Also a much higher cost. The machines used to test the CPUs are not cheap. Never mind the overhead in developing test content, which would be quite difficult for an outside party to do, since it requires detailed knowledge of the internals of the CPU.
Considering the typical overclocking method is to keep increasing the speed/voltage until the machine is noticable unstable, and then back it off slightly, I would say there are most definitely speed paths the overclockers are going to hit at some point.
I do have to say its a tad unfair to compare the coverage bettween UK and US. UK is a relatively small, flat island. The (overall) population density is 7-8 times that of the US.
Which is why gift cards never last that long. After one year or so, they always charge you a "service fee" at some extremely high rate, so as to basically empty the account out before said turn over occurs. (Walmart may be different then basically every other company out there and not do this, but I highly doubt it. I don't know, not having dealt with their gift cards.)
Motorola may be making the claims about said product, but Verizon, by the act of claiming to sell a Motorola product, is using those claims to sell the phone.
However, when the product is lacking in the features that it was advertised with, that sounds like bait and switch to me.
The difference I see here, is that Microsoft, is not using the Server feature set as a selling point. Verizon, on the other hand, is implying that their phone DOES have certain features, because the same phone bought elsewheres does. In fact, even the manual claims the phone has these features (well I'm not sure about this exact case, but I know it is true in other cases)
So, I assume you don't write any sort of software for a living. Though, I never said anything about people who do it purely for the money. I was pointing out that no matter how much you love doing something, if you can't make a living with it, it can't be anything more than a hobby.
4-6 weeks of vacations and holidays? I consider that fairly typical, even here in the US. For most companies, 10 days (2 weeks) of holidays is standard, and I would consider 2 weeks of vacation to be fairly standard as well, and many offer more.
My father actually got a new phone preprogrammed that way. He got a Tracphone, and when it arrived the caller id, and the number that shows up when you turn on the phone, is different from then number that the phone revieves calls on. So apparently the systems an work just fine with an incorrect #. (Or maybe some poor sap is loosing his minutes instead of my father)
The good old personal touch is even better for those kinds of things. Some people habitually record all calls they recieve. Though I doubt many would walk around with a mini camera and mic on them at all times...
But the problem is, these things cost money. Not just the artist, who spends his time, but the studio where the music is recorded and mixed, the company that makes the CDs (or host the web site). All of these things cost money.
While I agree with your point about there being lots of hidden costs that many people don't realize; I just want to nitpik and say the the large upfront cost for a recording studio gets broken up over numerous albums. Though that being said, many private studios still do charge a hefty fee, since they are out to make money, just like every other buisness in the world.
Name a reason why people would keep making books, music, movies, etc, if people could freely, and legally copy them, and make derivatives and knock offs? Yes, I realize there are some people who do things purely for the love of the craft, but I would imagine many of them, when it came down to it, would have to find other things to do, instead of doing what they love.
The signal may be weak, but it's more than enough to be detected by a nearby billboard . Though I do have to partly agree with the GP, if you aren't familar with the way a reviever works, the ban on things like a am/fm radio can seem quite odd. However, the ban is typcially on ALL electonics devices, weither or not they have any sort of radio circuit, partly at least to prevent the flight crew from having to make that distiction. (Though I suppose bascically everything has a oscillator of some sort in it.)
It sound like the box just plugs in to the stardart OBD-II port found on all new (1996+) cars. If these things take off, I wonder how long until someone makes a box to spoof the signals? Though I am pretty sure that would count as insurance fraud.
Yes, you could save $250,000 if you are reusing existing tech, but if you are going to be the one to push the envelope, instead of rehash existing things, you are going to lose money to people not licensing things from you.
This is assuming you have some method of getting the majority of people to buy the game instead of copy it, say by using "closed source" artwork or somthing. (I say majority, since there are going to be people who will copy it anyway, as they do many games in todays market)
Though I really doubt that the power draw of the LED on the computer case really contributes that much to your power bill, as compared to say, the computer it's self.
And Microsoft changing their prices to be lower would change this, how? Infact, I think, if you really want Linux and OSS to take off, we should incourage Microsoft to increase their prices. When Longhorn comes out and costs $700, people might be more receptive to something cheaper....
No, you just didn't read the AC post to which he was replying.
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Good point - I have read the same. My theory is also that the inner rocky planets as in our solars system were once gasious giants. Early on in development, the sun burst in high activity blowing the inner plannets dense clouds off the planet leaving a thinner gas bass.
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Well, no, since that would be the wrong address...
So, basically you are describing a platform independent system, in which the user can dynamically load various different plugins in which each preform potentially completely differnt functions? There would be some sort of standard API to allow the plugins to interact with the user and the world, and generally do things.
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Which simply means they make the speaker really loud, and kick up the gain on the mic. Nothing new or unusual there either.
Actually, if they are smart they start with say, 2.1 MB, and then can have a higher 2MB yield.
