Microsoft announced today that it will be retiring it's Windows trademark as well as the operating system. This moves comes after MS CEOs realized that they couldn't compete with the momentum behind popular Linux distributions. Over the next few weeks MS will be migrating all of its existing users over to popular Linux distribution Fedora. When contacted about the decision, they had this to say: "We just couldn't compete with free. We tried offering an inferior paid experience, but our customers wouldn't accept that."
Microsoft has gone on record saying that it will fallback to it's hugely successful business of mouse and keyboard manufacturing.
I love reading, unfortunately I don't make enough time for it. I consider myself a very technical and electronic-savvy person. However, I have no intention of purchasing eBooks anytime in the future. There is something about owning a paperback and curling up with it as you flip through the pages. eBooks lack this personal touch. Browsing an online catalog doesn't compare to rummaging through the stacks and perusing a bookstore's inventory.
It scares me greatly that we may, within my lifetime reach the point where we see the closure of the last brick and mortar bookstore.
Sound and quality of the picture both add something to the value of the film. However, 3D doesn't. I'm not just resisting it because it is "new". When I leave the theater, I'm going to remember the movie. The 3D effects are fleeting and won't last past a few minutes afterwards. It doesn't contribute to the story or my experience. If anything, it distracts from the movie.
But, ultimately the market will decide. If people enjoy 3D movies and want to pay extra to see movies in 3D, then they will, and 3D movies will continue to be made. Otherwise they won't. You know where I stand on the issue. Let's see where we are in 3 years and if 3D is still as popular and if it has become a staple of modern cinema.
Well, at least someone is making a stand. I really don't understand the push to 3-D. Yes, it's "new" and "exciting" for 7-year olds, but, in my opinion it doesn't add any real value for the rest of us movie-goers. It's just a way to increase ticket prices.
Do people not understand that a normal distribution would be a bell-curve? Some will get A's and some will get F's a few more will get B's and D's the majority will get C's. If you are shooting for everyone getting A's,B's,and C's you are possibly over-challenging those that would normally not achieve C+ and possibly causing them to fail instead. Plus, all of the A students are being even more underchallenged in an effort to put everyone on one side of the curve.
In my mind, they're undead cookies that flash me. That doesn't sound appetizing at all. Plus, if I did eat them, they're not dead, they're in my stomach plotting on how to get to my brain and eat it.
People who use proprietary plugins like Flash surely are asking for this kind of thing.
It's not like it's a common aspect of the web. Tracking and monitoring of users is ok if they're asking for it by using such things. While we're at it, let's just say that anyone using a browser to access the internet is asking for it. If they use the internet, they deserve to have their privacy infringed upon.
I vaguely recall some wide, flat cables. We used to use them for connecting optical drives and hard drives. What were those things called again? Ah, I forget...
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Got ED? Get LED! Solving one acronym with another similar one.
[Mod Parent Up +1 Funny] Better yet, you have to go to that location and take a picture and it will let you log in.
Microsoft announced today that it will be retiring it's Windows trademark as well as the operating system. This moves comes after MS CEOs realized that they couldn't compete with the momentum behind popular Linux distributions. Over the next few weeks MS will be migrating all of its existing users over to popular Linux distribution Fedora. When contacted about the decision, they had this to say: "We just couldn't compete with free. We tried offering an inferior paid experience, but our customers wouldn't accept that." Microsoft has gone on record saying that it will fallback to it's hugely successful business of mouse and keyboard manufacturing.
I love reading, unfortunately I don't make enough time for it. I consider myself a very technical and electronic-savvy person. However, I have no intention of purchasing eBooks anytime in the future. There is something about owning a paperback and curling up with it as you flip through the pages. eBooks lack this personal touch. Browsing an online catalog doesn't compare to rummaging through the stacks and perusing a bookstore's inventory. It scares me greatly that we may, within my lifetime reach the point where we see the closure of the last brick and mortar bookstore.
Sound and quality of the picture both add something to the value of the film. However, 3D doesn't. I'm not just resisting it because it is "new". When I leave the theater, I'm going to remember the movie. The 3D effects are fleeting and won't last past a few minutes afterwards. It doesn't contribute to the story or my experience. If anything, it distracts from the movie. But, ultimately the market will decide. If people enjoy 3D movies and want to pay extra to see movies in 3D, then they will, and 3D movies will continue to be made. Otherwise they won't. You know where I stand on the issue. Let's see where we are in 3 years and if 3D is still as popular and if it has become a staple of modern cinema.
Well, at least someone is making a stand. I really don't understand the push to 3-D. Yes, it's "new" and "exciting" for 7-year olds, but, in my opinion it doesn't add any real value for the rest of us movie-goers. It's just a way to increase ticket prices.
Do people not understand that a normal distribution would be a bell-curve? Some will get A's and some will get F's a few more will get B's and D's the majority will get C's. If you are shooting for everyone getting A's,B's,and C's you are possibly over-challenging those that would normally not achieve C+ and possibly causing them to fail instead. Plus, all of the A students are being even more underchallenged in an effort to put everyone on one side of the curve.
Tattoo this to your forehead and go from there "© 2010 Me"
In my mind, they're undead cookies that flash me. That doesn't sound appetizing at all. Plus, if I did eat them, they're not dead, they're in my stomach plotting on how to get to my brain and eat it.
~/.adobe/Flash_Player ?
If you're running the command as root, you'll want to select your non-root account home directory.
People who use proprietary plugins like Flash surely are asking for this kind of thing.
It's not like it's a common aspect of the web. Tracking and monitoring of users is ok if they're asking for it by using such things. While we're at it, let's just say that anyone using a browser to access the internet is asking for it. If they use the internet, they deserve to have their privacy infringed upon.
Exactly, who needs a 50Gbps connection when they have a drive that maxes out at a couple hundred Mbps.
I vaguely recall some wide, flat cables. We used to use them for connecting optical drives and hard drives. What were those things called again? Ah, I forget...
Is it just me, or is that Pigeon staring at us?
Gillan has stated that it is just a rumor and Smith has no intentions of leaving
In my circles it's not obscure, but from a greater perspective, probably.
No currency symbol, no country...that's the rule I just made up...
Good ol' American Competition... I'm always in favor of lower prices, but who isn't?
If 200$ is mid-range, what does that make 300$ and 400$ videocards, assuming we call 500-600$ videocards the high-end?
Upper middle class with distinction
Maybe not the most mathematical formula ever, but definitely has a strong following9=42 ;)