An "enemy of the free market"? Is "the free market" now a holy and sacred territory that we must vow to defend with our lives, as opposed to a hypothetical and nonexistent economic construction to help explain capitalist markets?
Samsung is acting like a child. They blatantly ripped of Apple's designs and now are trying to get back at the mean old parent for taking away their toys. Remember this is a company that colluded with LCD manufacturers to price-fix LCDs and was busted by the DOJ for $3 billion back in 2007. It's unlikely Samsung will stop Apple with some obscure hardware patents.
Before people write off hydrogen as old hat in the face of the proliferation of EV's, keep in mind planes, ships, and the ground shipping fleet require far too much energy per trip to use batteries. For these vessels, It's going to be a race of energy efficiency and cost between hydrogen and bacteria that can utilize airborne or liquefied CO2 to produce hydrocarbon fuels.
That's not what I'm talking about though. It's the bizarre obsession with putting women on pedastals and worshiping them for things they have never done. They are leaders of 80% of organizations and groups in games. Another example is Fallout 3, where the Brotherhood of Steel's best unit is the "Pride", led by the Elder's daughter. I could cite countless examples. Scantily clad girls is a separate "issue", one I myself don't particularly mind.
War on boys is certainly accurate. Have you ever played an RPG lately? Take Dragon Age 2 for example. 80% of the military organizations and political groups in the game are led by women. Kirkwall's captain guard, the templar captain, the Chantry's seeker, the Chantry itself, and the vast majority of bandits and rogues are all led by women. It would be annoying if it wasn't so hilarious. Oftentimes it's that "one woman who defied her elders and the odds and worked her way to the top". It's a medieval military. From a purely physiological perspective women are at a severe disadvantage because of the weight of the armor. Or take Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The engineering companies are always led by a female top scientist. And the companies are at least 50/50 male/female. As much as neckbeards might drool over the prospect, the reality is women aren't interested in engineering and neither partake much of it nor reach the top of those specific fields. It's kind of silly really. Gears of War is just fantasy, but it does the same thing with women fighting in combat. Then you have various TV shows and movies, and the subsidization of women's sports in college- sports normally the province of males (do women really need to play football?) and you get a strange modern culture.
A significant amount of research has been conducted that demonstrates monetary incentives that are too high actually severely decreases the effectiveness and productivity of a person to levels even lower than when monetary incentives are too low. I have no doubt this happening to corporate CEO boards across the western world. Any of these corporations could hire perfectly competent CEOs from business schools for 1/10 their current pay. But like frat boys they all sit on each others' boards and give each other multimillion dollar raises, bonuses, and parachutes, all at the investors' expense.
I thought 4 channel Light Ridge Thunderbolt was capable of 4x10 gbps bidirectionally or (8/10 * 40 = ) 32 gbps of pure data. Isn't that PCIe 2.0 8x? Why does everyone say it's 4x? 32 gbps is 8x!
4 channel Light Ridge Thunderbolt controllers can do 4x10 = 40 gbps bidirectionally. Since it's PCIe (8/10 is data), that's 32 gbps. That's equivalent to PCIe 2.0 8x (16x is 8 GB/s = 64 gbps). So it should be enough for even really high end external GPUs. And IMO that's the most relevant application. Intel wants to go the Ultrabook route, and the only way to make that viable is to enable the ability for people to connect high-end desktop class GPUs to their high-end CPU packing ultrabooks.
I think what's really stupid about software patents is that you can't find out what part of your software is infringing on another company's patents. That's the idiotic part. Hardware patents, of course. Samsung can learn immediately what Apple's specific complaints are. But software patents remain hidden, so that Google can't go back and change whatever code is infringing on their competitor. You don't even need to get rid of patents. Just get rid of this ridiculous veil of secrecy garbage.
All of Bioware's RPG's are like this. The maps are nothing more than set pieces for the stories. Take Kirkwall in Dragon Age 2 for example. You can't interact with any NPC's or items. Most of the doors are really just walls. Enemies appear out of nowhere. That's why I've always considered Bioware RPG's like Dragon Age and Mass Effect to be pared down versions of Bethesda's works, which are truly free-form and open world (allowing you to pick up and sell virtually every single item in the game world).
Right, because all the corporations banks, and consumers saving money and paying down debt has done wonders for our current economy. Once again idiots with nary an intelligent thought act superior to those who actually understand how a modern, developed economy works.
You have no idea what you're talking about. China dumped 15% of its GDP to jumpstart its economy after the recession. Germany hasn't even reached pre-recession output, and now their economy is beginning to stagnate along with the rest of Europe. The UK is another example of austerity in the middle of a recession leading to economic contraction.
Heck if you want to emulate PS1 games you could buy a PSP with video out....man.... I can't believe a handheld that came out 6 years ago can emulate a PS1.
I like talking about my build. Using my old case and PSU, I built a Core i5 2500K, z68 motherboard, 16 GB DDR 1600 RAM, 96 GB SSD, and Radeon 6950 for $575.
It's soo fast and runs at very nice temps.
No it's not you blithering idiot. Inflation is defined as an increase in consumer prices. Money supply is far less important than money velocity in determining inflation rates, and in developed economies can even be negatively correlated with inflation. Since banks aren't lending, and corporations are hoarding profits, money velocity is extremely low and we're at risk of deflation. Thus the "liquidity trap".
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Don't forget the facebook posts referencing the twitter tweet that reports the /. thread talking about CNN having info on the iPhone.
Yeah I don't get the start menu changes with Windows 7. Is there a way to return it to its old functionality?
Yeah I still don't get the "Control Panel". Why are there multiple layers? It's so confusing.
No problem. Got 16 GB of RAM.
