War misteriosly correlates with decline of terrorism within US, so you can't call it useless unless you're ready to prove that it's just a coincidence
Why don't you prove to me that you're right? It seems to me we have a lot more terrorism outside the US since Bush started his `war against terror.' But what do you care, you live in America.
The usefulness of space exploration as such can indeed be debated, but don't forget about all the spin-offs such an operation produces. We take a lot of things that were originally developed for space travel for granted now, and they are certainly useful.
It's cheaper than this war against Iraq, you know. And a lot more useful I might add. I would gladly pay taxes to put a man on Mars. I'm from europe and I'd love to see ESA do something like this, but for some reason the EU is always busy fighting about REALLY unimportant things so we can't expect much from them unfortunately.
Many people in my surroundings tell me I'm mad when I tell them that we msut certainly send people to the moon and to Mars, just because it's cool and we can do it. They tell me that it is risky and costs a lot of money. Sure they are right, but we wouldn't be where we are now if we didn't undertake expensive and risky projects now and then. In my opinion going to the moon is the coolest thing humans have ever done, and I can't wait until people will travel to Mars, or back to the moon. Apart from the coolness factor, maybe it's good to have an event that will be followed worldwide by people of all religions and backgrounds, just to bring us a bit closer together again. The world needs that.
I'm currently involved in the making of 3D nano devices. One of the steps involved in the making of these things is the breaking of a silicon wafer. This is currently the least reliable step in our process, and we sure are very interested in ways to improve this.
The other way around works just as well. I've tried to get many people to use Firefox, for instance, but quite a few weren't willing to accept it, because `it's crap'. Meaning it works a little bit different than IE. People are very reluctant to change, so they tend to stick with what they learned.
What we need is a totally new concept of a game; something that people are willing to spend money on. Almost all new games out there give us more of the same, only with better graphics. Game makers should pay more attention to the story or the playability of a game. This is very hard to do because everything that makes a good game has been done before. But I only play adventure games, and I often find myself wondering why I enjoy lots of indie games with crappy graphics more than many new games with mind-blowing graphics and a 3D envirenment. It must be because the story is better in the indie games.
And if it bypasses Windows, why not make the screen a bit bigger? In that way you never have to use Windows at all! Hey, why not scoop out all the hardware inside the laptop and put this new thing in?
I think MS has made the right decision here. TGhere are several reasons for that. One is to avoid those pesky Europeans that keep an eye on the monopolistic practices MS keeps. Another reason is that some people don't need virus protection. Yes, there are people like that, although not many I'll admit. The third reason is the fact that it may be handy for MS to make a separate antivirus program. What if their OS-tied antivirus program is compromised by a virus? That may be hard to correct without breaking other things. Better to keep a separate program that's easy to upgrade.
You have to take into account the amount of fossil fuels and other ingredients it takes to make an efficient electronic circuit. It is very well possible that it takes more resources building one than you will ever save using it.
Isn't that a bit over the top? I mean, the US gouvernment also 'sponsors' Boeing et al. by giving them lots of defense orders. This already levels the playing field quite a bit.
I was just thinking about that. I live in the EU (Netherlands) and I'm as much an MS-disliker as the next/.-er, so way to go EU etc., but I must add that I'm not sure what would have happened if MS had been a european company. Replace MS by Airbus and we have a very interesting hypothetical case.
I read the article and I read the comments, but I still don't exactly understand what this is about. Can somebody enlighten me? What exactly is the infamous hot coffee sequence? I take it it has something to do with nudity or sex?
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Well, I for one would like to have my company logo on the rocket that goes to Mars, and on the astronout's space suits.
War misteriosly correlates with decline of terrorism within US, so you can't call it useless unless you're ready to prove that it's just a coincidence
Why don't you prove to me that you're right? It seems to me we have a lot more terrorism outside the US since Bush started his `war against terror.' But what do you care, you live in America.
The usefulness of space exploration as such can indeed be debated, but don't forget about all the spin-offs such an operation produces. We take a lot of things that were originally developed for space travel for granted now, and they are certainly useful.
