I think the parent parent post has a point, in that the requirements for these games are pretty ridiculous. I remember playing early FPS games with 1 meg of video memory and they were pretty sharp.
Are modern games that much better? In my opinion, no. I think this is a major part of the sentiment here: software has become less efficient and some people don't like the stress on their wallets that comes with keeping up the hardware for these bloated, overtaxing games and operating systems.
Wise promised to meet with NBC 10 reporter Harry Hairston, but never showed up. However, later over the phone he said he is in the process of issuing refunds.
The majority of the poor are probably working 2 jobs
This is definitely true. My poor neighbor (a roofer) works for everybody on the street to try to support his alcoholism/drug habit/whatever his deal is. He has several jobs under his belt!
Neat trick, being able to tell a person's character from the look of their neighbors.
Given how the guy on the other side of my house(mentally retarded) collects welfare, I think I really upset the balance of the neighborhood by displacing some renters that collected welfare as well. And given how I'm a pretty decent guy (if I do say so myself), I'd say this confirms that you definitely can't judge a person by their neighbors!
So what kind of neighborhood do you live in, anyway?
Well, since he never refuted any of Justin's e-mails other than claiming he didn't write the earlier ones (establishing that they were indeed sent from his account), it certainly shows that somebody did indeed scam Justin. Given that there is no loss of credibility to Justin as of yet and the e-mails seem legit, this boils down to 2 likely possibilities which one can choose from:
1. The hospital misinformed Justin as to whether or not Sal was admitted AND the bank staff have misinformed Justin about Sal as well. In this case, it is quite possible this Vince character used Sal's computer and e-mail client. Oh and, Sal and Vince happen to have a matching writing style.
2. The bank staff is not confusing anyone with Sal and the hospital staff correctly informed Justin.
Is scenario #1 possible. Sure.
But, perhaps you ought to read all those e-mails again.
Stone: Inspector, that gun is making me extremely nervous. Hammer: It's supposed to. It's not a room deodorizer, you know. Just relax, Doc. You know what they say -- guns don't kill people... Stone: (interrupting) Yes, I've heard -- people do. Hammer: No, bullets do.
Windows XP is doing extremely well, and their marketshare is intact (despite such "formidable" competitors like XFree86).
XFree86 competes with Win XP??
With.NET, they've shown the kind of forward-thinking that OSS lacks
Hmmm... that's funny, I thought Sun and/or Borland came up with the primary features of.NET first. Unless,you are simply referring to the.NET marketing campaign, in which case, yes, MS has a far superior marketing campaign.
Most of these places that Slashdot often reports as "switching to Linux" are either switching from another *NIX, or are only considering Linux.
Why is it MS defendants keep bringing up how the number of businesses switching to linux is insignifiant?
If you read the Yankee group report from "Get the Facts", one of the highlight points is that many people (ahem, managers and execs, that is) don't want to make the move to linux. The funny things is, this appeal to majority ignores the fact that there seems to be 0% considering a switch from linux to windows!
The problem is, we have no way to choose what state the particles will go into when we observe one. Its a random outcome, and you can't acheive any communication if the output is just random noise.
So if we had a consistent way of changing a particles spin back and forth, we would have a method of superluminal communication then?
This is quite good timing, as I was arguing all morning about quantum teleportation (rather coincidental this is, in fact).
My friend was adamant in his stance that you could seperate two particles, change the spin of one and have it oppositely affect the other particle. How this would not lead to FTL communication is beyond me. If you can change the spin of the one particle with a magnetic field, have it change the other over any distance, and figure out the spin without affecting it (as done in 1999 with photons), how would you not have FTL comms?
I assumed his interpretation of quantum teleportation to be wrong... am I wrong here?
Can someone solve our quarrel? Is he right and the only thing stopping FTL comms is they ability to consistently change spin? Or am I right in thinking quantum teleportation is just quantum entanglement over distance (seperate 2 particles, check one and infer the other's spin, nothing more)?
I was 7 when Return of the Jedi was released and I had enough taste to dislike the Ewoks then about as much as I do now.
I distinctly remember how I had never really had that many Star Wars figurines up to that point, but around the release of RotJ my parents decided to get me a bunch and they were almost all... Ewoks... and gliders and a catapult. Of course, I didn't say anything disappreciative when I got them, but even at that age I kinda thought it the Ewok stuff was pretty lame.
So the point is, it doesn't matter what age I am: the Ewoks and Jar-Jar suck ass!
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So if there are all these factions out to kill each other, why don't they just divide up the country and seperate the populaces?
Are you being sarcastic?
It can be hard to tell sometimes...
Oh, hell no. Are you so stupid that you really even have to ask?
Ever heard of a rhetorical question?
What about limits on the amount of children a couple can have? In China, family planning laws limit most couples to having one child.
Amen, brother.
I think the parent parent post has a point, in that the requirements for these games are pretty ridiculous. I remember playing early FPS games with 1 meg of video memory and they were pretty sharp.
Are modern games that much better? In my opinion, no. I think this is a major part of the sentiment here: software has become less efficient and some people don't like the stress on their wallets that comes with keeping up the hardware for these bloated, overtaxing games and operating systems.
People just aren't as gullible any longer.
That sounds overly optimistic. Do you have any facts to back that claim?
Look, if you pirate software, you're breaking the law, plain and simple.
