South Korea depends almost exclusively on ActiveX. If you google a bit, you'll find that even banks require it to allow online banking. That's a big reason why Microsoft can't just "Kill" ActiveX. It's a curse they'll have to carry for a long, long time...
That's also the reason you generally can't play any Korean web game (like Gunbound) without IE.
Scary, how one country depends entirely on some propietary software.
A link on the Frontpage to a Russian site where you can download unsigned drivers? Why, that sounds like a GREAT idea! Do I have to enter my credit card to download?
My name is Blorgflog Fleeberblox from the Indurian colony of Aran. After current civil war between Xzixi faction and Xlfrixi government, my father, General Zobb escaped with a 10,000 trillion credit box...
It wasn't just that. Let's see, off the top of my head:
* 600 dollar price tag. * Launch of the Nintendo Wii at the same time * strong competition from the Xbox 360 * Small allocation of units at launch
Really, what game would inspire you to pay 600 dollars for a system? (Plus 50 or 60 for the game itself)?
When the PS2 launched, I remember it had no games other than Ridge Racer, I believe. But back then, there was practically no competition from neither Nintendo or Sega(The dreamcast was struggling already).
I hear Steve Jobs has a reasonable hourly rate. (/me ducks)
Well, he only earned 1 dollar last year working for Apple. I'm sure he'll gladly come to your house and help you in exchange for a couple of beers and a pizza, it would be a huge upgrade from his usual earnings anyway!
After Ford's fiasco with firestone's tires, I have been practically chased by Ford agents sending me letters and calling me to take in my truck for some minor readjustments, like modify some random rubber tube in the vehicle.
I have 2 dell laptops and I feel pretty bad about my purchase. Should have gone Toshiba:(
Thankfully, I haven't experienced any explosive performance out of them;)
Oh my god, are you kidding? Gmail lets you forward all your mail to any POP3 account.
I think it would be reasonable to spend a couple of hours downloading your 2 gigs of email forwards with Thunderbird, on any POP3 account, and keep that on your hard drive.
I mean, that service could be interesting, but... wow, I thought slashdot was for nerds.
" It also raises an interesting issue for public infrastructure and security. If Google's data center were to be the target, today, of a terrorist attack, then the country would be annoyed, but get over it. The worst that would happen is a few people would get lost on their way to an unfammiliar office during a business trip. Google's stock drops, no one elses does."
I hadn't considered that, since I'm outside the US and terrorist attacks are pretty much unheard of here. You have a very valid point, so I retract my initial statement that it'd probably be a good thing. Something to fiddle with, I guess, since I love tech, but definitely dangerous to depend completely on it.
Same thing could have been said (and may have been said, I wasn't around) about computers when they first entered the market.
"They're too unreliable! I need a paper in my hands, not some mumbo jumbo stuff I don't understand inside a box!"
But those reliability problems are solved over time. I think this is the future. If you care enough for some archive, you can probably back it up to your machine.
The unique metabolic profile of cancer (aerobic glycolysis) might confer apoptosis resistance and be therapeutically targeted. Compared to normal cells, several human cancers have high mitochondrial membrane potential (DJm) and low expression of the K+ channel Kv1.5, both contributing to apoptosis resistance. Dichloroacetate (DCA) inhibits mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK), shifts metabolism from glycolysis to glucose oxidation, decreases DJm, increases mitochondrial H2O2, and activates Kv channels in all cancer, but not normal, cells; DCA upregulates Kv1.5 by an NFAT1-dependent mechanism. DCA induces apoptosis, decreases proliferation, and inhibits tumor growth, without apparent toxicity.Molecular inhibition of PDK2 by siRNA mimics DCA. The mitochondria- NFAT-Kv axis and PDK are important therapeutic targets in cancer; the orally available DCA is a promising selective anticancer agent.
I won't claim to understand what it means, but there it is.
Slashdot Mirror
It's pretty obvious that they're targeting the people who won't buy the MSSQL license.
I'd hardly call it "Playing up OpenSource". Now if they were writing articles about Postgre on Ubuntu or what-have-you, I'd be very much surprised.
what if you woke and found a strange and beautiful woman in your bed, and she was inscrutible, unpredictable, and dangerous... but oh so beautiful?
I can't imagine a metaphor less suited to the Slashdot crew.
You're giving them too much credit. This is a case of plain old stupidity.
South Korea depends almost exclusively on ActiveX. If you google a bit, you'll find that even banks require it to allow online banking. That's a big reason why Microsoft can't just "Kill" ActiveX. It's a curse they'll have to carry for a long, long time...
That's also the reason you generally can't play any Korean web game (like Gunbound) without IE.
Scary, how one country depends entirely on some propietary software.
Pff. That's too much work. I just use FRAPs and record anything on my PC screen.
That was my same, exact thought.
