I would conclude that the AMD PR Rating system provides a very nice comparison of Athlon performance relative to P4 performance at the clockspeed of the PR rating
...was the whole idea behind those PR ratings, someone at AMD really earned their paycheque thinking that one up, if you ask me.
If not, makes no difference to me. I'm a AMD user, love my Thunderbird 900 processor, does what I need it to do.
But when you looked closley.. you noticed that Intel benchmarks the pentiums AGAINST THEMSELVES... the P4's on the bar chart were rated very high. Against the pIII.
Working in tech support, I've actually spoken to a couple people who happen to LIKE their spam, declining to have their spam-blocker turned on. Basically thought to myself that these sorts of people would be great for opt-in. I'd even be OK with hearing about some great deals on things that interest me, as long as it's 1 or 2 e-mails like this post talks about.
Just don't send me a billion University Degree/Enlarge Your Wang/etc. offers. Those I'm not interested in.
IMO, this is one of the good things about IE6... I already liked the fact that it has SOME features in this field... the fact that it is causing other businesses to stand up and take notice is a definite bonus. Good privacy policies benefit us all. (Course, we already KNEW that, but the point is businesses are realising this.)
Course, (and this will probably prompt some to spend some valuable mod points) I've had nothing but great experiences with IE6... the fact that it has a 'delete cookies' button was the first addition I noticed, and liked. IE6 is a really good browser, at least for the better part. Nothing's perfect, as we all know, but IMO, finally Microsoft's starting to get there with their browser.
(Yes, Mozilla has good features in this regard too. But Mozilla often crashes on my system. This is not Pro-IE Anti-Moz. I like Mozilla too. In this case, I just HAPPEN to prefer IE.) (sees more people using their mod points to silence this one ^_^)
I'd also like to note that I de-integrated IE from Windows... so my main thing is - hopefully they'll make Windows run as nice.
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Naw, wasn't Jolie at all... no... it was the gripping storyline and excellent action scenes!
Aw, who am I kidding? It WAS Jolie. Not that it was THAT much of a problem... unless you spent more than $5 to see it ^_^
(Confession: I saw Tomb Raider, I spent $12 CDN at the theatre. Opening night. Bleh. And people wonder why I don't go to movie theatres anymore... perhaps it's because I'm tired of spending more than $5CDN on movies... I'd rather make it a Blockbuster night.)
The person in question had it in for Zophar for QUITE a while. This is simply yet another person with the maturity of an 9 year old.
This is the guy who did flash animations with a synth voice singing "Zophar Has Manboobs" a few years back. (I don't think I can make THESE things up!?!?)
Not all Region 1 DVDs have a French soundtrack. Last I checked, all the anime DVDs I have watched save one included French. Only Princess Mononoke had a French language track.
Now, the difference is - Princess Mononoke is by Disney, which means Major Publisher. It was sold EVERYWHERE I went that had DVDs for sale because of that.
Other Anime DVDs, made by AnimEigo, Pioneer, ADV, Viz, etc... you can find some of them at HMV (major music chain, dunno if the US has 'em, but there's at least 5 in Winnipeg) but few of them had a French track. Smaller anime distribution companies don't have the resources to produce a French audio track, and thus they don't have one. Most are sold through mail order, anyway.
And lastly, not all French language adaptations are decent in movies. Example: I saw a part of Star Wars on CBC French. When the lightsabres were activated, you heard the sound "BING!". My friends and I had to laugh at that one... It's Star Wars in a whole new light! (If you'll... pardon the pun. It wasn't intended to sound that way. I'm sorry.)
I think he was looking to get modded up for "funny".
In any case, it's true that my Athlon 900 with 320 megs of RAM does what I want it to do and more... Runs MAME like a dream, same with Photoshop and Flash. Encodes mp3s at faster-than-realtime, too... I wouldn't want more at this point. However, when I finally get into 3d modeling, video editing, more intense image editing, and stuff like that is another story. My friend who works at a computer store is trying to get me to buy the bottom-of-the-barrel Athlon XP... I honestly do NOT need that much processing power. I'm a geek, but not only a geek on a budget, I'm also a geek who doesn't NEED the processing power. Once the kernel is compiled, the massive Photoshop filters are applied, and the system booted, what's left?