All laws are just?
Stop trying to justify it - that's cheap and stupid because there is no justification for breaking that particular set of laws.
How about, "I would never buy it". Is that not a justification?
seriously, isn't it time that everyone moved beyond the one-dimensional caricature of gates?
No.
Also consider that Microsoft is the #1 employer of CS grads from CMU. This school's students and expertise have served him well
So maybe his half-ass donation is what he thought they deserve for the half-ass OS they've cranked out.
I believe this site to be helpful in seeing the big picture on spending.
Will their hardware be able to run Cisco IOS? If not, will their OS be nearly the same?
No, no... he's not spreading FUD.
Just lies.
Maybe by 2010 we'll have something faster than Ultra 640 SCSI (which is already about half as fast as 10 Gbits).
Besides... you could always use the bandwidth for killer streams.
Wise promised to meet with NBC 10 reporter Harry Hairston, but never showed up. However, later over the phone he said he is in the process of issuing refunds.
Hmmmm... does anybody notice a trend here?
The majority of the poor are probably working 2 jobs
This is definitely true. My poor neighbor (a roofer) works for everybody on the street to try to support his alcoholism/drug habit/whatever his deal is. He has several jobs under his belt!
Neat trick, being able to tell a person's character from the look of their neighbors.
Given how the guy on the other side of my house(mentally retarded) collects welfare, I think I really upset the balance of the neighborhood by displacing some renters that collected welfare as well. And given how I'm a pretty decent guy (if I do say so myself), I'd say this confirms that you definitely can't judge a person by their neighbors!
So what kind of neighborhood do you live in, anyway?
Well, since he never refuted any of Justin's e-mails other than claiming he didn't write the earlier ones (establishing that they were indeed sent from his account), it certainly shows that somebody did indeed scam Justin. Given that there is no loss of credibility to Justin as of yet and the e-mails seem legit, this boils down to 2 likely possibilities which one can choose from:
1. The hospital misinformed Justin as to whether or not Sal was admitted AND the bank staff have misinformed Justin about Sal as well. In this case, it is quite possible this Vince character used Sal's computer and e-mail client. Oh and, Sal and Vince happen to have a matching writing style.
2. The bank staff is not confusing anyone with Sal and the hospital staff correctly informed Justin.
Is scenario #1 possible. Sure.
But, perhaps you ought to read all those e-mails again.
Stone: Inspector, that gun is making me extremely nervous.
Hammer: It's supposed to. It's not a room deodorizer, you know. Just relax, Doc. You know what they say -- guns don't kill people...
Stone: (interrupting) Yes, I've heard -- people do.
Hammer: No, bullets do.
"Yeah... a higher TCO... that's the ticket.
And it's not that secure either."
Windows XP is doing extremely well, and their marketshare is intact (despite such "formidable" competitors like XFree86).
.NET, they've shown the kind of forward-thinking that OSS lacks
.NET first. Unless,you are simply referring to the .NET marketing campaign, in which case, yes, MS has a far superior marketing campaign.
XFree86 competes with Win XP??
With
Hmmm... that's funny, I thought Sun and/or Borland came up with the primary features of
Most of these places that Slashdot often reports as "switching to Linux" are either switching from another *NIX, or are only considering Linux.
Why is it MS defendants keep bringing up how the number of businesses switching to linux is insignifiant?
If you read the Yankee group report from "Get the Facts", one of the highlight points is that many people (ahem, managers and execs, that is) don't want to make the move to linux. The funny things is, this appeal to majority ignores the fact that there seems to be 0% considering a switch from linux to windows!
The problem is, we have no way to choose what state the particles will go into when we observe one. Its a random outcome, and you can't acheive any communication if the output is just random noise.
So if we had a consistent way of changing a particles spin back and forth, we would have a method of superluminal communication then?
This is quite good timing, as I was arguing all morning about quantum teleportation (rather coincidental this is, in fact).
My friend was adamant in his stance that you could seperate two particles, change the spin of one and have it oppositely affect the other particle. How this would not lead to FTL communication is beyond me. If you can change the spin of the one particle with a magnetic field, have it change the other over any distance, and figure out the spin without affecting it (as done in 1999 with photons), how would you not have FTL comms?
I assumed his interpretation of quantum teleportation to be wrong... am I wrong here?
Can someone solve our quarrel? Is he right and the only thing stopping FTL comms is they ability to consistently change spin? Or am I right in thinking quantum teleportation is just quantum entanglement over distance (seperate 2 particles, check one and infer the other's spin, nothing more)?
Time is not an execuse.
Really? Sounds like a good excuse to me...
You liked Something Wicked This Way Comes?
I thought it was quite the struggle to get through... and I haven't read any Bradbury non-short story material since.
I think the parent has it right: Martian Chronicles is easily the best.
I was 7 when Return of the Jedi was released and I had enough taste to dislike the Ewoks then about as much as I do now.
I distinctly remember how I had never really had that many Star Wars figurines up to that point, but around the release of RotJ my parents decided to get me a bunch and they were almost all... Ewoks... and gliders and a catapult. Of course, I didn't say anything disappreciative when I got them, but even at that age I kinda thought it the Ewok stuff was pretty lame.
So the point is, it doesn't matter what age I am:
the Ewoks and Jar-Jar suck ass!