I really doubt these analysts have accurate information on the component costs of the XBox. You would be amazed at the discounts a large company can strongarm out of suppliers. It's likely that Microsoft has a cost+ model for some of the components or set it's own prices regardless of what price the supplier asks for or what the supplier price the sells the same product to other customers. Cost+ is where Microsoft would tell the supplier "It costs you $50 to make a hard drive so I will pay you $51 for your hard drive, you'll make your money on volume". Microsoft may even dictate the prices of the components they're buying. I've seen $300 processors turn into $75 because the customer was large enough to dictate terms "or else". The XBox is probably losing money per sale, but not as much as analysts estimate.
Especially since I dont consider bittorrent to be a p2p application. It's a file transer protocol wrapped in a distributed-client/server sample application. The server hosts the files and the clients assist in downloading. There is no mechanism for sharing files between clients in the original application or protocol. The protocol can be implemented in a p2p application, but the original bittorrent app is not a p2p application.
It more likely burned the people and cargo on it. I'd like to see another experiment done with a fishing boat with people on it. I bet it hurt like hell.
There may have been a boat or two carrying flammable materials for siege as well. Archimedes' weapons were much more terrifying than effective.
Note that the N.D. law only seems to apply to consignment businesses that are selling other people's property. It doesn't apply pople selling personal property or to businessed selling thier own merchandise. It also doesn't apply to people selling someone else's property, but I think there's a different law against that.
Is your Program Director looking for a class on OSS development, or a class on theory of OSS? The fact that he didn't specify is a bit disappointing. It seems he doesn't understand is own question.
The theory of OSS could cover the motivations behing OSS (Cathedral and Bazaar), licensing types and options (GPL, BSD, Public Domain, shared source, closed source), and what business models are suited for each kind of license. Such a class might be better suited as a course in SW licensing and IP fundamentals. It is important to structure the class and lectures to cut down on fanboy diatribe and keep the class informative and constructive.
I don't think I can recommend a class on open source development.
Agreed. Except the the first two years were so dull that I lost interest by the time the show got good. I moved on to B5 by then. It seemed to be a cast waiting for a plot. I felt at the time that some of the changes made to the show was a direct response to B5, learning from what made B5 so good.
The pilot wasn't very good. Just watch some of the other episodes. There's only six or so. It wont take long. It's the humor and cast chemistry that makes the show work. There's no science in the show, its pure entertainment.
Part of the point of Firefly that you miss in the pilot is that the captain and crew are fleeing the sterile, oppressive environment of Star Trek. In Firefly, the Federation/Alliance are the bad guys. The crew of Firefly want to live as they please. The life is crude and dirty, but they live every minute.
I didn't like Star Trek because it was overly contrived, condescending morality, and very little cast chemistry. It only got worse with each spinoff.
Agreed. I think employer treatment of engineers is a much larger problem than educational issues. There are some severe educational problems with engineering, but they pale in comparison to the nightmare stories we hear and live about engineer's hours and job stability. Too often, engineering and design jobs are treated as menial job rather than a professional one. There are good companies that treat their employees well, but that;s not what you see on the news.
The dropout rate in engineering is high, but the real problem is that there just isn't enough people going into the major in the first place. It's a problem of perception, not retention. Engineering isn't seen as a good career choice anymore. Unfortunately, the kids may be right. Engineering is the profession is used to be.
Does that student really think he's going to learn how to be a chemist 25 minutes at a time? Do you think you can become an accountant, an author, or a journalist in 25 minute increments? In college, class time isn't where you learn everything you need to know about the subject at hand. Class time is meant to answer questions and summurize the material you have already studied on your own time. That is why college instructors are called professors or lecturers, and not teachers. Learning is your own responsibility. If you can't follow the lectures, get a tutor or start a study group.
He didn't wash out. He failed. They don't hand out 4.0's in college like they do in high school and his poor ego couldn't take it. He signed up for classes against the advisor's warnings. What else should he expect. By his own admittance, he had little to no interest in the subject matter. He never should have been in the major in the first place.
When an article calls a source anonymous, The reporter knows who the source is, but keeps the source anonymous to protect the privacy and safety of the source. Journalists can't write a reliable article if they don't know who the source of the info, otherwise they have no way of knowing the accuracy of the information they receive. Not many journalists want to end up looking like Dan Rather.
