I'm more interested in this fair. I've never heard of a science fair for graduate students. And what exactly did his device do? The sources all seem to just say it has a purpose and looks scary. If I were this kid I'd be more insulted than anything, that my project looks so shoddy it appears to be something an uneducated terrorist might make.
Not sure where your impression of American beer comes from but we have some great ones! Nati and PBR and anything with "light" in the name don't count.
This is because in most stories, conflict drives the plot. After all, If there were no conflict, the story would be pretty boring. English types have broken down pretty much every possible plot into 7 different categories of conflict:
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Man
Man Vs. Society
Man Vs. Nature
Man vs. Supernatural
Man Vs. Machine/Technology
Man Vs. Destiny
Where of course "Man" isn't literally a man, but whoever or whatever the protagonist is. The end result is we have thousands of stories that in the end boil down to these same seven conflicts or some combination thereof, which is why stories like Avatar, Fern Gully, and Pocahontas seem the same.
I feel this view is very myopic. Obviously a product has more worth than the exactly dollar value it brings into the company. Bing is obviously core to Microsoft's overall strategy, and it has the potential to generate incredible revenue in the future. They could be very willing to nurse it through infancy and incur years of losses. Other companies who might purchase it potentially do not have the cash hoard to do this. The author mentions Facebook as a potential buyer. Does he seriously think Facebook has the cash and clout to take on Google in the search arena?
Further, we don't know precisely how much Bing is losing Microsoft. Microsoft reported $2.6 billion in losses in their Online Services, which is composed of much more than Bing: MSN, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Exchange, SharePoint, Live Meeting, Office Communicator, etc. Obviously Microsoft has a lot more information than us about exactly how well Bing is doing, and they're keeping it.
You're doing it wrong. Most masters programs purportedly won't pay you to get a masters, but at least at my University I haven't seen anyone without some sort of research assistantship or scholarship to pay tuition+stipend. At least in Engineering; the situation is probably very different for English or Education majors. Then there are those whose employers will pay for the masters degree. Honestly if you're going to spend another $80k for two more years of post-college education, it's not worth it for most fields. When it's free, that's a different matter all together.
crack in the dam
cover all bases
sharks would have chewed him up and spat him out
ripped to shreds
chinks in his armour
skewer he was wielding
meanest, biggest predator is wounded
tearing him down
I'm all for literary devices, but my god man, every sentence you wrote has as a completely different metaphor. Sometimes two!
how is that wrong? I started seeing thumb drives in 2000, only 2 years after Apple released the iMac. Sure they were a little expensive, but they were just the beginning. But I think we basically agree that you can't kill something everyone uses by telling them they can't use it. They will simply continue to use it by finding a work around.
In order to actually kill something you have to give them something that is in every way better: smaller, faster, cheaper, more durable, more convenient. What do people do with floppies? They store data and they share data. USB drives were good for storing data. But they're bad for sharing because they're a little expensive. (you can't go out and get a 100 pack of drives for $5). Thus CDRs and the Internet took over the sharing aspect, and then there was no point for floppies. No where in there does Apple dropping the floppy drive come in to play. That's just incidental.
You're kind of proving my point. The market didn't move from ps/2 as soon as Apple dumped the ports in the iMac. It only moved once USB became common on PCs. Similarly, the world didn't move away from floppies just because Apple dumped them. They moved when a sufficient replacement was found: of e-mail, CDRs, thumb drives, etc. You can hardly argue that the development of the internet and e-mail or flash storage was a direct result of Apple's iMac.
The iMac came out in 1998.... the same year as a little known operating system that found its way on to 90% of computers and also happened to include native USB support.
Oh they did come later than CDRs, but nothing truly replace the functionality of the floppy until thumb drives. USB drives were small and portable, robust, rewritable, sharable, and as of Windows 2000/ME could be plugged into almost any computer. Still they were more expensive than the floppy, but of course that changed rapidly.
Don't forget USB thumb drives. It just so happens that around the same time Apple started killing floppies in their machines, generic plug and play USB thumb drives started to come available for PCs.
No, he's implying that not every creative professional uses a Mac. The submitter is implying that all creative professionals use macs, or would recommend using one.
Dongle Dongle Dongle. Now with the new Mac Mini, the CD drive has turned into just another dongle you need to buy. In the future, all Apple products will have exactly one (proprietary) port. Of course you can add any functionality you want, just buy the dongle (at $39.99 a pop)! Want an ethernet port? Dongle! USB? Dongle! Collect them all! Trade them with your friends! Is there anyone who sells Apple dongle cases yet? I might want to patent that idea.
At any rate... how exactly do you use HDMI out and USB at the same time?
I understand Apple's philosophy of only allowing the best apps in their istore.
Have you been on the appstore lately? Since its inception it's been filled to the brim with crap. Finding decent apps consists of downloading featured apps or looking at the top 100 list. Anything beyond that is probably junk. Make no mistake the app approval process is all about control of the content on the app store, not the quality.
"users seeking free copies of their movies" is being a little disingenuous. How many of the people who would download the movie off of hotfile actually own the DVD? I'd wager a vanishingly small percentage.
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I'm more interested in this fair. I've never heard of a science fair for graduate students. And what exactly did his device do? The sources all seem to just say it has a purpose and looks scary. If I were this kid I'd be more insulted than anything, that my project looks so shoddy it appears to be something an uneducated terrorist might make.
Not sure where your impression of American beer comes from but we have some great ones! Nati and PBR and anything with "light" in the name don't count.
