Unlikely, I reckon that Nintendo are punting the Wii on the same price scale as the Gamecube.
"What will our over-time average price be?"
Gets the consoles in houses & spreads the 'word'
None of this, "Buy your console now & we will lower the price in 1 year, (once we've covered our R&D costs of course)"
They make money & everyone gets an affordable Console. Okay IMHO it's not a powerful beast & aimed at the solo gamer, but hell it's fun with a few people round, even non-gamers. And that's what it's main aim was, and the succeed well at it.
True, All the fibre expansion seems to have stopped.
I reckon the big deficit that hit the Cable Companies is still smarting In which case it may be some time before any expansion/investment actually happens
But at least they have an excuse. BT seems to still be promoting the old Copper Core as adequate tech, when it plainly isn't. I don't know the exact figures, but seeing as most exchanges can handle 16Mb+ now, and the average consumer is getting 7.5Mb-8Mb I think Copper Core seems to have hit it's limit.
It's when my mates say, "Oh yeah, I just got upgraded to 30Mb for free, and there are no limits, unless you download 5GB a day, then you get capped for the next day", not for ADSL users.. "2GB in peak time? Thats your download for the month matey... throttled for 25days. Yeah we know it says unlimited, but that's for regular users who won't hit the FUP limit."
BT work great as a company, but have had no intention (until lately) to upgrade their networks or lay down a decent infrastructure for future improvements.
Work great as a company, much like the Petroleum companies in the UK, they can make a staggering profit, while screwing the consumers.
TeleWest/NTL/Virgin Media have had a solid network from the start, while BT prolly ridiculed them at spending such a vast amount on laying fibre.
Now when the profits are being squeezed & the copper core disadvantages are being highlighted, and every kbps is being used, BT/UK Govt complain of the Upgrade costs that have to be passed onto the consumer.
Needless to say I'm an ADSL, BT "boned" user, (although my ISP IS NOT BT), I only wish they had cable in my area..:(
White Background with Black Text is exactly like you're saying, "the WYSIWYG desktop trying to emulate paper"
Anyone else remember the green screens & C64 light blue on blue?
Unfortunately this was brought for people to look at webpages and documents in exactly the same way as printed books. Why? - Essentially users as a demographic group dont like change in the IT world.
I've dealt with plenty of people simply asking "Where are my Favourites?" when they upgraded to IE7!
I can completely agree with the whole print preview thing as well, this should be done in web pages too!! Media specific CSS is already usable, why not use it? And make something slightly easier on the eyes?
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Unlikely, I reckon that Nintendo are punting the Wii on the same price scale as the Gamecube.
"What will our over-time average price be?"
Gets the consoles in houses & spreads the 'word'
None of this, "Buy your console now & we will lower the price in 1 year, (once we've covered our R&D costs of course)"
They make money & everyone gets an affordable Console. Okay IMHO it's not a powerful beast & aimed at the solo gamer, but hell it's fun with a few people round, even non-gamers. And that's what it's main aim was, and the succeed well at it.
Don't go Overkill,
But if you have to copy/paste a section of code > about 6 lines, it should be put into a Function/Procedure that is globally accessible.
There's nothing worse than finding a bug in a section of code & realise it's in 10+ different places.
Name Functions/Procedures something suitable, readable code will help you & others. (same for variables, unless its obvious).
Rest is pretty much depending on what language ur coding for. I assume its OOP (of some sort).
Another pair of eyes (programmer) is sometimes good as well, another person may think of another approach etc.
And always if in doubt, use google... :)
True, All the fibre expansion seems to have stopped.
I reckon the big deficit that hit the Cable Companies is still smarting
In which case it may be some time before any expansion/investment actually happens
But at least they have an excuse. BT seems to still be promoting the old Copper Core as adequate tech, when it plainly isn't.
I don't know the exact figures, but seeing as most exchanges can handle 16Mb+ now, and the average consumer is getting 7.5Mb-8Mb I think Copper Core seems to have hit it's limit.
It's when my mates say, "Oh yeah, I just got upgraded to 30Mb for free, and there are no limits, unless you download 5GB a day, then you get capped for the next day",
not for ADSL users.. "2GB in peak time? Thats your download for the month matey... throttled for 25days. Yeah we know it says unlimited, but that's for regular users who won't hit the FUP limit."
This kind of topic REALLY rubs me the wrong way.
BT work great as a company, but have had no intention (until lately) to upgrade their networks or lay down a decent infrastructure for future improvements.
Work great as a company, much like the Petroleum companies in the UK, they can make a staggering profit, while screwing the consumers.
TeleWest/NTL/Virgin Media have had a solid network from the start, while BT prolly ridiculed them at spending such a vast amount on laying fibre.
Now when the profits are being squeezed & the copper core disadvantages are being highlighted, and every kbps is being used, BT/UK Govt complain of the Upgrade costs that have to be passed onto the consumer.
Needless to say I'm an ADSL, BT "boned" user, (although my ISP IS NOT BT), I only wish they had cable in my area.. :(
You mean like posting it to /. ?
I would say today would be a reasonable test...
Gotta admit.... That event for geeks, this is Geekdom of the highest rank.
I still have the odd yearnings for the nostalgia of a C64, and a reliable joystick to "waggle".
But then eBay grips me & I ask "Do I really want to pay that much for a working C64??"
White Background with Black Text is exactly like you're saying, "the WYSIWYG desktop trying to emulate paper"
/rant off
/flamebate off
Anyone else remember the green screens & C64 light blue on blue?
Unfortunately this was brought for people to look at webpages and documents in exactly the same way as printed books.
Why? - Essentially users as a demographic group dont like change in the IT world.
I've dealt with plenty of people simply asking "Where are my Favourites?" when they upgraded to IE7!
I can completely agree with the whole print preview thing as well, this should be done in web pages too!! Media specific CSS is already usable, why not use it? And make something slightly easier on the eyes?