I like the idea, but the kids should be diveded into age groups. Group kids by age, then have differing levels for each subject. That way, you have kids 5-9 in one group, 10-13 in another, and 14-18.
You can't create an educational system for children without remembering that they are children and will act according to their age. You very well can't have a gifted 11 year old girl in a class full of 17 year old idiot boys. I suppose you could, but not with my daughter. Of course, something would have to be done with kids flunking at the age group boundries.
Short answer, Microsoft in thier Xbox. Which is the better business opportunity, iMac or Xbox?
PowerPC is in many places you wouldn't think of. Many blade servers and storage boxes use PPC. Since IBM isn't branding "PowerPC Inside" on with thier customers, it's a little harder to tell who is using it and who isn't.
IBM wont miss Apple too much. Apple really wont grow the PowerPC business much. There's more growth for the PowerPC elsewhere, and that growth is occuring.
This is normal for many electronics products. MFG costs are often high at launch time and drops as volumes increase and they get their mfg processes dialed in.
Sony can't charge according to mfg cost, but by what the market will bear. They have to pick a target price and make it work. What Sony absolutely can't do is change the price every six months as costs fluctuate. Customers get upset by that. That is something only commodity products get away with.
I agree that the opposite will happen. I think the PC may well knock out the console. It's already happening. There isn't much of a difference in hardware between and XBox and a PC.
A future generation of "Media Center" Computer will be the gaming platform of the future. It will also be your DVD player, music jukebox, Tivo, and HDTV tuner.
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The costs are pretty inflated. See my previous post.
I really doubt these analysts have accurate information on the component costs of the XBox. You would be amazed at the discounts a large company can strongarm out of suppliers. It's likely that Microsoft has a cost+ model for some of the components or set it's own prices regardless of what price the supplier asks for or what the supplier price the sells the same product to other customers. Cost+ is where Microsoft would tell the supplier "It costs you $50 to make a hard drive so I will pay you $51 for your hard drive, you'll make your money on volume". Microsoft may even dictate the prices of the components they're buying. I've seen $300 processors turn into $75 because the customer was large enough to dictate terms "or else". The XBox is probably losing money per sale, but not as much as analysts estimate.
Especially since I dont consider bittorrent to be a p2p application. It's a file transer protocol wrapped in a distributed-client/server sample application. The server hosts the files and the clients assist in downloading. There is no mechanism for sharing files between clients in the original application or protocol. The protocol can be implemented in a p2p application, but the original bittorrent app is not a p2p application.
It more likely burned the people and cargo on it. I'd like to see another experiment done with a fishing boat with people on it. I bet it hurt like hell.
There may have been a boat or two carrying flammable materials for siege as well. Archimedes' weapons were much more terrifying than effective.
Note that the N.D. law only seems to apply to consignment businesses that are selling other people's property. It doesn't apply pople selling personal property or to businessed selling thier own merchandise. It also doesn't apply to people selling someone else's property, but I think there's a different law against that.
Is your Program Director looking for a class on OSS development, or a class on theory of OSS? The fact that he didn't specify is a bit disappointing. It seems he doesn't understand is own question.
The theory of OSS could cover the motivations behing OSS (Cathedral and Bazaar), licensing types and options (GPL, BSD, Public Domain, shared source, closed source), and what business models are suited for each kind of license. Such a class might be better suited as a course in SW licensing and IP fundamentals. It is important to structure the class and lectures to cut down on fanboy diatribe and keep the class informative and constructive.
I don't think I can recommend a class on open source development.
good idea. We'll get right on it.
Oh, I think it's already started.
Put the pipe down mister, and take three steps back...
Agreed. Except the the first two years were so dull that I lost interest by the time the show got good. I moved on to B5 by then. It seemed to be a cast waiting for a plot. I felt at the time that some of the changes made to the show was a direct response to B5, learning from what made B5 so good.
The pilot wasn't very good. Just watch some of the other episodes. There's only six or so. It wont take long. It's the humor and cast chemistry that makes the show work. There's no science in the show, its pure entertainment.