To quote:
True, it may build brand recognition, and increase word-of-mouth talk about a particular company or item, but where's the proof in the pudding?
Proof that this guy speaks the truth: Who here HASN'T heard of X10? And Bonzibuddy! And that "punch the monkey" money tree ad thingie! Not to mention Casino On Net!(to a lesser extent - but not with those of us who frequent eZBoard... whose ads happen to be served by Doubleclick! This ain't OT! Well... kinda, I guess ^_^)
All victims of negative brand recognition.
Remember, not all word of mouth is GOOD word of mouth.
If I had mod points, I'd mod you up. Why? Because being in the Tech Support biz, we always see people who (Deary me!) didn't agree to any 'Terms and Conditions' (even though it is prominently shown during the installation and sign up process for the major US ISP that I worked for)...
It's amazing what people will agree to if it's SMACK DAB in the middle of one of those T&C thingies. One day, go check out all the major and minor ISP websites (Search Google for ISP) and check out their terms and conditions if available. Makes for interesting reading during a long shift at the Help Desk. Or a long shift anywhere, for that matter.
Happy New Year.
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Bonus New Year's Sig:
Many people should add "RTFM and RTFT&C" to their New Year's resolutions. I'm adding "WTF" to mine.
If a little thing like T&C got me down, I wouldn't threaten to sue, I wouldn't THREATEN to cancel my service... I'd simply do it, and go to the competition.
And laughing at them... mainly because when I worked tech support for AT&T I could hide behind 'em when I had irate customers who were taking potshots at ME, and not AT&T. If they are making it obvious that they're not angry at ME, I try to help them. But if they take it to a personal level, I let 'er rip.
Just a little way to ensure job satisfaction. And more proof that I'm a sadistic bugger at times. Course, now that I work a different tech support desk, I don't get NEARLY as many irate or angry customers. And thus don't need to hide behind a stupid legal document that I don't even fully understand anyway.
Which adds another lesson today: When talking to any kind of customer service, realise that we're human beings too, sitting in a row of half-cubicles, taking call after call. In some cases, up to 50 calls an hour! When calling customer service/tech support - take a deep breath before dialing, and don't give US the third degree. In the case of the whole transitioning - we had some people working 12 hour shifts with a 3 minute training course... we were put on to balance the load of calls. We may have had the knowlege or ability to help you, but we have AT&T policies holding us back. As much as we would LIKE to help you - we prefer holding onto a job that allows us to live. They DO monitor us for quality control, and if they ding us too much, we CAN be removed from the floor. Someone (in another post) mentioned not being given Tier 2's number - That is because it DID get out. To a LOT of people. Within half an hour, everyone was told NOT to give it out because the circuits were in fact overloading. Patience is the name of the game... for both us and you.
AT&T Corp. said it would sell its cable television unit to Comcast Corp. for about $72 billion in stock and debt, creating a massive cable operator with more than 22 million subscribers.
The $72 billion is made up of $47 billion in stock and $20 billion in debt, among some other details.
If another source is telling the story differently, then that's just fine. My comments were and are based upon the story linked in the article.
Oh, and if you sue them, YOU pay the lawyer fees regardless of whether you win or lose.
Copy 'n pasted from the Second Example: (Caps and all...)
FINALLY, YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS AT&T AND THIRD PARTIES WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE AT&T WORLDNET HIGH SPEED SERVICE FROM ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, OR COST (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES) RESULTING FROM YOUR VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ACTIVITY RELATED TO YOUR AT&T WORLDNET HIGH SPEED ACCOUNT.
In the first two examples, read "You're Responsible" REAL closely.
