Really? That hasn't been my experience, and I run a lot of old games. In my experience, games for Win95/Win98 generally run pretty decently in Win XP. You don't see games older than that for Windows; before then serious games ran in DOS, and DOSBox runs those just fine.
The internet connection is probably the main thing. We're talking a 10 Mbps line to the Internet, bandwidth cap over 1TB/mo, static IP and you can use your own domain name and there's no contract term about not running servers, no ISP buggery of your packets, no cut off for overrunning hidden limits. Most people, including me, would have trouble getting a connection like that run to their doorstep for the price they're asking for, and they throw a server rental into the bargain. Plus the reliability of running in a data center; UPS and climate controlled room to name the two most important things. They don't maintain your server software, but they *do* support your hardware, 24/7. Server caught fire? They'll issue you a replacement within hours. The OP was asking about a hypothetical band that wants to run a reliable server for their MP3s without the pain and possible copyright implications of doing it from their home ISP. In my opinion, this is the answer to that question. Yes, you do have to do your maintenance and backups yourself. If you want more hand holding, you can get people who do more hand holding--I hear Rackspace is supposed to be pretty good. Of course, they cost rather more. But if you're comfortable running your own box and want a reliable server, this is nice.
There are, incidentally, also people who do let you deliver them your own machine to their datacenter as well (it's called co-hosting), but it's harder to dig up hard information about prices for that. I think it's actually more expensive. Not surprising; letting random hardware be loaded into your server racks has got to be kinda scary.
Not a virtual machine. There are certainly places that offer that. But it doesn't really interest me, although your tastes may differ. This is *dedicated* hosting. This is your own, physical, box that they rent to you and only you're on it.
Sign up for a hosting service. A server is better off in a data center than sitting on your desk anyways. I'm looking at Server Beach myself so I can have a reliable server set up for my email and just to fool around with. For under $100 a month, they'll rent you what is, for an individual or very small business, a pretty nice box, with a decent internet connection that has a clearly defined (and reasonable) transfer limit, and you can do what want with that box as long as it doesn't start trying to hack other boxes in the center or become a spambot. They don't even get to have account on it.
Too late; it's already been subpoenaed. Destroying information for which you have been served a subpoena can get you real prison time. In fact, that's what subpoena means: "Under (threat of) punishment".
The worst I ever saw was "Prison Tycoon". Sit back and think about making a game of that for a minute. I can't think of a single facet of such a game that wouldn't be morally reprehensible. It holds the honor of being the only computer game I've ever refused to allow my kids to purchase.
The scariest part is that there was also "Prison Tycoon 2: Maximum Security". And "Prison Tycoon 3: Lockdown".
Intangible assets &/or goodwill have been part of corporate balance sheets for a very long time. Brand recognition definitely falls under that category.
Goodwill is not an intangible asset. The two things have nothing to do with each other. Brand recognition is an intangible asset, but not goodwill. In accounting, goodwill is an artificial account used for acquisitions to account for the difference between the book worth of the acquired company and what the acquiring company paid for it.
I looked at Microsoft's SEC filings and they don't reflect any dilution of intangible assets or goodwill.
As explained, goodwill has nothing to do with it. As far as intangible assets are concerned, there are no universally accepted rules for accounting for them. Essentially, Microsoft's intangible assets are worth whatever Microsoft says they're worth, within limits. It is scarcely surprising that Microsoft would officially report the eroding of their brand when they are in no way required to do so.
Yeah, I had problems with that a month or two back; was getting BSOD city (actually, reboots, since that's what XP defaults to now instead of giving you a BSOD) every time the card tried to do 3D or accelerated rendering. Can't really blame it on NVidia, though, because what caused it was being stupid enough to let Windows Update udpate my video driver. Reinstalled the latest NVidia driver from NVidia's website and everything worked again.
In a lot of cases, the drivers contain proprietary information that they licensed. It doesn't belong to them, and they've signed contracts pledging that it will not be disclosed.
You got it backwards. Dems want the estimates; Republicans want a count. People who own property are easy to find; they get counted. Estimates can correct for the transients you didn't manage to count because you couldn't find them.
Another fallacy is that the lowest quintile is always the same people; it ain't. There is in fact pretty good mobility of people getting out of that quintile.
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Vista is a failure. Gates is shooting it like a lame horse to try and convince people not to switch to Linux.
...by just reading the tea-leaves!
What's a Qutrit?
Watch me pull a Dune movie out of my hat!
Again?? But that trick *never* works!
