Cloud computing is the wave of the future. The idea of using a desktop PC as a primary computing device is increasingly becoming an anachronism. The wave of the future is ubiquitous computing capability not tied to one specific device. For instance, being able to listen to a song in your car on the way home from work, your phone while you walk to the mail box and through your home entertainment system when you walk in the door, with all the systems seamlessly interacting with each other so you never miss a beat.
Obviously this won't happen with Windows 8 but at least it's step in the right direction.
Yeah I know. I was just paraphrasing something I read on the internet once. I actually started video games on the Atari 2600 and I've seen how far gaming has come since then. Anyway, here's the passage I was referencing:
We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video Games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games Like 'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You Actually had to use your I magination!! And there were no multiple levels or Screens, it was just one screen. Forever!
And you could never win. The game just kept getting Harder and harder and Faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!
I'd cite the source if I knew it. But you can find many copies via google.
When I was younger I was never able to finish video games either. You know why? It's because they just kept getting harder and harder until you died. Just like life.
Seriously? Gaming is better than it's ever been. Not only can you get any of today's games (of which, there are many I happen to like) but you also can also get the older games. So if those are the ones you really want to play, play them.
Like I said, I happen to like modern games. Fallout 3 is a blast, so is Mass Effect. TF2 I've enjoyed since it came out. I liked Dragon Age and I plan on getting Dragon Age 2 when the price drops to $20 or less. Portal 2 is a great game, if somewhat short. The MMOs aren't bad. MMOs didn't even exist in the 8-bit Nintendo days. I loved WoW but just didn't have the time. The Wii and Kinect are offering new ways to interact with games. Casual games are having a renaissance with the iApple and facebook stuff. Independent game developers, likewise, are on the rise as they haven't been since the days of shareware. I could go on and on but you get the point. It has never been a better time to be a gamer.
It made me think of the airborne aircraft carrier in Sky Captain and the World of tomorrow... only entire countries instead of just an aircraft carrier. That would be pretty awesome.
Unless Google lied to me, I don't think the Alaskan railway system hooks up with the rest of the US. Since the cargo will have to be put on trucks or ships to get it to the lower 48 they might as well keep it Soviet gauge across the strait.
While I don't think there's anything morally wrong with paying for the game and getting the download from an unauthorized source just to get it earlier, you don't need to do that to avoid spoilers. Just refrain from reading threads and reviews about the game. Do something else, like read about Libya or play some other game that's in your backlog of games to play.
How is that different from me taking money from the cash register at my previous jobs?
Full time at your previous jobs created less value than part timers created at the 40k job. That's how it's different. I used to feel the same way, but some people really do create more value than others. Who cares if the roadie is working longer hours than the rock star? The rock star's the one bringing in the ticket sales to pay for both of them.
Look, you either earn value for the company or you don't. Web surfing is tangential to that. I'd rather have someone who surfs but can develop an elegant design that makes the customer happy than someone who works hard all day but doesn't understand how the customer thinks and spends all that extra productive force producing the wrong thing.
That is a misconception. There is always room for more engineers. Many of our top companies were started by engineers or other technology oriented people. Even if engineering jobs weren't available (which itself is debatable) those jobs could be created by engineers.
I can't say for the laptops but the HP desktop I have is quite nice. Also the TouchSmart line was rather innovative if underpowered. Now Dell will have no competition in the desktop market and Apple will have no competition in the entertainment pad market. I don't see how this will be good for consumers.
Well, you're wrong about the more levels part. The higher levels made it feel like I had to "catch up" to my friends and grind levels whenever an expansion came out so we could all do the raids together. It also meant that all the time and effort we spent together getting our gear was wasted (the new greens were better than the old purples). Anyway, I didn't last past one xpac.
Yes troll, it does take skill... or at least it did when I played it. You'd be surprised how hard it is to coordinate 40 people (or even 25) to do what they need to do, when they need to do it and have enough situational awareness to not die and keep each other alive during those boss fights. If you've never raided in wow then you wouldn't know.
Taking away government influence means that there are simply no illegal immigrants anymore. People would move wherever they want, according to the market demands. And then these people would tell the strawberry farmers to go suck on a cucumber, they get 50 bucks a day in the factory around the corner, with a roof above their head, and they can now work there because they don't have to take every shady deal anymore, they can legally work. And prices for strawberries would go up, since wages have to go up to get pickers.
This is how I would solve the so called "illegal immigration" problem. Unfortunately, the voting majority are self centered and lack any sense of egalitarianism. Prejudice against "the other" trumps "freedom and justice for all."
I'm not against GOTO, I just showed that it wasn't necessary or even very useful in that particular example. All modern languages have constructs for conditional jumps but very few things *require* an unconditional jump. When in doubt it's usually best to avoid GOTO.