It's cheaper than this war against Iraq, you know. And a lot more useful I might add. I would gladly pay taxes to put a man on Mars. I'm from europe and I'd love to see ESA do something like this, but for some reason the EU is always busy fighting about REALLY unimportant things so we can't expect much from them unfortunately.
Many people in my surroundings tell me I'm mad when I tell them that we msut certainly send people to the moon and to Mars, just because it's cool and we can do it. They tell me that it is risky and costs a lot of money. Sure they are right, but we wouldn't be where we are now if we didn't undertake expensive and risky projects now and then. In my opinion going to the moon is the coolest thing humans have ever done, and I can't wait until people will travel to Mars, or back to the moon. Apart from the coolness factor, maybe it's good to have an event that will be followed worldwide by people of all religions and backgrounds, just to bring us a bit closer together again. The world needs that.
He flushed it of course! Why fill a bottle with whiskey if you can put a computer in it?
But then you need a really small fish!
I'm currently involved in the making of 3D nano devices. One of the steps involved in the making of these things is the breaking of a silicon wafer. This is currently the least reliable step in our process, and we sure are very interested in ways to improve this.
The other way around works just as well. I've tried to get many people to use Firefox, for instance, but quite a few weren't willing to accept it, because `it's crap'. Meaning it works a little bit different than IE. People are very reluctant to change, so they tend to stick with what they learned.
What we need is a totally new concept of a game; something that people are willing to spend money on. Almost all new games out there give us more of the same, only with better graphics. Game makers should pay more attention to the story or the playability of a game. This is very hard to do because everything that makes a good game has been done before. But I only play adventure games, and I often find myself wondering why I enjoy lots of indie games with crappy graphics more than many new games with mind-blowing graphics and a 3D envirenment. It must be because the story is better in the indie games.
And if it bypasses Windows, why not make the screen a bit bigger? In that way you never have to use Windows at all! Hey, why not scoop out all the hardware inside the laptop and put this new thing in?
Can't they just put in a cold fusion generator and have the thing run on water?
They make mistakes, just like anyone else :-)
I think MS has made the right decision here. TGhere are several reasons for that. One is to avoid those pesky Europeans that keep an eye on the monopolistic practices MS keeps. Another reason is that some people don't need virus protection. Yes, there are people like that, although not many I'll admit. The third reason is the fact that it may be handy for MS to make a separate antivirus program. What if their OS-tied antivirus program is compromised by a virus? That may be hard to correct without breaking other things. Better to keep a separate program that's easy to upgrade.
You have to take into account the amount of fossil fuels and other ingredients it takes to make an efficient electronic circuit. It is very well possible that it takes more resources building one than you will ever save using it.
Not me. I only make up stories about Sophie. No, not that kind of stories, you pervert ;-)
That certainly is better! Ah, I can see it now: Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band, produced by Willem Tjerkstra. Let the big bucks roll in...
We labelled the OpenOffice Writer icon as "Microsoft Word", for instance, and people didn't know the difference.
Really? Unbelievable. The differences are fairly easy to spot. Makes me wonder how people experience a user interface.
If I understand this correclty I am an artist when I burn the music I illegally downloaded?
I pretty much only play adventure games. I play the Tex Murphy adventures every few years. He's the greatest.
Yuch, that's gross, the middle one is ****** in the ***!
Isn't that a bit over the top? I mean, the US gouvernment also 'sponsors' Boeing et al. by giving them lots of defense orders. This already levels the playing field quite a bit.
I was just thinking about that. I live in the EU (Netherlands) and I'm as much an MS-disliker as the next /.-er, so way to go EU etc., but I must add that I'm not sure what would have happened if MS had been a european company. Replace MS by Airbus and we have a very interesting hypothetical case.
They just want MS to play by the same rules as all other companies that operate in the EU. Nothing special.
I read the article and I read the comments, but I still don't exactly understand what this is about. Can somebody enlighten me? What exactly is the infamous hot coffee sequence? I take it it has something to do with nudity or sex?
I wonder: can I see this MacBook Pro as a notebook version of the iMac, or are there significant differences in speed?