Their target market is only 100 thousand people in a marketplace of over 100 million people? Sounds like a bad business decision if thats the case.
Wow, their patent site is way better than the US's. But, that is pretty funny.
You get a gold star for being the first to make me laugh out loud this morning.
I don't think the IRS counts opportunity cost as a valid expense.
I plan on buying one of the 20-inch monitors this fall when it becomes available in the U.S. (It's only in Korea now.)
Um, good for you? Who cares? Anything else you would like tell us? Keep the inane commentary out of the summaries please.
The phrase is "all intents and purposes." I'm not sure what an intensive purpose actually is.
This is because in most stories, conflict drives the plot. After all, If there were no conflict, the story would be pretty boring. English types have broken down pretty much every possible plot into 7 different categories of conflict:
Where of course "Man" isn't literally a man, but whoever or whatever the protagonist is. The end result is we have thousands of stories that in the end boil down to these same seven conflicts or some combination thereof, which is why stories like Avatar, Fern Gully, and Pocahontas seem the same.
I feel this view is very myopic. Obviously a product has more worth than the exactly dollar value it brings into the company. Bing is obviously core to Microsoft's overall strategy, and it has the potential to generate incredible revenue in the future. They could be very willing to nurse it through infancy and incur years of losses. Other companies who might purchase it potentially do not have the cash hoard to do this. The author mentions Facebook as a potential buyer. Does he seriously think Facebook has the cash and clout to take on Google in the search arena?
Further, we don't know precisely how much Bing is losing Microsoft. Microsoft reported $2.6 billion in losses in their Online Services, which is composed of much more than Bing: MSN, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Exchange, SharePoint, Live Meeting, Office Communicator, etc. Obviously Microsoft has a lot more information than us about exactly how well Bing is doing, and they're keeping it.
Don't feed the trolls. Just smile and back away.
You're doing it wrong. Most masters programs purportedly won't pay you to get a masters, but at least at my University I haven't seen anyone without some sort of research assistantship or scholarship to pay tuition+stipend. At least in Engineering; the situation is probably very different for English or Education majors. Then there are those whose employers will pay for the masters degree. Honestly if you're going to spend another $80k for two more years of post-college education, it's not worth it for most fields. When it's free, that's a different matter all together.
crack in the dam
cover all bases
sharks would have chewed him up and spat him out
ripped to shreds
chinks in his armour
skewer he was wielding
meanest, biggest predator is wounded
tearing him down
I'm all for literary devices, but my god man, every sentence you wrote has as a completely different metaphor. Sometimes two!
how is that wrong? I started seeing thumb drives in 2000, only 2 years after Apple released the iMac. Sure they were a little expensive, but they were just the beginning. But I think we basically agree that you can't kill something everyone uses by telling them they can't use it. They will simply continue to use it by finding a work around.
In order to actually kill something you have to give them something that is in every way better: smaller, faster, cheaper, more durable, more convenient. What do people do with floppies? They store data and they share data. USB drives were good for storing data. But they're bad for sharing because they're a little expensive. (you can't go out and get a 100 pack of drives for $5). Thus CDRs and the Internet took over the sharing aspect, and then there was no point for floppies. No where in there does Apple dropping the floppy drive come in to play. That's just incidental.
You're kind of proving my point. The market didn't move from ps/2 as soon as Apple dumped the ports in the iMac. It only moved once USB became common on PCs. Similarly, the world didn't move away from floppies just because Apple dumped them. They moved when a sufficient replacement was found: of e-mail, CDRs, thumb drives, etc. You can hardly argue that the development of the internet and e-mail or flash storage was a direct result of Apple's iMac.
The iMac came out in 1998.... the same year as a little known operating system that found its way on to 90% of computers and also happened to include native USB support.
Oh they did come later than CDRs, but nothing truly replace the functionality of the floppy until thumb drives. USB drives were small and portable, robust, rewritable, sharable, and as of Windows 2000/ME could be plugged into almost any computer. Still they were more expensive than the floppy, but of course that changed rapidly.
Don't forget USB thumb drives. It just so happens that around the same time Apple started killing floppies in their machines, generic plug and play USB thumb drives started to come available for PCs.
No, he's implying that not every creative professional uses a Mac. The submitter is implying that all creative professionals use macs, or would recommend using one.
Dongle Dongle Dongle. Now with the new Mac Mini, the CD drive has turned into just another dongle you need to buy. In the future, all Apple products will have exactly one (proprietary) port. Of course you can add any functionality you want, just buy the dongle (at $39.99 a pop)! Want an ethernet port? Dongle! USB? Dongle! Collect them all! Trade them with your friends! Is there anyone who sells Apple dongle cases yet? I might want to patent that idea.
At any rate... how exactly do you use HDMI out and USB at the same time?
I'm going to hang your post on my wall. Best impersonation of the stereotypical paranoid Linux evangelist I've seen in a while. Bravo.
No, I own an iPad. Maybe that's the difference.
I understand Apple's philosophy of only allowing the best apps in their istore.
Have you been on the appstore lately? Since its inception it's been filled to the brim with crap. Finding decent apps consists of downloading featured apps or looking at the top 100 list. Anything beyond that is probably junk. Make no mistake the app approval process is all about control of the content on the app store, not the quality.
I'm alleging that you kissed my son on the lips. Guess Combatso is now officially a sex offender! Add him to the list and lock him up!
"users seeking free copies of their movies" is being a little disingenuous. How many of the people who would download the movie off of hotfile actually own the DVD? I'd wager a vanishingly small percentage.