Also a much higher cost. The machines used to test the CPUs are not cheap. Never mind the overhead in developing test content, which would be quite difficult for an outside party to do, since it requires detailed knowledge of the internals of the CPU.
Considering the typical overclocking method is to keep increasing the speed/voltage until the machine is noticable unstable, and then back it off slightly, I would say there are most definitely speed paths the overclockers are going to hit at some point.
I do have to say its a tad unfair to compare the coverage bettween UK and US. UK is a relatively small, flat island. The (overall) population density is 7-8 times that of the US.
Which is why gift cards never last that long. After one year or so, they always charge you a "service fee" at some extremely high rate, so as to basically empty the account out before said turn over occurs. (Walmart may be different then basically every other company out there and not do this, but I highly doubt it. I don't know, not having dealt with their gift cards.)
Motorola may be making the claims about said product, but Verizon, by the act of claiming to sell a Motorola product, is using those claims to sell the phone.
However, when the product is lacking in the features that it was advertised with, that sounds like bait and switch to me.
The difference I see here, is that Microsoft, is not using the Server feature set as a selling point. Verizon, on the other hand, is implying that their phone DOES have certain features, because the same phone bought elsewheres does. In fact, even the manual claims the phone has these features (well I'm not sure about this exact case, but I know it is true in other cases)
So, I assume you don't write any sort of software for a living. Though, I never said anything about people who do it purely for the money. I was pointing out that no matter how much you love doing something, if you can't make a living with it, it can't be anything more than a hobby.
4-6 weeks of vacations and holidays? I consider that fairly typical, even here in the US. For most companies, 10 days (2 weeks) of holidays is standard, and I would consider 2 weeks of vacation to be fairly standard as well, and many offer more.
My father actually got a new phone preprogrammed that way. He got a Tracphone, and when it arrived the caller id, and the number that shows up when you turn on the phone, is different from then number that the phone revieves calls on. So apparently the systems an work just fine with an incorrect #. (Or maybe some poor sap is loosing his minutes instead of my father)
The good old personal touch is even better for those kinds of things. Some people habitually record all calls they recieve. Though I doubt many would walk around with a mini camera and mic on them at all times...
But the problem is, these things cost money. Not just the artist, who spends his time, but the studio where the music is recorded and mixed, the company that makes the CDs (or host the web site). All of these things cost money.
While I agree with your point about there being lots of hidden costs that many people don't realize; I just want to nitpik and say the the large upfront cost for a recording studio gets broken up over numerous albums. Though that being said, many private studios still do charge a hefty fee, since they are out to make money, just like every other buisness in the world.
Name a reason why people would keep making books, music, movies, etc, if people could freely, and legally copy them, and make derivatives and knock offs? Yes, I realize there are some people who do things purely for the love of the craft, but I would imagine many of them, when it came down to it, would have to find other things to do, instead of doing what they love.
Aren't you putting some sort of ECC into your software? Especially you seem to be using it with dvd/cd media.
The signal may be weak, but it's more than enough to be detected by a nearby billboard . Though I do have to partly agree with the GP, if you aren't familar with the way a reviever works, the ban on things like a am/fm radio can seem quite odd.
However, the ban is typcially on ALL electonics devices, weither or not they have any sort of radio circuit, partly at least to prevent the flight crew from having to make that distiction. (Though I suppose bascically everything has a oscillator of some sort in it.)
It sound like the box just plugs in to the stardart OBD-II port found on all new (1996+) cars. If these things take off, I wonder how long until someone makes a box to spoof the signals? Though I am pretty sure that would count as insurance fraud.
Bah, for $3 a movie I can just go and rent the movie. Why would I want to spend all day downloading it?
Yes, you could save $250,000 if you are reusing existing tech, but if you are going to be the one to push the envelope, instead of rehash existing things, you are going to lose money to people not licensing things from you.
This is assuming you have some method of getting the majority of people to buy the game instead of copy it, say by using "closed source" artwork or somthing. (I say majority, since there are going to be people who will copy it anyway, as they do many games in todays market)
Though I really doubt that the power draw of the LED on the computer case really contributes that much to your power bill, as compared to say, the computer it's self.
I bet your refresh rate is set to 60Hz. It always amazes me how many CRTs are set to that rate, when they can go higher.
And Microsoft changing their prices to be lower would change this, how? Infact, I think, if you really want Linux and OSS to take off, we should incourage Microsoft to increase their prices. When Longhorn comes out and costs $700, people might be more receptive to something cheaper....
Blockquoth the AC:
Well, no, since that would be the wrong address...
So, basically you are describing a platform independent system, in which the user can dynamically load various different plugins in which each preform potentially completely differnt functions? There would be some sort of standard API to allow the plugins to interact with the user and the world, and generally do things.
Hmm.. sounds just like an OS.....