This makes me think of a hilarious repsonse to a pickup line I had heard. Some celebrity mentioned it when I was watching TV, but I can't remember exactly who it was at the moment. Anyways this is how it went,
the guy of course walks up to her in the club and says...
Guy: I was going to tell you a joke about my penis, but it is way too long.
Girl: I was going to tell you a joke about my vagina, but you would never get it.
I don't see why he is making the analogy that cores are seperate engines. It's more like each core is a cylinder. That is a much better analogy in my opinion, and makes far more sense.
I agree with your last statement and I would like to point out (speaking as someone who has done government work for several years now) that the government never uses the lowest bidder, which I am sure is no surprise. What they actually have is a list of "trusted companies" that are suppose to bid on work, and of course try to do it cheaper than the others (now before I continue I need to mention that the government isn't allowed to favor one company and has to spread the work out no matter what). So with this said the companies just raise their prices sky high since they know that the government wont actually turn them down since they have to actually give them something. Also they may not get the exact job they have their eye on, but like I mentioned earlier they get something no matter what. Furthermore the companies have no incentive to do a good job since the government can't go with anyone else.
Just thought I would share this since it is an issue that really tends to burn me up.
As someone who has done government work for a while I can tell you that the government never uses the lowest bidder. It's more like the company that gets the contract overcharges big time and then doesn't hold up their end of the deal like they should. It's a mess since the government obviously never demands quality or drop companies who just wanna take the money and run.
When I envision a true gamer I tend to think of someone who doesn't really do anything physical. In your case it is obvious that a game wouldn't effect your judgement. Whereas like I mentioned with my in laws they tend to have unrealistic expectations of what is possible.
I own a shotgun and I can tell you, as I am sure quite a few of you already know, that they are differetnly much different in real life on how effective they are. I will admit that it irritates me on COD how a near point blank shot wont kill someone quite often when in real life one could easily take down a small bear depending on what ammo is used. Furthermore I agree with what has been said that a lot of gamers probably wouldn't grasp real life concepts to well. For example when I play paintball with my brother in laws they try to use tactics that would work perfectly fine in COD but don't hold up in a real situation since one guy can't go all Rambo on everything in reality. Now I know games aren't going to be realistic, but I am just pointing out that sometimes a game can warp someones sense of what is possible in reality.
This is crazy why do companies even get patents like this anyways? I use to think that people who say we should do away with patents were a little crazy, but maybe it wouldn't be as bad as I thought if it were to happen? I don't know hard to say, but stuff like this is ridiculous. Something seriously needs to be done already.
I agree with you say, and that is why I try to learn as much as I can about every peice of technology I come into contact with. That way I am not tied into a single thing that could eventually die off some day. Nothing lasts forever everyone knows that, and that is why I think knowing just Windows, Linux, or Mac OSX is a bad idea. You are putting all your eggs in one basket so to speak.
I don't see how the Windows 8 OS with all of it's preinstalled apps can be so bloated. I understand it's a full blown OS and isn't slimmed down like Android or iOS for example, but that is still a lot of space for just the OS to be taking up.
I am being serious about this when I ask. What is so great about Anonymous? I have read plenty about them, but don't get why so many people I know go on about how great of hackers they supposedly are. Furthermore just so you know, the people I know who do this obviously know nothing about computers and they say they really want to join them. Also forgive me if I am missing something, but they just seem like a bunch of hacker wannabe script kiddies. I don't think any self respecting group of hackers would go around parading about how amazing they are and what they have done.
The first thing that came to my mind was that you could easily just use who evers name you wanted. How are they suppose to tell if that's who you really are or not? It just seems idiotic to me.
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This makes me think of a hilarious repsonse to a pickup line I had heard. Some celebrity mentioned it when I was watching TV, but I can't remember exactly who it was at the moment. Anyways this is how it went, the guy of course walks up to her in the club and says... Guy: I was going to tell you a joke about my penis, but it is way too long. Girl: I was going to tell you a joke about my vagina, but you would never get it.
I agree with this.
