Look at what they're doing with Sun and Java. After working with Sun for 4 years, they refuse to ratify Sun's version of EJB, in effect leaving Sun out to dry. IBM was given access to all of Sun's java IP and this is how they repay them?
I'm just a bit leery (sp ?) of IBM cozying up with Linux and Apache. They may think everyone has forgotten how predatory they are but some of us haven't. I think most people see them as a MS foil and as a result consider them to be one of the good guys. Just remember, folks. 15 years ago, IBM was the oppressor of the tech industry. The only reason they aren't as powerful today is because they got too big and unresponsive, which led them to make several bad decisions.
I already know all about Linus and how he was born in a log cabin in Finland and his mom and drap scraped to save enough to send him to college where he got into a newsgroup shouting match with Andy Tanenbaum while working on Linux.
I have already read his BIOS. Why do I need to read it again?
As much as I can't stand them they seem to have this mantra, much like Microsoft, to keep at it until they get it right. CD-R's are going to be so much more cheaper than using smart media to store pictures. I guess I'll have to take a look at this when it comes out.
The Dreamcast, via Bleemcast, will play PSX games also, and get this. Because of the Dreamcast's anti-aliasing capabilities, the games will look better on the Dreamcast than they will on the PS2. They've already demoed a couple of games proving that point.
we are here (waves index and middle fingers back and forth between our eyes...)
I went out and bought an N64 (stop laughing) to play Perfect Dark. While I was at it, I also picked up GoldenEye and Legend of Zelda because I heard those were the best games on the N64. Do those games compare to Dreamcast? No. Do they rock? Hell yeah !! I've been playing the hell out of all 3 because they are great games.
I'll probably wind up buying a PS2. Only after I find that there is a game or 2 that I absolutely have to have and can't find on the Dreamcast.
I agree with you 100%. I feel like the early Apple fans who couldn't fathom why Microsoft was kicking Apple's ass. As we've all learned, and are still learning, it's not always about the technology (although the PS2 has good numbers). Sometimes it's about the marketing, as sad as that sounds.
Besides, the Dreamcast has nothing on the Playstation hardware. 20 million polygons vs. 2 million
I love how people just recycle the same Sony hype over and over again. The only thing I've heard from developers is they aren't getting anywhere near those numbers on the PS2. As a matter of fact, the PS2 games that have been released so far don't outshine the Dreamcast games by the 10 to 1 margin that you suggest exists. Why don't you judge the systems by the games instead of looking at specs like some obsessed number cruncher. When it comes down to it, the games are all that matter, not the eye candy. I mean they're game machines, not paintings.
Sega just doesn't have the panache of a Sony enabled device. Sony is a known brandname that right or wrong is equated with quality. Right now Sega is equated with a broken down dog. I hope Sega gets its act together because I believe the Dreamcast is a great console. The PS2, right now, is nothing more than hype. The problem Sega is facing is their past. They killed the Saturn and pissed off a lot of people. Sometimes you don't get a second chance.
Most of us associate an Easter Egg as something that pops up while running a certain program, not reviewing the code. An Easter Egg is something that is usually put in as form of self expression, or as a joke and is intended to be found by the user by performing some weird key combinations or key entries. The comments in the Linux code were obviously intended to be seen by all so they're not really intended as a surprise find.
I worked for a company that was trying to implement the exact same technology. They found that differences in keyboards and ergonomics made a world of difference. I don't know if this other company has overcome these obstacles.
gotta agree with this guy. want to know what happens when I try to install quicktime? I can't get the piece of crap to run. i get "plugin errors" in my browsers. i get blue screens. same goes for RealPlayer. sometimes i wonder if microsoft has done anything intentionally to screw them up because I've never had a problem installing software anywhere near the problem i get with these two.
I suppose that when I tell my g/f that my job is sending me away on a submarine mission for 6 months I'll have to supply her with an email now? Progress sucks sometimes.
Most studies do NOT show any causal relationships, just a statistical correlation. Which does not differentiate between A causing B, B causing A,...
As far as I can tell, brain cancers do not cause people to use cell phones for 2 hours a day. The studies you are looking at were probably funded by Nokia and Erricson. The studies I found were completely independent.
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Can it compete with the PocketPC?
Haven't the RISC folks been telling us that since, oh, the X86 chips first came out? Eventually, they'll be right.
Look at what they're doing with Sun and Java. After working with Sun for 4 years, they refuse to ratify Sun's version of EJB, in effect leaving Sun out to dry. IBM was given access to all of Sun's java IP and this is how they repay them?
I'm just a bit leery (sp ?) of IBM cozying up with Linux and Apache. They may think everyone has forgotten how predatory they are but some of us haven't. I think most people see them as a MS foil and as a result consider them to be one of the good guys. Just remember, folks. 15 years ago, IBM was the oppressor of the tech industry. The only reason they aren't as powerful today is because they got too big and unresponsive, which led them to make several bad decisions.