More Examples:
http://www.attbi.com/general-info/policies.html
http://www.att.net/general-info/terms.html
http://www.att.com/terms/
but they were outsourcing tech support to ATT already
Who in turn outsource THEIR tech support to the same company who does some FedEx tech support and customer service, among MANY other companies.
I happen to work for the company that is outsourced, and quite frankly - does it really matter if it's outsourced? In fact, AT&T likes our call centre - we do a LOT better than some of the other centres that do tech support for AT&T. And the customers like us too, at least for the better part.
Besides, companies outsourcing customer service and tech support to other companies means that more money can go into providing better service. (At least in theory...)
And lastly, cats and kittens, if you read the story, it's just the cable TV portion of AT&T Broadband. Not the AT&T broadband that does the internet. But I wouldn't doubt that a deal for SOME company to buy out AT&T's Internet business would happen eventually.
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If this...
I would conclude that the AMD PR Rating system provides a very nice comparison of Athlon performance relative to P4 performance at the clockspeed of the PR rating
...was the whole idea behind those PR ratings, someone at AMD really earned their paycheque thinking that one up, if you ask me.
If not, makes no difference to me. I'm a AMD user, love my Thunderbird 900 processor, does what I need it to do.
But when you looked closley.. you noticed that Intel benchmarks the pentiums AGAINST THEMSELVES... the P4's on the bar chart were rated very high. Against the pIII.
(Spelling and grammar aside)
Pentium 4s are better than Pentium 3s?
Wow. I'd have never guessed that.
Thanks for opening my eyes, Intel.
Well, maybe they're thinking about specific distros like Red Hat, mentioned in the article.
Working in tech support, I've actually spoken to a couple people who happen to LIKE their spam, declining to have their spam-blocker turned on. Basically thought to myself that these sorts of people would be great for opt-in. I'd even be OK with hearing about some great deals on things that interest me, as long as it's 1 or 2 e-mails like this post talks about.
Just don't send me a billion University Degree/Enlarge Your Wang/etc. offers. Those I'm not interested in.
IMO, this is one of the good things about IE6... I already liked the fact that it has SOME features in this field... the fact that it is causing other businesses to stand up and take notice is a definite bonus. Good privacy policies benefit us all. (Course, we already KNEW that, but the point is businesses are realising this.)
Course, (and this will probably prompt some to spend some valuable mod points) I've had nothing but great experiences with IE6... the fact that it has a 'delete cookies' button was the first addition I noticed, and liked. IE6 is a really good browser, at least for the better part. Nothing's perfect, as we all know, but IMO, finally Microsoft's starting to get there with their browser.
(Yes, Mozilla has good features in this regard too. But Mozilla often crashes on my system. This is not Pro-IE Anti-Moz. I like Mozilla too. In this case, I just HAPPEN to prefer IE.) (sees more people using their mod points to silence this one ^_^)
I'd also like to note that I de-integrated IE from Windows... so my main thing is - hopefully they'll make Windows run as nice.
Just my $0.02CDN.
Their logic probably reads something along the lines of:
Downloader = subscriber
when it comes to making numbers known to the general public.
James Z. Normalguy comes onto the site and sees that big number and says 'wow, 500,000 people can't be wrong', and tries it out.
Either that, or I wouldn't put it past them to make a 'prediction' to lure James Z. Normalguy in.
...You forgot remodulating. Everybody forgets remodulating.
Naw, wasn't Jolie at all... no... it was the gripping storyline and excellent action scenes!
Aw, who am I kidding? It WAS Jolie. Not that it was THAT much of a problem... unless you spent more than $5 to see it ^_^
(Confession: I saw Tomb Raider, I spent $12 CDN at the theatre. Opening night. Bleh. And people wonder why I don't go to movie theatres anymore... perhaps it's because I'm tired of spending more than $5CDN on movies... I'd rather make it a Blockbuster night.)
Can anyone translate this paragraph?
After all, IANAL, and Babelfish doesn't translate 'legalese'...