Really? That hasn't been my experience, and I run a lot of old games. In my experience, games for Win95/Win98 generally run pretty decently in Win XP. You don't see games older than that for Windows; before then serious games ran in DOS, and DOSBox runs those just fine.
The internet connection is probably the main thing. We're talking a 10 Mbps line to the Internet, bandwidth cap over 1TB/mo, static IP and you can use your own domain name and there's no contract term about not running servers, no ISP buggery of your packets, no cut off for overrunning hidden limits. Most people, including me, would have trouble getting a connection like that run to their doorstep for the price they're asking for, and they throw a server rental into the bargain. Plus the reliability of running in a data center; UPS and climate controlled room to name the two most important things. They don't maintain your server software, but they *do* support your hardware, 24/7. Server caught fire? They'll issue you a replacement within hours. The OP was asking about a hypothetical band that wants to run a reliable server for their MP3s without the pain and possible copyright implications of doing it from their home ISP. In my opinion, this is the answer to that question. Yes, you do have to do your maintenance and backups yourself. If you want more hand holding, you can get people who do more hand holding--I hear Rackspace is supposed to be pretty good. Of course, they cost rather more. But if you're comfortable running your own box and want a reliable server, this is nice.
There are, incidentally, also people who do let you deliver them your own machine to their datacenter as well (it's called co-hosting), but it's harder to dig up hard information about prices for that. I think it's actually more expensive. Not surprising; letting random hardware be loaded into your server racks has got to be kinda scary.
Not a virtual machine. There are certainly places that offer that. But it doesn't really interest me, although your tastes may differ. This is *dedicated* hosting. This is your own, physical, box that they rent to you and only you're on it.
Sign up for a hosting service. A server is better off in a data center than sitting on your desk anyways. I'm looking at Server Beach myself so I can have a reliable server set up for my email and just to fool around with. For under $100 a month, they'll rent you what is, for an individual or very small business, a pretty nice box, with a decent internet connection that has a clearly defined (and reasonable) transfer limit, and you can do what want with that box as long as it doesn't start trying to hack other boxes in the center or become a spambot. They don't even get to have account on it.
Hey, at least with Web 2.0 we got overlapping windows!
Java has so many bugs in it that it can't be hacked?
If there weren't any photons, how were you able to see anything?
Of course not! You can have overloaded photons, or proximity photons, or...
Isn't Stark-shifting just when you get into one of your *old* power armors?
You'll then have to convince a judge just how accidental your "accident" was. Good luck with that.
Too late; it's already been subpoenaed. Destroying information for which you have been served a subpoena can get you real prison time. In fact, that's what subpoena means: "Under (threat of) punishment".
The scariest part is that there was also "Prison Tycoon 2: Maximum Security". And "Prison Tycoon 3: Lockdown".
No, I am not making that up.
I just picked up Deep Space Nine Season One, so I gotta say... ...this is not linear.
Goodwill is not an intangible asset. The two things have nothing to do with each other. Brand recognition is an intangible asset, but not goodwill. In accounting, goodwill is an artificial account used for acquisitions to account for the difference between the book worth of the acquired company and what the acquiring company paid for it.
As explained, goodwill has nothing to do with it. As far as intangible assets are concerned, there are no universally accepted rules for accounting for them. Essentially, Microsoft's intangible assets are worth whatever Microsoft says they're worth, within limits. It is scarcely surprising that Microsoft would officially report the eroding of their brand when they are in no way required to do so.
Yeah, I had problems with that a month or two back; was getting BSOD city (actually, reboots, since that's what XP defaults to now instead of giving you a BSOD) every time the card tried to do 3D or accelerated rendering. Can't really blame it on NVidia, though, because what caused it was being stupid enough to let Windows Update udpate my video driver. Reinstalled the latest NVidia driver from NVidia's website and everything worked again.
In a lot of cases, the drivers contain proprietary information that they licensed. It doesn't belong to them, and they've signed contracts pledging that it will not be disclosed.
I don't know much about the subject, but not being able to work CYMK color channels seems an awfully big impediment to doing work intended for print.
What's really amusing is that you can take a Rubik's Cube apart and reassemble it so it *can't* be solved. Possibility for hours of fun here...
That's nothing. Wait 'till France shows off their Psychic Dominators!
You got it backwards. Dems want the estimates; Republicans want a count. People who own property are easy to find; they get counted. Estimates can correct for the transients you didn't manage to count because you couldn't find them.
Another fallacy is that the lowest quintile is always the same people; it ain't. There is in fact pretty good mobility of people getting out of that quintile.