I don't see why he is making the analogy that cores are seperate engines. It's more like each core is a cylinder. That is a much better analogy in my opinion, and makes far more sense.
Stop with the common sense there is no place for that in our government!!!
I agree with your last statement and I would like to point out (speaking as someone who has done government work for several years now) that the government never uses the lowest bidder, which I am sure is no surprise. What they actually have is a list of "trusted companies" that are suppose to bid on work, and of course try to do it cheaper than the others (now before I continue I need to mention that the government isn't allowed to favor one company and has to spread the work out no matter what). So with this said the companies just raise their prices sky high since they know that the government wont actually turn them down since they have to actually give them something. Also they may not get the exact job they have their eye on, but like I mentioned earlier they get something no matter what. Furthermore the companies have no incentive to do a good job since the government can't go with anyone else. Just thought I would share this since it is an issue that really tends to burn me up.
As someone who has done government work for a while I can tell you that the government never uses the lowest bidder. It's more like the company that gets the contract overcharges big time and then doesn't hold up their end of the deal like they should. It's a mess since the government obviously never demands quality or drop companies who just wanna take the money and run.
When I envision a true gamer I tend to think of someone who doesn't really do anything physical. In your case it is obvious that a game wouldn't effect your judgement. Whereas like I mentioned with my in laws they tend to have unrealistic expectations of what is possible.
I own a shotgun and I can tell you, as I am sure quite a few of you already know, that they are differetnly much different in real life on how effective they are. I will admit that it irritates me on COD how a near point blank shot wont kill someone quite often when in real life one could easily take down a small bear depending on what ammo is used. Furthermore I agree with what has been said that a lot of gamers probably wouldn't grasp real life concepts to well. For example when I play paintball with my brother in laws they try to use tactics that would work perfectly fine in COD but don't hold up in a real situation since one guy can't go all Rambo on everything in reality. Now I know games aren't going to be realistic, but I am just pointing out that sometimes a game can warp someones sense of what is possible in reality.
This is crazy why do companies even get patents like this anyways? I use to think that people who say we should do away with patents were a little crazy, but maybe it wouldn't be as bad as I thought if it were to happen? I don't know hard to say, but stuff like this is ridiculous. Something seriously needs to be done already.
What I meant by that was only knowing one of them, and not more, is a bad idea.
I agree with you say, and that is why I try to learn as much as I can about every peice of technology I come into contact with. That way I am not tied into a single thing that could eventually die off some day. Nothing lasts forever everyone knows that, and that is why I think knowing just Windows, Linux, or Mac OSX is a bad idea. You are putting all your eggs in one basket so to speak.
This is pretty amazing. It's things like this is that make me excited about 3D printers. I wonder what other great stuff people will make with these.
My Dad had a C64 when I was a kid. Those we're the days. Funny thing is I think my brother might still have it sitting around somewhere.
I don't see how the Windows 8 OS with all of it's preinstalled apps can be so bloated. I understand it's a full blown OS and isn't slimmed down like Android or iOS for example, but that is still a lot of space for just the OS to be taking up.
I always that it would be cool to be able to mess with Android on a desktop. It would be fun to try this VM out.
I guess I should think before I critisize crude tactics when the intentions might be good ones.
That is a pretty good point. Not sure why that didn't occur to me before.
I am being serious about this when I ask. What is so great about Anonymous? I have read plenty about them, but don't get why so many people I know go on about how great of hackers they supposedly are. Furthermore just so you know, the people I know who do this obviously know nothing about computers and they say they really want to join them. Also forgive me if I am missing something, but they just seem like a bunch of hacker wannabe script kiddies. I don't think any self respecting group of hackers would go around parading about how amazing they are and what they have done.
Ok I see what you are saying. The article made it sound more like a way to say you are so and so without actually needing to provide proof.
The first thing that came to my mind was that you could easily just use who evers name you wanted. How are they suppose to tell if that's who you really are or not? It just seems idiotic to me.
Correct me if I am wrong, but wouldn't this make identity theft easier in some cases?
I'm not so sure about Windows 8 myself either. I think I will just see how it goes after the realease and decide whether to get it or Windows 7.