A link on the Frontpage to a Russian site where you can download unsigned drivers? Why, that sounds like a GREAT idea! Do I have to enter my credit card to download?
Hello,
My name is Blorgflog Fleeberblox from the Indurian colony of Aran. After current civil war between Xzixi faction and Xlfrixi government, my father, General Zobb escaped with a 10,000 trillion credit box...
And when it starts blinking red, you know you're doing some serious damage and it's about to go down!
3 days? Please. Some fans did a mod with the xml engine to reduce the text and window size, and it probably took them less than half a day.
Sorry, I didn't mean to sound aggressive, specially if you posted it first. I was a bit puzzled by the "Funny" mod, too :)
It wasn't just that.
Let's see, off the top of my head:
* 600 dollar price tag.
* Launch of the Nintendo Wii at the same time
* strong competition from the Xbox 360
* Small allocation of units at launch
Really, what game would inspire you to pay 600 dollars for a system? (Plus 50 or 60 for the game itself)?
When the PS2 launched, I remember it had no games other than Ridge Racer, I believe. But back then, there was practically no competition from neither Nintendo or Sega(The dreamcast was struggling already).
Thanks, seeing that same phrase posted 5 times in this article was not nearly enough. But six times, that should hold 'er!
It will be a "Windows Vista" exclusive, right?
Can you run OSX on a PC?
Shh, don't give them any ideas!
Well, he only earned 1 dollar last year working for Apple. I'm sure he'll gladly come to your house and help you in exchange for a couple of beers and a pizza, it would be a huge upgrade from his usual earnings anyway!
Maybe he'll mow your lawn for 5 bucks too!
"Worth downloading alone for the ingenious way they make you hold the keyboard as a makeshift Guitar Hero controller."
:(
Ah... Not really. I'm a geek, but even that is too geeky for me
I've seen the game on youtube, and besides the ugly graphics, it seems to work all right, but perhaps it should be renamed "Keytar Hero".
Oh, stop complaining, I'll read what I want.
What's next, I can't wear lipstick and a skirt to work?
http://www.skirtman.org/gallery.html
Besides, Monty Python did it first.
Not always true. IE7 seems to have some very random broken code where javascript doesn't work.
Good point. Will they wait until someone dies?
:(
;)
After Ford's fiasco with firestone's tires, I have been practically chased by Ford agents sending me letters and calling me to take in my truck for some minor readjustments, like modify some random rubber tube in the vehicle.
I have 2 dell laptops and I feel pretty bad about my purchase. Should have gone Toshiba
Thankfully, I haven't experienced any explosive performance out of them
I see you didn't play neither Fallout or Wasteland ;)
Oh my god, are you kidding? Gmail lets you forward all your mail to any POP3 account.
I think it would be reasonable to spend a couple of hours downloading your 2 gigs of email forwards with Thunderbird, on any POP3 account, and keep that on your hard drive.
I mean, that service could be interesting, but... wow, I thought slashdot was for nerds.
" It also raises an interesting issue for public infrastructure and security. If Google's data center were to be the target, today, of a terrorist attack, then the country would be annoyed, but get over it. The worst that would happen is a few people would get lost on their way to an unfammiliar office during a business trip. Google's stock drops, no one elses does."
I hadn't considered that, since I'm outside the US and terrorist attacks are pretty much unheard of here. You have a very valid point, so I retract my initial statement that it'd probably be a good thing. Something to fiddle with, I guess, since I love tech, but definitely dangerous to depend completely on it.
Same thing could have been said (and may have been said, I wasn't around) about computers when they first entered the market.
"They're too unreliable! I need a paper in my hands, not some mumbo jumbo stuff I don't understand inside a box!"
But those reliability problems are solved over time. I think this is the future. If you care enough for some archive, you can probably back it up to your machine.
Crap, I forgot to include the summary:
The unique metabolic profile of cancer (aerobic glycolysis) might confer apoptosis resistance and be
therapeutically targeted. Compared to normal cells, several human cancers have high mitochondrial
membrane potential (DJm) and low expression of the K+ channel Kv1.5, both contributing to apoptosis
resistance. Dichloroacetate (DCA) inhibits mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK),
shifts metabolism from glycolysis to glucose oxidation, decreases DJm, increases mitochondrial
H2O2, and activates Kv channels in all cancer, but not normal, cells; DCA upregulates Kv1.5 by an
NFAT1-dependent mechanism. DCA induces apoptosis, decreases proliferation, and inhibits tumor
growth, without apparent toxicity.Molecular inhibition of PDK2 by siRNA mimics DCA. The mitochondria-
NFAT-Kv axis and PDK are important therapeutic targets in cancer; the orally available DCA is
a promising selective anticancer agent.
I won't claim to understand what it means, but there it is.
There's a direct link to download it, in case you understand that sort of thing, here:
http://www.depmed.ualberta.ca/dca/cancer_cell.pdf