Don't mod his post down. It's a full confession, after all.
Sam ain't that bad.
The person in question had it in for Zophar for QUITE a while. This is simply yet another person with the maturity of an 9 year old.
This is the guy who did flash animations with a synth voice singing "Zophar Has Manboobs" a few years back. (I don't think I can make THESE things up!?!?)
Anyway, this guy is a knob. 'nuff said.
Zophar's Domain has not gone down due to Slashdotting in quite a while, if memory serves me.
They don't admit VCRs are ok. It had to be taken to court.
...why people were commenting on Wallace and Gromitt in the Powered Suit thread.
Yes, I do live under a rock today. Or rather, I live in a cubicle with limited Internet access. Same difference.
Season 5 *was* definitely one of the best seasons, (though I think you missed Darmok on that list :) )...
I've only got one thing to say about that:
Sokath, his eyes uncovered!
...
Mirab, his sails unfurled!
[A Darmok 'dictionary' can be found here.]
I'd gladly pay for DS9... I never saw it on video, save "The Emissary, Parts 1 and 2" in a Pilot Episode boxset.
All the Ferengi episodes back to back to back in 5.1 - I'd love THAT. "Little Green Men" is still one of my Top 5 Star Trek episodes...
Not all Region 1 DVDs have a French soundtrack. Last I checked, all the anime DVDs I have watched save one included French. Only Princess Mononoke had a French language track.
Now, the difference is - Princess Mononoke is by Disney, which means Major Publisher. It was sold EVERYWHERE I went that had DVDs for sale because of that.
Other Anime DVDs, made by AnimEigo, Pioneer, ADV, Viz, etc... you can find some of them at HMV (major music chain, dunno if the US has 'em, but there's at least 5 in Winnipeg) but few of them had a French track. Smaller anime distribution companies don't have the resources to produce a French audio track, and thus they don't have one. Most are sold through mail order, anyway.
And lastly, not all French language adaptations are decent in movies. Example: I saw a part of Star Wars on CBC French. When the lightsabres were activated, you heard the sound "BING!". My friends and I had to laugh at that one... It's Star Wars in a whole new light! (If you'll... pardon the pun. It wasn't intended to sound that way. I'm sorry.)
I think he was looking to get modded up for "funny".
In any case, it's true that my Athlon 900 with 320 megs of RAM does what I want it to do and more... Runs MAME like a dream, same with Photoshop and Flash. Encodes mp3s at faster-than-realtime, too... I wouldn't want more at this point. However, when I finally get into 3d modeling, video editing, more intense image editing, and stuff like that is another story. My friend who works at a computer store is trying to get me to buy the bottom-of-the-barrel Athlon XP... I honestly do NOT need that much processing power. I'm a geek, but not only a geek on a budget, I'm also a geek who doesn't NEED the processing power. Once the kernel is compiled, the massive Photoshop filters are applied, and the system booted, what's left?
To quote:
True, it may build brand recognition, and increase word-of-mouth talk about a particular company or item, but where's the proof in the pudding?
Proof that this guy speaks the truth: Who here HASN'T heard of X10? And Bonzibuddy! And that "punch the monkey" money tree ad thingie! Not to mention Casino On Net!(to a lesser extent - but not with those of us who frequent eZBoard... whose ads happen to be served by Doubleclick! This ain't OT! Well... kinda, I guess ^_^)
All victims of negative brand recognition.
Remember, not all word of mouth is GOOD word of mouth.
If I had mod points, I'd mod you up. Why? Because being in the Tech Support biz, we always see people who (Deary me!) didn't agree to any 'Terms and Conditions' (even though it is prominently shown during the installation and sign up process for the major US ISP that I worked for)...
It's amazing what people will agree to if it's SMACK DAB in the middle of one of those T&C thingies. One day, go check out all the major and minor ISP websites (Search Google for ISP) and check out their terms and conditions if available. Makes for interesting reading during a long shift at the Help Desk. Or a long shift anywhere, for that matter.
