When it hits the market in about 2-3 years, the new chip will enable a variety of applications ranging from [b]undetectable spying devices[/b] that don't have to continuously transmit their data, to other bugging devices for dealing with [b]pesky board members or reporters[/b].
Here's what you can say once it's released and people are criticizing it:
First thing - it's the first release Second thing - The first release is more like a beta:) And well, when was anything perfect? There's always more work to be done for everything, including vista
How funny, the original shuffle was random, but that wasn't considered random because people have this odd notion that random means that certain combinations will never occur. Now they have the new, improved random that's less random so that it'll seem more random. That's progress!
Never mind that; crackers are using something called "gmail" to communicate with each other in order to improve their evil programs! And apparently something called a "text editor" is the key to all of this, built into almost every web browser, allowing them to compose and refine their nefarious computer code.
Witness hybrid cars. They command a significant price premium over gas-only, yet there are waiting lists to buy them.
The myth that hybrid cars run on something other than exclusively gasoline really irks me (I think only now are some coming out that actually allow external recharging). Repeat after me: a hybrid car is nothing more than a more efficient gasoline-powered vehicle, that is, it gets higher MPG/KPL. It will not run on any other fuel unless it has some other fuel port, like an AC cord to plug in at home overnight.
In the beginning, the devices don't have common terms for them. Then perhaps a simple description is turned into an acronym. After time a set of words becomes a proper name for the device. Before the final step all you have is the acronym or its equivalent; there is nothing short and precise, just short and vague or long and precise. VOD refers to something particular. It's not just "video over the tubes".
Correct me if I'm wrong, but World of Warcraft's monthly payments are for connecting with the servers and other users, rather than merely running the software. Unless Microsoft Word is going to include a plagiarizing add-on for Clippy ("I see you're writing a paper about insects. Would you like to use one just written yesterday by Bob?"), what am I getting with a software subscription that I wouldn't get with an uncrippled program running on my machine?
The point of a demo is to let the product's performance speak for itself, rather than the PR people's claims. If the problem is as they describe, why didn't they solve it before doing a demo? "Yeah, the system won't even turn on so you can see it, but that's because we don't have a long enough extension cord. It really is cool and worth the price, honest!"
I would think the selection of which diseases to focus on would be based on the most common and the most preventable/treatable. How easily are digestive system cancers detected and treated as compared to breast cancer?
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Yuck. But if the point of this is raising awareness "What's that pink ribbon for? Breast cancer awareness, hmmm, what is that about?" etc. then it's doing its job. If it's a campaign for awareness, the goal isn't money, it's getting the word out. I guess they could do more, like put big signs hanging from the dog collar (as an example), though I doubt that would be very practical.
Clothes, too, are part of the extended phenotype of Homo sapiens in almost every niche inhabited by that species. An illustrated encyclopedia of zoology should no more picture Homo sapiens naked than it should picture Ursus arctus - the black bear - wearing a clown suit and riding a bicycle..
Do you have any idea the amount of candy piracy? Sugar is very cheap ena everyone, I mean everyone, is making cheap copies of sweet products my adding sugar. Movies are one thing, but the world would come to a halt if there wasn't a viable market for candy IP!
I can guarantee you DVDs and successors will never give interactivity where it's most wanted: being able to put the disc in the player and press ONE button ONCE and have it immediately start playing the ACTUAL MOVIE. No way. To get that feature, you have to break the law and copy the DVD.
I stopped buying DVDs the day I realized that the15 or so I had bought were collecting dust and that I got just as much enjoyment out of renting them from the local video store for one tenth the cost of buying them. For the few movies that I decide to watch again a few years later, I don't mind renting them a second time. Ownership of (plastic discs that hold) movies is overrated.
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I have to say, the search for incorrect use of C's memset really cracked me up. One instance after another of code which doesn't do a thing!
Hmmm, nothing to add here.
Here's what you can say once it's released and people are criticizing it:
:)
First thing - it's the first release
Second thing - The first release is more like a beta
And well, when was anything perfect?
