Battery powered cars will never become popular. Who wants to wait hours (or even tens of minutes) to recharge a battery? Hydrogen powered cars are the future, not battery powered cars. Honda have already created a car that runs off hydrogen: http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/
So SMTP, POP3, NNTP, FTP, and HTTP are potentially illegal as they can potentially be used to transmit and receive copyrighted material illegally. And I can potentially punch someone in the face with my fist (or both of them, if I'm lucky), so you'd better chop my hands off, just in case.
But if nobody learns morse code, how are the people trapped underground going to tap out a morse code message to ask for help? What about those people in deep space who cannot communicate due to interference and need to revert to morse code? Won't somebody please think of Hollywood!
...but could they please say how much of their profit was from this type of business plan? I would wager that they made absolutely nothing from it.
People who can get things for free are not going to pay for it. You pay for something you need, something that adds value, something you cannot get elsewhere for free, or cheaper.
As with most technical magazines, they've found that they are losing money because people can just Google for answers. They don't need a print solution every month/week, they need an instant answer right now, with commentary.
When I first saw the title I though it said 'Human Bomb'. But if the bomb is potentially golf ball sized, that's exactly how it would be used in future. Swallow a bomb, blow up a large part of a city...
PSP games will
probably be region-free...may appear in home server and standalone gaming versions...Sony may announce a stripped down, PSone-style PlayStation 2 product...
The worst part is, most experts apparently think removal of software tools and access to information from the majority of computer and Internet users would be a good thing.
So every country in the world is going to implement this policy? Every last one of them? Or did the poster simply forget about non-US countries?
Further opportunities to scan for a signal from Beagle 2 will be undertaken over the coming days.
These will include efforts by the Westerbork radio telescope array in the Netherlands and by the super-sensitive 45-metre dish at Stanford University in California, US.
"The Dish", as Stanford's radio telescope is commonly known, is said, theoretically, to be capable of detecting radio emissions from Beagle 2's central processor microchip.
I guess that's one central processor microchip that can't be used on this planet!
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A lot of people have gone on about why use Kylix when other compilers are free, Kylix is crap, etc. etc. etc.
The reason Borland is dropping Kylix is very simple: they are pushing.Net and have been for some time now. The next version of Delphi is for.Net, Borland has also released a C# compiler, and they are also trying to produce an IDE to comete with Visual Studio.Net.
Microsoft is a big investor in Borland. Linux (via their Kylix sales) contributes *nothing* to their bottom line. Borland is a business, not a charity. They see no money in producing software for Linux.
Having worked closely with Chinese developers (and companies) in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore over the last ten years I can tell you right now what the outcome of this inspection will be: "We can do it better!"
They have absolutely no intention whatsoever to buy or use Windows. They will develop their own OS (probably based on Linux) and copy anything and everything they can from Windows while proudly proclaiming that they did it all themselves, and that it's much better than that "imperialist crap" from the West.
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I wonder if this is just coincidental, or if AMD is actually using the popularity of other brands to market their own? Are they even using dirty tacticts to try to fool people into thinking "Ooh, this Athlon XP should work especially well together with this newly released Windows XP then, right?" and "Oooh, great, I must have the Athlon FX for my latest video card!"
If they thought that then they wouldn't even know what an Athlon XP was. People at that level of stupidity buy Dell's, HP's, etc. and would get an Intel chip (and if they had a choice of CPU, and understood it, then they wouldn't be buying branded PC's in the first place).
"We see 'Half-Life 2' as a new benchmark for the type of amazing experiences that can be delivered on the Windows(R) platform, and DirectX 9.0 is clearly serving as the catalyst for the development of these state-of-the-art games," said Dean Lester, general manager of Windows Gaming and Graphics at Microsoft Corp. "'Half-Life 2' emphasizes the trend we are already seeing: Games for Windows now deliver the most cutting-edge technology and immersive entertainment available anywhere."
6 months old! My god man, what are you running? A P4 2.6GHz! I pity you.
But seriously, I realised that since I bought my "old computer" (18 months old) I've replaced the CPU (XP1600 to XP2400), hard-drive, CD/DVD drive (for DVD burning), video card (ti500 to 9500Pro), and increased the RAM (512MB to 768MB) (all that probably gave me an extra 10FPS - yay, not). I was about to buy a RAID card and another drive when my wife gave me a good kicking. Now I've made the stupid promise not to upgrade until next year at the earliest.
...will be when broadband wireless access is universal, very cheap (or free), and "always-on". When your phone, PDA, notebook, computer, watch, gameboy, or whatever can instantly access the internet, anytime, anywhere, and at high-speed then the flood gates will open.
As everyone knows, SDI cannot stop terrorists from flying planes into buildings, using suitcase nuclear weapons, launching missiles from off-shore platforms, etc, etc.
But, SDI is really another way to spend billions on research (just like the space race used to be the research money hole). There is no doubt good things will come from it, but at a very high cost.
Optical mice aren't too good for FPS style games. They always 'slip' if you move them too quickly (you end up looking down - not too good when trying to shoot someone before you kill you).
A good solid ye olde ball mouse is very good. I highly recommed the Logitech WingMan Gaming Mouse (if you can find one). With the shoot, jump, reload style of games, you need 3 buttons minimum.
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"Yes dear, the battery in the car is flat, I've just got to wait an hour for it to charge, then I'll be on my way home..."
Battery powered cars will never become popular. Who wants to wait hours (or even tens of minutes) to recharge a battery? Hydrogen powered cars are the future, not battery powered cars. Honda have already created a car that runs off hydrogen: http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/
So SMTP, POP3, NNTP, FTP, and HTTP are potentially illegal as they can potentially be used to transmit and receive copyrighted material illegally. And I can potentially punch someone in the face with my fist (or both of them, if I'm lucky), so you'd better chop my hands off, just in case.