I think this means I just blew my life savings. Last week I went out and bought $250,000 worth of the "Fuck you and your dot-com" tee shirts.
Oh Sweet Mother of God.
I already know all about Linus and how he was born in a log cabin in Finland and his mom and drap scraped to save enough to send him to college where he got into a newsgroup shouting match with Andy Tanenbaum while working on Linux.
I have already read his BIOS. Why do I need to read it again?
Sheesh.
As much as I can't stand them they seem to have this mantra, much like Microsoft, to keep at it until they get it right. CD-R's are going to be so much more cheaper than using smart media to store pictures. I guess I'll have to take a look at this when it comes out.
There are two potentially frightening prospects to these new bio-technological enhancements:
1)They will probably only be accessible by people of power and wealth.
2)They will be misused by Gov't
These advancements are truly an amazing thing and I applaud the science behind it. With all technology, however, it has the potential to be abused.
The Dreamcast, via Bleemcast, will play PSX games also, and get this. Because of the Dreamcast's anti-aliasing capabilities, the games will look better on the Dreamcast than they will on the PS2. They've already demoed a couple of games proving that point.
name 3 games that Squaresoft makes that I want. You can't. I don't like console RPG games. I think EA makes more compelling games.
we are here (waves index and middle fingers back and forth between our eyes...)
I went out and bought an N64 (stop laughing) to play Perfect Dark. While I was at it, I also picked up GoldenEye and Legend of Zelda because I heard those were the best games on the N64. Do those games compare to Dreamcast? No. Do they rock? Hell yeah !! I've been playing the hell out of all 3 because they are great games.
I'll probably wind up buying a PS2. Only after I find that there is a game or 2 that I absolutely have to have and can't find on the Dreamcast.
I agree with you 100%. I feel like the early Apple fans who couldn't fathom why Microsoft was kicking Apple's ass. As we've all learned, and are still learning, it's not always about the technology (although the PS2 has good numbers). Sometimes it's about the marketing, as sad as that sounds.
Besides, the Dreamcast has nothing on the Playstation hardware. 20 million polygons vs. 2 million
I love how people just recycle the same Sony hype over and over again. The only thing I've heard from developers is they aren't getting anywhere near those numbers on the PS2. As a matter of fact, the PS2 games that have been released so far don't outshine the Dreamcast games by the 10 to 1 margin that you suggest exists. Why don't you judge the systems by the games instead of looking at specs like some obsessed number cruncher. When it comes down to it, the games are all that matter, not the eye candy. I mean they're game machines, not paintings.
Sega just doesn't have the panache of a Sony enabled device. Sony is a known brandname that right or wrong is equated with quality. Right now Sega is equated with a broken down dog. I hope Sega gets its act together because I believe the Dreamcast is a great console. The PS2, right now, is nothing more than hype. The problem Sega is facing is their past. They killed the Saturn and pissed off a lot of people. Sometimes you don't get a second chance.
until someone demonizes the technology because it was created by Microsoft? The under is 1 minute.
Or, you could attend the Puerto Rican day parade in Central Park and have packs of drunk guys remove your pants for you.
Most of us associate an Easter Egg as something that pops up while running a certain program, not reviewing the code. An Easter Egg is something that is usually put in as form of self expression, or as a joke and is intended to be found by the user by performing some weird key combinations or key entries. The comments in the Linux code were obviously intended to be seen by all so they're not really intended as a surprise find.
I worked for a company that was trying to implement the exact same technology. They found that differences in keyboards and ergonomics made a world of difference. I don't know if this other company has overcome these obstacles.
not only are you a linux dweeb, you're a boring, unfunny linux dweeb. damn, even clifford stoll is amusing, if not painful, to watch and listen to.
What is a blue screen? In my six years of using Linux I have never encountered a "blue screen".
I bet in your six years of using Linux you've never gotten any ass either.
gotta agree with this guy. want to know what happens when I try to install quicktime? I can't get the piece of crap to run. i get "plugin errors" in my browsers. i get blue screens. same goes for RealPlayer. sometimes i wonder if microsoft has done anything intentionally to screw them up because I've never had a problem installing software anywhere near the problem i get with these two.
To paraphrase the immortal Glorius Meept:
All the divided Linux factions should combine to create one big divided Linux faction !!!
I suppose that when I tell my g/f that my job is sending me away on a submarine mission for 6 months I'll have to supply her with an email now? Progress sucks sometimes.
Most studies do NOT show any causal relationships, just a statistical correlation. Which does not differentiate between A causing B, B causing A,...
As far as I can tell, brain cancers do not cause people to use cell phones for 2 hours a day. The studies you are looking at were probably funded by Nokia and Erricson. The studies I found were completely independent.
then I guess you don't deserve getting brain cancer. you still might get it, but you don't deserve it. life's a bitch, huh?
Can you provide a reference to your "recent studies"?
Yes, I can.