To be fair adding a VGA camera would be extremely cheap.
An "enemy of the free market"? Is "the free market" now a holy and sacred territory that we must vow to defend with our lives, as opposed to a hypothetical and nonexistent economic construction to help explain capitalist markets?
Samsung is acting like a child. They blatantly ripped of Apple's designs and now are trying to get back at the mean old parent for taking away their toys. Remember this is a company that colluded with LCD manufacturers to price-fix LCDs and was busted by the DOJ for $3 billion back in 2007. It's unlikely Samsung will stop Apple with some obscure hardware patents.
Before people write off hydrogen as old hat in the face of the proliferation of EV's, keep in mind planes, ships, and the ground shipping fleet require far too much energy per trip to use batteries. For these vessels, It's going to be a race of energy efficiency and cost between hydrogen and bacteria that can utilize airborne or liquefied CO2 to produce hydrocarbon fuels.
So how long do you think it will be until we have augmentations? I call first dibs on the Typhoon System!
That's not what I'm talking about though. It's the bizarre obsession with putting women on pedastals and worshiping them for things they have never done. They are leaders of 80% of organizations and groups in games. Another example is Fallout 3, where the Brotherhood of Steel's best unit is the "Pride", led by the Elder's daughter. I could cite countless examples. Scantily clad girls is a separate "issue", one I myself don't particularly mind.
Replacing comps with self-built gaming rigs is kind of cool actually. Not smart for a business, but just hilariously awesome.
War on boys is certainly accurate. Have you ever played an RPG lately? Take Dragon Age 2 for example. 80% of the military organizations and political groups in the game are led by women. Kirkwall's captain guard, the templar captain, the Chantry's seeker, the Chantry itself, and the vast majority of bandits and rogues are all led by women. It would be annoying if it wasn't so hilarious. Oftentimes it's that "one woman who defied her elders and the odds and worked her way to the top". It's a medieval military. From a purely physiological perspective women are at a severe disadvantage because of the weight of the armor. Or take Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The engineering companies are always led by a female top scientist. And the companies are at least 50/50 male/female. As much as neckbeards might drool over the prospect, the reality is women aren't interested in engineering and neither partake much of it nor reach the top of those specific fields. It's kind of silly really. Gears of War is just fantasy, but it does the same thing with women fighting in combat. Then you have various TV shows and movies, and the subsidization of women's sports in college- sports normally the province of males (do women really need to play football?) and you get a strange modern culture.
A significant amount of research has been conducted that demonstrates monetary incentives that are too high actually severely decreases the effectiveness and productivity of a person to levels even lower than when monetary incentives are too low. I have no doubt this happening to corporate CEO boards across the western world. Any of these corporations could hire perfectly competent CEOs from business schools for 1/10 their current pay. But like frat boys they all sit on each others' boards and give each other multimillion dollar raises, bonuses, and parachutes, all at the investors' expense.
I thought 4 channel Light Ridge Thunderbolt was capable of 4x10 gbps bidirectionally or (8/10 * 40 = ) 32 gbps of pure data. Isn't that PCIe 2.0 8x? Why does everyone say it's 4x? 32 gbps is 8x!
4 channel Light Ridge Thunderbolt controllers can do 4x10 = 40 gbps bidirectionally. Since it's PCIe (8/10 is data), that's 32 gbps. That's equivalent to PCIe 2.0 8x (16x is 8 GB/s = 64 gbps). So it should be enough for even really high end external GPUs. And IMO that's the most relevant application. Intel wants to go the Ultrabook route, and the only way to make that viable is to enable the ability for people to connect high-end desktop class GPUs to their high-end CPU packing ultrabooks.
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I think what's really stupid about software patents is that you can't find out what part of your software is infringing on another company's patents. That's the idiotic part. Hardware patents, of course. Samsung can learn immediately what Apple's specific complaints are. But software patents remain hidden, so that Google can't go back and change whatever code is infringing on their competitor. You don't even need to get rid of patents. Just get rid of this ridiculous veil of secrecy garbage.
All of Bioware's RPG's are like this. The maps are nothing more than set pieces for the stories. Take Kirkwall in Dragon Age 2 for example. You can't interact with any NPC's or items. Most of the doors are really just walls. Enemies appear out of nowhere. That's why I've always considered Bioware RPG's like Dragon Age and Mass Effect to be pared down versions of Bethesda's works, which are truly free-form and open world (allowing you to pick up and sell virtually every single item in the game world).
Right, because all the corporations banks, and consumers saving money and paying down debt has done wonders for our current economy. Once again idiots with nary an intelligent thought act superior to those who actually understand how a modern, developed economy works.
What's a "Q-factor"?
The Austrian and Chicago schools aree most certainly not prominent.
You have no idea what you're talking about. China dumped 15% of its GDP to jumpstart its economy after the recession. Germany hasn't even reached pre-recession output, and now their economy is beginning to stagnate along with the rest of Europe. The UK is another example of austerity in the middle of a recession leading to economic contraction.
Heck if you want to emulate PS1 games you could buy a PSP with video out. ...man.... I can't believe a handheld that came out 6 years ago can emulate a PS1.
I like talking about my build. Using my old case and PSU, I built a Core i5 2500K, z68 motherboard, 16 GB DDR 1600 RAM, 96 GB SSD, and Radeon 6950 for $575. It's soo fast and runs at very nice temps.
No it's not you blithering idiot. Inflation is defined as an increase in consumer prices. Money supply is far less important than money velocity in determining inflation rates, and in developed economies can even be negatively correlated with inflation. Since banks aren't lending, and corporations are hoarding profits, money velocity is extremely low and we're at risk of deflation. Thus the "liquidity trap".