I find it rather interesting that the source for this figure is the same StatCounter that the same people cheering this figure about IE will claim is wildly inaccurate due to the fact that it shows Linux with like a 1 or 2% market share.
Why would that seem inaccurate? Way less people have Linux than Mac, and Apple is usually cited around 5-10% market share. 1 or 2% for Linux sounds about right to me.
Reaching 100.000 feet with a $150 weather balloon is *trivial*.
Maybe so, but the effect of the video is astounding. It's one thing to watch NASA footage of the earth from that height, but it seems so much cooler to make your own. I'm commending them for that.
Seriously, it only goes up 30km. And there is no improvement that can possibly be made to a helium balloon that can make it actually go any higher than Earth's atmosphere. It's a good accomplishment but calling it a spacecraft is a bit disingenuous.
It may not fit our anal definition of 'space', but it's an awesome effort by a couple of regular people to do something most people would never try.
Also, let us not forget about the fact that a sizable portion of the US is still running on dial-up, so downloading a high definition movie is completely out of the question.
Hell, a large portion of the US is still on standard definition.
The thing is, this leak won't prevent the game from having record-breaking sales on launch day. The percentage of Xbox owners that can/will make use of this leak is minuscule.
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I find it rather interesting that the source for this figure is the same StatCounter that the same people cheering this figure about IE will claim is wildly inaccurate due to the fact that it shows Linux with like a 1 or 2% market share.
Why would that seem inaccurate? Way less people have Linux than Mac, and Apple is usually cited around 5-10% market share. 1 or 2% for Linux sounds about right to me.
Reaching 100.000 feet with a $150 weather balloon is *trivial*.
Maybe so, but the effect of the video is astounding. It's one thing to watch NASA footage of the earth from that height, but it seems so much cooler to make your own. I'm commending them for that.
Seriously, it only goes up 30km. And there is no improvement that can possibly be made to a helium balloon that can make it actually go any higher than Earth's atmosphere. It's a good accomplishment but calling it a spacecraft is a bit disingenuous.
It may not fit our anal definition of 'space', but it's an awesome effort by a couple of regular people to do something most people would never try.
They could take the Steve Jobs approach and just tell customers to avoid being in the hot zone
Yeah, I realized that shortly after hitting 'submit'
Fair enough, but they should at least do the math to make sure their giant lens doesn't converge the sun anywhere on their own property.
Why would they design a parabolic concave building? This is a huge architecture fail.
When was the last time masses of the general public got excited about a Microsoft product?
The Xbox 360 comes to mind.
Also, let us not forget about the fact that a sizable portion of the US is still running on dial-up, so downloading a high definition movie is completely out of the question.
Hell, a large portion of the US is still on standard definition.
100 per day is nothing. I've seen my little brother do over 300 per day.
Steve Jobs sues Japan...
Burr!
The correct term is 'intellectually challenged' :P
The thing is, this leak won't prevent the game from having record-breaking sales on launch day. The percentage of Xbox owners that can/will make use of this leak is minuscule.
I thought the voting system on the site already took care of that.
Second, if you had this expertise, how would you keep it current? Spend an hour a day riding public transportation in Oakland?
Urban Dictionary should suffice
...they'd provide an executable and let people fend for themselves as far as actually getting it to run.
Sounds like the Linux experience in a nutshell.
No, it's solar warming on the sun. If only the sun reduced its emissions by switching to Hydrogen fuel...
It is because you're Irish. Americans expect to be helped, not seek help.
I can't remember anywhere I've ever worked where you were allowed to surf the fucking internet.
What about the rest of the internet that isn't fucking?
I remember wanting to get a Windows CE phone when James Bond had one. That feeling ended rather quickly
What about having the car drive while you are being serviced?
Company that makes blockbuster games says: stop making blockbuster games. Genius!
Surely there must be SOME relationship between the cars this has happened with.
Yes, they are driven by humans.
External PCI Express. Like I said, similar to eSATA