There's always more work to be done for everything, including vista
How funny, the original shuffle was random, but that wasn't considered random because people have this odd notion that random means that certain combinations will never occur. Now they have the new, improved random that's less random so that it'll seem more random. That's progress!
I play these every year or two on the original console and enjoy them every time:
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Yoshi's Island (SNES)
Super Metroid (SNES)
Never mind that; crackers are using something called "gmail" to communicate with each other in order to improve their evil programs! And apparently something called a "text editor" is the key to all of this, built into almost every web browser, allowing them to compose and refine their nefarious computer code.
The myth that hybrid cars run on something other than exclusively gasoline really irks me (I think only now are some coming out that actually allow external recharging). Repeat after me: a hybrid car is nothing more than a more efficient gasoline-powered vehicle, that is, it gets higher MPG/KPL. It will not run on any other fuel unless it has some other fuel port, like an AC cord to plug in at home overnight.
I'd like to report a bug to be implemented: instead of booting into Vista, boot into Mac OS X. I hope this is in time for RC3b1rc1b2.
At 4:20 in the morning, I could [take] a couple of power naps as well.
Looks like you took one int he middle of that sentence!
In the beginning, the devices don't have common terms for them. Then perhaps a simple description is turned into an acronym. After time a set of words becomes a proper name for the device. Before the final step all you have is the acronym or its equivalent; there is nothing short and precise, just short and vague or long and precise. VOD refers to something particular. It's not just "video over the tubes".
Correct me if I'm wrong, but World of Warcraft's monthly payments are for connecting with the servers and other users, rather than merely running the software. Unless Microsoft Word is going to include a plagiarizing add-on for Clippy ("I see you're writing a paper about insects. Would you like to use one just written yesterday by Bob?"), what am I getting with a software subscription that I wouldn't get with an uncrippled program running on my machine?
Congrat'lations, you g't th' joke!
The point of a demo is to let the product's performance speak for itself, rather than the PR people's claims. If the problem is as they describe, why didn't they solve it before doing a demo? "Yeah, the system won't even turn on so you can see it, but that's because we don't have a long enough extension cord. It really is cool and worth the price, honest!"
I think we had one of those when I was a kid, though it was usually out of tune and you had to feed it Kibbles 'n Bits.
They're all just "repackaged" food grown from the ground, with a few pounds of sugar thrown in for good measure.
I would think the selection of which diseases to focus on would be based on the most common and the most preventable/treatable. How easily are digestive system cancers detected and treated as compared to breast cancer?
Yuck. But if the point of this is raising awareness "What's that pink ribbon for? Breast cancer awareness, hmmm, what is that about?" etc. then it's doing its job. If it's a campaign for awareness, the goal isn't money, it's getting the word out. I guess they could do more, like put big signs hanging from the dog collar (as an example), though I doubt that would be very practical.
Thanks for your post. It killed my pathetic criticism of the issue.
Duh, you left out the magic smoke! Good luck getting that to stay confined in your wooden chips. Maybe some varnish would help seal it in.
- Daniel Dennett, Consciousness Explained
the candy industry is about 10 times the size
Do you have any idea the amount of candy piracy? Sugar is very cheap ena everyone, I mean everyone, is making cheap copies of sweet products my adding sugar. Movies are one thing, but the world would come to a halt if there wasn't a viable market for candy IP!
I can guarantee you DVDs and successors will never give interactivity where it's most wanted: being able to put the disc in the player and press ONE button ONCE and have it immediately start playing the ACTUAL MOVIE. No way. To get that feature, you have to break the law and copy the DVD.
I stopped buying DVDs the day I realized that the15 or so I had bought were collecting dust and that I got just as much enjoyment out of renting them from the local video store for one tenth the cost of buying them. For the few movies that I decide to watch again a few years later, I don't mind renting them a second time. Ownership of (plastic discs that hold) movies is overrated.
Yeah, the lack of true 16-bit and 24-bit support in GIF would never have spurred the development of something better. Try again.
They will use these voodoo dolls to threaten any board members who don't go along with future pretexting.