Part of the point of Firefly that you miss in the pilot is that the captain and crew are fleeing the sterile, oppressive environment of Star Trek. In Firefly, the Federation/Alliance are the bad guys. The crew of Firefly want to live as they please. The life is crude and dirty, but they live every minute.
I didn't like Star Trek because it was overly contrived, condescending morality, and very little cast chemistry. It only got worse with each spinoff.
Don't forget to wear your rubbers....
It prevents disease.
Agreed. I think employer treatment of engineers is a much larger problem than educational issues. There are some severe educational problems with engineering, but they pale in comparison to the nightmare stories we hear and live about engineer's hours and job stability. Too often, engineering and design jobs are treated as menial job rather than a professional one. There are good companies that treat their employees well, but that;s not what you see on the news.
The dropout rate in engineering is high, but the real problem is that there just isn't enough people going into the major in the first place. It's a problem of perception, not retention. Engineering isn't seen as a good career choice anymore. Unfortunately, the kids may be right. Engineering is the profession is used to be.
Does that student really think he's going to learn how to be a chemist 25 minutes at a time? Do you think you can become an accountant, an author, or a journalist in 25 minute increments? In college, class time isn't where you learn everything you need to know about the subject at hand. Class time is meant to answer questions and summurize the material you have already studied on your own time. That is why college instructors are called professors or lecturers, and not teachers. Learning is your own responsibility. If you can't follow the lectures, get a tutor or start a study group.
He didn't wash out. He failed. They don't hand out 4.0's in college like they do in high school and his poor ego couldn't take it. He signed up for classes against the advisor's warnings. What else should he expect. By his own admittance, he had little to no interest in the subject matter. He never should have been in the major in the first place.
Good riddance.
I never co-sign. It can destroy your credit.
Or how about
What if someone solves complex differential equations in grizzly, macabre ways??
When an article calls a source anonymous, The reporter knows who the source is, but keeps the source anonymous to protect the privacy and safety of the source. Journalists can't write a reliable article if they don't know who the source of the info, otherwise they have no way of knowing the accuracy of the information they receive. Not many journalists want to end up looking like Dan Rather.
I'm not quite sure how they are competitors, except in brand recognition and rhetoric. They don't sell any product that compete in the marketplace.
Any arguement that can identify Google as a competitor can extend to every other tech company out there.
I like the idea, but the kids should be diveded into age groups. Group kids by age, then have differing levels for each subject. That way, you have kids 5-9 in one group, 10-13 in another, and 14-18.
You can't create an educational system for children without remembering that they are children and will act according to their age. You very well can't have a gifted 11 year old girl in a class full of 17 year old idiot boys. I suppose you could, but not with my daughter. Of course, something would have to be done with kids flunking at the age group boundries.
Short answer, Microsoft in thier Xbox. Which is the better business opportunity, iMac or Xbox?
PowerPC is in many places you wouldn't think of. Many blade servers and storage boxes use PPC. Since IBM isn't branding "PowerPC Inside" on with thier customers, it's a little harder to tell who is using it and who isn't.
IBM wont miss Apple too much. Apple really wont grow the PowerPC business much. There's more growth for the PowerPC elsewhere, and that growth is occuring.
Kinda like what happened to the word "pirate"...
This is normal for many electronics products. MFG costs are often high at launch time and drops as volumes increase and they get their mfg processes dialed in.
Sony can't charge according to mfg cost, but by what the market will bear. They have to pick a target price and make it work. What Sony absolutely can't do is change the price every six months as costs fluctuate. Customers get upset by that. That is something only commodity products get away with.
I can tell you where Nicholas Colasanto is.
He's dead. Died during Cheers. They even had a tribute episode and everything. He was replaced by Woody Harrelson, so I guess it worked out.
A half hour later the Bailiff on Night Court died. They went through two of them in nearly as many years. Sad times. I cried.
I agree that the opposite will happen. I think the PC may well knock out the console. It's already happening. There isn't much of a difference in hardware between and XBox and a PC.
A future generation of "Media Center" Computer will be the gaming platform of the future. It will also be your DVD player, music jukebox, Tivo, and HDTV tuner.
In Europe, manufacturers will have to fish computer equipment out of the dumpster starting sometime next year. This affect importers as well.
Search "WEEE regulations" in google.
It could be both, if his full name is Mark Confidentialityandprivacy West.