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Cloud computing is the wave of the future. The idea of using a desktop PC as a primary computing device is increasingly becoming an anachronism. The wave of the future is ubiquitous computing capability not tied to one specific device. For instance, being able to listen to a song in your car on the way home from work, your phone while you walk to the mail box and through your home entertainment system when you walk in the door, with all the systems seamlessly interacting with each other so you never miss a beat.
Obviously this won't happen with Windows 8 but at least it's step in the right direction.
Yeah I know. I was just paraphrasing something I read on the internet once. I actually started video games on the Atari 2600 and I've seen how far gaming has come since then. Anyway, here's the passage I was referencing:
I'd cite the source if I knew it. But you can find many copies via google.
I've saved a lot of money by waiting a couple of years to get the latest hit. FYI, Fallout 3 is still a fun game if you've never played it before.
When I was younger I was never able to finish video games either. You know why? It's because they just kept getting harder and harder until you died. Just like life.
Seriously? Gaming is better than it's ever been. Not only can you get any of today's games (of which, there are many I happen to like) but you also can also get the older games. So if those are the ones you really want to play, play them.
Like I said, I happen to like modern games. Fallout 3 is a blast, so is Mass Effect. TF2 I've enjoyed since it came out. I liked Dragon Age and I plan on getting Dragon Age 2 when the price drops to $20 or less. Portal 2 is a great game, if somewhat short. The MMOs aren't bad. MMOs didn't even exist in the 8-bit Nintendo days. I loved WoW but just didn't have the time. The Wii and Kinect are offering new ways to interact with games. Casual games are having a renaissance with the iApple and facebook stuff. Independent game developers, likewise, are on the rise as they haven't been since the days of shareware. I could go on and on but you get the point. It has never been a better time to be a gamer.
She really was the worst part of that movie. Maybe someday they'll release a directors cut that cuts out every scene with her in it.
Floating houses for low-flying countries.
It made me think of the airborne aircraft carrier in Sky Captain and the World of tomorrow... only entire countries instead of just an aircraft carrier. That would be pretty awesome.
True. This works better if you're far enough behind that people are talking about something else.
Oddly enough, Alaska and Siberia are on the same plate:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2394276&cid=37185498
Unless Google lied to me, I don't think the Alaskan railway system hooks up with the rest of the US. Since the cargo will have to be put on trucks or ships to get it to the lower 48 they might as well keep it Soviet gauge across the strait.
While I don't think there's anything morally wrong with paying for the game and getting the download from an unauthorized source just to get it earlier, you don't need to do that to avoid spoilers. Just refrain from reading threads and reviews about the game. Do something else, like read about Libya or play some other game that's in your backlog of games to play.
Google was founded 15 years ago by PhD students and went public in 2004.
Full time at your previous jobs created less value than part timers created at the 40k job. That's how it's different. I used to feel the same way, but some people really do create more value than others. Who cares if the roadie is working longer hours than the rock star? The rock star's the one bringing in the ticket sales to pay for both of them.
Look, you either earn value for the company or you don't. Web surfing is tangential to that. I'd rather have someone who surfs but can develop an elegant design that makes the customer happy than someone who works hard all day but doesn't understand how the customer thinks and spends all that extra productive force producing the wrong thing.
Obligatory Office Space scene:
http://movieclips.com/2pyJo-office-space-movie-motivation-problems/
That is a misconception. There is always room for more engineers. Many of our top companies were started by engineers or other technology oriented people. Even if engineering jobs weren't available (which itself is debatable) those jobs could be created by engineers.
I can't say for the laptops but the HP desktop I have is quite nice. Also the TouchSmart line was rather innovative if underpowered. Now Dell will have no competition in the desktop market and Apple will have no competition in the entertainment pad market. I don't see how this will be good for consumers.
Well, you're wrong about the more levels part. The higher levels made it feel like I had to "catch up" to my friends and grind levels whenever an expansion came out so we could all do the raids together. It also meant that all the time and effort we spent together getting our gear was wasted (the new greens were better than the old purples). Anyway, I didn't last past one xpac.
Yes troll, it does take skill... or at least it did when I played it. You'd be surprised how hard it is to coordinate 40 people (or even 25) to do what they need to do, when they need to do it and have enough situational awareness to not die and keep each other alive during those boss fights. If you've never raided in wow then you wouldn't know.
No, Jesus wasn't the dude. He was the dude's bowling rival.
The government uses the law to restrict immigration. That is how it is actually opposed to "let the market sort it out."
I completely agree with you about the hypocrisy.
This is how I would solve the so called "illegal immigration" problem. Unfortunately, the voting majority are self centered and lack any sense of egalitarianism. Prejudice against "the other" trumps "freedom and justice for all."
Let us know how you feel about that after running your own successful strawberry farm.
I'm not against GOTO, I just showed that it wasn't necessary or even very useful in that particular example. All modern languages have constructs for conditional jumps but very few things *require* an unconditional jump. When in doubt it's usually best to avoid GOTO.