigation.
This ia all fine and well but there are tywo problems with your argument. First of all, Microwaves and the other list of small appliances do not perform the myriad of tasks the PC is expected to perform.
The other problem is getting programmers to actually listen to and implement proper user interfaces. Human Interface Guidelines aren't written for the health of the authors. They are written so developers can build applications which fllow a certain set of rules of consistancy. The HIGs exist, get the pig-headed developers to follow them.
While this argument might possibly fly with some, it doesn't address the future of this illegal piracy industry. What happens when video quality on desktops becomes DVD quality for only a few hundred megs and broadband access becomes the norm? Do you think people will still buy the videos in the store if they can just burn their own? You will see your case become nearly extinct and the numbers of poeple illegally trading and distributing the files increase exponentially.
It is for this very reason the SSSCA has been brought before congress. Enfocring copyright law on a person by person basis is a PR nightmare, regardless of the legality of the issue. The SSSCA makes it easier to go after the companies who make the illegal possible. Why cure the disease when you can eradicate the virus?
Movies and CDs increase in cost because the production costs increase. Post production costs have grown and special effects are creeping into some of the most unlikely places in movies. Recording studios use the latest technology to improve the fidelity of the music they record. Do not compare what can be done on a laptop or desktop with what can be done in a full blown studio setting (both for music and film).