Happy New Year.
--
Bonus New Year's Sig:
Many people should add "RTFM and RTFT&C" to their New Year's resolutions. I'm adding "WTF" to mine.
Hey, at least it'll be better than the Golf Channel :-p
:-p
Here's some cool niche show ideas for this network: Coverage of all the Capcom Fighting Game tourneys... DDR showoff half-hour...
Combo exhibition between shows...
I think this TV network, if done PROPERLY will kick much ass.
Now all I gotta figure out is how to get hired by these people
Huffy I ain't.
Just pointing out facts, that's all.
If a little thing like T&C got me down, I wouldn't threaten to sue, I wouldn't THREATEN to cancel my service... I'd simply do it, and go to the competition.
And laughing at them... mainly because when I worked tech support for AT&T I could hide behind 'em when I had irate customers who were taking potshots at ME, and not AT&T. If they are making it obvious that they're not angry at ME, I try to help them. But if they take it to a personal level, I let 'er rip.
Just a little way to ensure job satisfaction. And more proof that I'm a sadistic bugger at times. Course, now that I work a different tech support desk, I don't get NEARLY as many irate or angry customers. And thus don't need to hide behind a stupid legal document that I don't even fully understand anyway.
Which adds another lesson today: When talking to any kind of customer service, realise that we're human beings too, sitting in a row of half-cubicles, taking call after call. In some cases, up to 50 calls an hour! When calling customer service/tech support - take a deep breath before dialing, and don't give US the third degree. In the case of the whole transitioning - we had some people working 12 hour shifts with a 3 minute training course... we were put on to balance the load of calls. We may have had the knowlege or ability to help you, but we have AT&T policies holding us back. As much as we would LIKE to help you - we prefer holding onto a job that allows us to live. They DO monitor us for quality control, and if they ding us too much, we CAN be removed from the floor. Someone (in another post) mentioned not being given Tier 2's number - That is because it DID get out. To a LOT of people. Within half an hour, everyone was told NOT to give it out because the circuits were in fact overloading. Patience is the name of the game... for both us and you.
The linked story specifically reads:
AT&T Corp. said it would sell its cable television unit to Comcast Corp. for about $72 billion in stock and debt, creating a massive cable operator with more than 22 million subscribers.
The $72 billion is made up of $47 billion in stock and $20 billion in debt, among some other details.
If another source is telling the story differently, then that's just fine. My comments were and are based upon the story linked in the article.
Read it closer... especially the last few lines.
They guarantee nothing, save that you get a bill.
Oh, and if you sue them, YOU pay the lawyer fees regardless of whether you win or lose.
Copy 'n pasted from the Second Example: (Caps and all...)
FINALLY, YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS AT&T AND THIRD PARTIES WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE AT&T WORLDNET HIGH SPEED SERVICE FROM ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, OR COST (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES) RESULTING FROM YOUR VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ACTIVITY RELATED TO YOUR AT&T WORLDNET HIGH SPEED ACCOUNT.
In the first two examples, read "You're Responsible" REAL closely.
More Examples:
http://www.attbi.com/general-info/policies.html
http://www.att.net/general-info/terms.html
http://www.att.com/terms/
but they were outsourcing tech support to ATT already
Who in turn outsource THEIR tech support to the same company who does some FedEx tech support and customer service, among MANY other companies.
I happen to work for the company that is outsourced, and quite frankly - does it really matter if it's outsourced? In fact, AT&T likes our call centre - we do a LOT better than some of the other centres that do tech support for AT&T. And the customers like us too, at least for the better part.
Besides, companies outsourcing customer service and tech support to other companies means that more money can go into providing better service. (At least in theory...)
And lastly, cats and kittens, if you read the story, it's just the cable TV portion of AT&T Broadband. Not the AT&T broadband that does the internet. But I wouldn't doubt that a deal for SOME company to buy out AT&T's Internet business would happen eventually.
Just my 2 cents.