This coming from a bunch of people who couldn't even agree on a constitution!
The politicians agreed, the people haven't, so far. It's called democracy, dick head.
But if nobody learns morse code, how are the people trapped underground going to tap out a morse code message to ask for help? What about those people in deep space who cannot communicate due to interference and need to revert to morse code? Won't somebody please think of Hollywood!
Sorry, far too much use of the word "basically". Please consult a thesaurus for alternatives.
...but could they please say how much of their profit was from this type of business plan? I would wager that they made absolutely nothing from it.
People who can get things for free are not going to pay for it. You pay for something you need, something that adds value, something you cannot get elsewhere for free, or cheaper.
As with most technical magazines, they've found that they are losing money because people can just Google for answers. They don't need a print solution every month/week, they need an instant answer right now, with commentary.
...anti-virus company profits are down.
When I first saw the title I though it said 'Human Bomb'. But if the bomb is potentially golf ball sized, that's exactly how it would be used in future. Swallow a bomb, blow up a large part of a city...
Pr0n? No, no. You must type "bell +end" or "axe +wound" you silly man.
So things are definetely decided then?
This just in: the CPU industry is going to die unless they make round chips instead of the square ones. More details after the news @ 11.
The worst part is, most experts apparently think removal of software tools and access to information from the majority of computer and Internet users would be a good thing.
So every country in the world is going to implement this policy? Every last one of them? Or did the poster simply forget about non-US countries?
Further opportunities to scan for a signal from Beagle 2 will be undertaken over the coming days.
These will include efforts by the Westerbork radio telescope array in the Netherlands and by the super-sensitive 45-metre dish at Stanford University in California, US.
"The Dish", as Stanford's radio telescope is commonly known, is said, theoretically, to be capable of detecting radio emissions from Beagle 2's central processor microchip.
I guess that's one central processor microchip that can't be used on this planet!
A lot of people have gone on about why use Kylix when other compilers are free, Kylix is crap, etc. etc. etc.
.Net and have been for some time now. The next version of Delphi is for .Net, Borland has also released a C# compiler, and they are also trying to produce an IDE to comete with Visual Studio.Net.
The reason Borland is dropping Kylix is very simple: they are pushing
Microsoft is a big investor in Borland. Linux (via their Kylix sales) contributes *nothing* to their bottom line. Borland is a business, not a charity. They see no money in producing software for Linux.
Having worked closely with Chinese developers (and companies) in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore over the last ten years I can tell you right now what the outcome of this inspection will be: "We can do it better!"
They have absolutely no intention whatsoever to buy or use Windows. They will develop their own OS (probably based on Linux) and copy anything and everything they can from Windows while proudly proclaiming that they did it all themselves, and that it's much better than that "imperialist crap" from the West.
I wonder if this is just coincidental, or if AMD is actually using the popularity of other brands to market their own? Are they even using dirty tacticts to try to fool people into thinking "Ooh, this Athlon XP should work especially well together with this newly released Windows XP then, right?" and "Oooh, great, I must have the Athlon FX for my latest video card!"
If they thought that then they wouldn't even know what an Athlon XP was. People at that level of stupidity buy Dell's, HP's, etc. and would get an Intel chip (and if they had a choice of CPU, and understood it, then they wouldn't be buying branded PC's in the first place).
Given how widespread mobile phone use has become, will we even have an adequate control group 50 years from now to gauge what the effects have been?
You're kidding right? Isn't it true that 20% of people (1 billion) on this planet don't even have access to clean water, never mind mobile phones. And how long have we had clean water? More that 50 years.
Don't panic. Your control group will be here.
"We see 'Half-Life 2' as a new benchmark for the type of amazing experiences that can be delivered on the Windows(R) platform, and DirectX 9.0 is clearly serving as the catalyst for the development of these state-of-the-art games," said Dean Lester, general manager of Windows Gaming and Graphics at Microsoft Corp. "'Half-Life 2' emphasizes the trend we are already seeing: Games for Windows now deliver the most cutting-edge technology and immersive entertainment available anywhere."
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6 months old! My god man, what are you running? A P4 2.6GHz! I pity you.
But seriously, I realised that since I bought my "old computer" (18 months old) I've replaced the CPU (XP1600 to XP2400), hard-drive, CD/DVD drive (for DVD burning), video card (ti500 to 9500Pro), and increased the RAM (512MB to 768MB) (all that probably gave me an extra 10FPS - yay, not). I was about to buy a RAID card and another drive when my wife gave me a good kicking. Now I've made the stupid promise not to upgrade until next year at the earliest.
Maybe I could upgrade the wife?
Chess playing software is an example of an expert system, not a true AI system.
...will be when broadband wireless access is universal, very cheap (or free), and "always-on".
When your phone, PDA, notebook, computer, watch, gameboy, or whatever can instantly access the internet, anytime, anywhere, and at high-speed then the flood gates will open.
We're not there yet, but it's not far off.
As everyone knows, SDI cannot stop terrorists from flying planes into buildings, using suitcase nuclear weapons, launching missiles from off-shore platforms, etc, etc.
But, SDI is really another way to spend billions on research (just like the space race used to be the research money hole). There is no doubt good things will come from it, but at a very high cost.
Oh plop. Preview before posting. I meant before he kills you...doh!
Optical mice aren't too good for FPS style games. They always 'slip' if you move them too quickly (you end up looking down - not too good when trying to shoot someone before you kill you).
A good solid ye olde ball mouse is very good. I highly recommed the Logitech WingMan Gaming Mouse (if you can find one). With the shoot, jump, reload style of games, you need 3 buttons minimum.