My child gets no more than the recommended maximum of television every day, usually much less, and we have "no TV" days. Also, cash is a great idea, but it's easier if you have a three year old to reduce the number of stops (going to the bank means more time for us in the car, more gas used, less time at home with the family). Stopping at a gas station to use cash means getting my daughter out of the carseat and back in, turning 7 minutes into 15. I like my local grocery store, which is also much closer than the next store...
Basically your advising me to drastically change my life to avoid being "spied" on, which is exactly my point. I shouldn't have to give up my individual choices and rights to satisfy the "rights" of corporate entities.
You're wrong. I consider myself an average American and I'm concerned about targeted marketing. I'm concerned about the advertising my child is exposed to, about the way McDonald's sucks our children in with bright colors and playgrounds so that I have to be the bad guy when I say "no", and the way television turns commercials into cartoons to suck in new consumers.
I do not want marketers to know anything more than they already do about my online browsing habits, or worse, my personal hygene and dietary preferences,including what kind of cereal my three year old eats...
"This kind of thing drives me crazy,'' said Alex St. John, the founder of a game software publisher, WildTangent Inc. He challenged Intel at a recent industry forum on the digital home, arguing that personal computer makers are about to lose out to the video game industry, which is waiting on a new generation of game consoles that also aspire to be home digital media hubs.
People keep claiming the next big console revolution will be a PC killer, but they keep being wrong. I have an X Box and it's great for sports games with your buddies, or for playing when I can't get my husband off the comp, but games like Battlefield, UT 2004, CS and upcoming titles like Doom3 and HL2 require a keyboard, mouse, a desk to prop it all on, and mad processing. Also, I plan to keep investing in monitors over buying an HDTV. I just don't care about the TV in my household. The computer is my entertainment of choice.
Sounds like damage control to me. They probably issued some number then the reporter, knowing good and well that government estimates are never accurate (remember that surplus?), probably made an educated estimate of what it would really cost taxpayers.
And granted, I don't think I represent the "average" female gamer, but I play Counter-Strike--terrorist vs. counterterrorist fps. I'm on our UGC-Advanced team and am our Cal-o leader. I'm the only girl im my clan, but there must be enough interest, or this wouldn't be starting up: Female Cyber League.
It doesn't say most hardcore developers, it says most Internet users...
Also consider that women do most of the desk work in the US, using computers to do their jobs...
Get out of your tech-hole and realize most people use the Internet daily for work and daily for entertainment and staying in touch. Women slightly more than half the population.
And actually, I would guess hardcore developers aren't on the Net when they are at work. Aren't they are coding???
Interestingly, among age/gender groups, Internet access is highest among females 35-54.
Surprising to male/.ers perhaps, but not us girls...I spend eight hours a day on a T-3 at work and five nights a week on my cable connection at home. Typical home activities include updating my Web page, trolling forums, email/messaging friends, playing competitive leagues Counter-Strike, and shopping. At work, when I'm not/.ing, I'm a communications coordinator (writer & designer). I use the 'Net for research, purchasing, and communication with my colleagues.
You guys keep being surprised, but women make up half the work force where we spend a lot of time on computers. We buy more than half of all electronic devices and more than half of all computer games (and no they are not all for our spouses/children).
Wake up boys. This is no more news than females voting and driving!
That said, I've noticed the net is slowing down at home and at work. Do we have the infrastructure for all of America to be online (and with blazing connections)?
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1.But I wonder how long the time lag will be between the probe finding life, and a leak in the radioactive heater wiping all of it out.
--It is so cold that it would melt and refreeze forever.
2. What next? Drill Sedna for oil?"--There must have been life for there to be oil, you insensitive clod! Oh wait, maybe that is why they're so desparate to find evidence of life elsewhere!
Many national and international computing labs are now involved in large-scale scientific studies of nuclear and high-energy physics, astronomy, geology and meteorology. Typically, Rhee said, "Data are collected at a remote location and need to be shipped to labs where scientists can perform analyses and create high-performance visualizations of the data."
I've actually been thinking that when I build my dream home, an integrated hard line and WiFi will be built in. I consider it to be as necessary as my phone jacks. I'll (or my guests) be able to jack into any room, just like in an office suite.
and bartering is not nearly as complicated in our complex society as it once was. It's much easier to create systems where you find someone who has what you need, or who wants what you need. But this is easier. You're trading email for email on an even trade.
Tie your accounts to a PayPal account...not difficult.
I thought barter was clear--No one manages it, it could be set up by your IP along with your email account, you get a bank account. It's an automatic transfer from senders account to yours. You could call them credits. Only you have the right to exempt people from paying. You might not mind spam so much if you were getting paid to read it, and it would insure that bulk mailers had to be responsible with the money they spend.
I always thought it should be a barter account--get an email, get a penny, send an email, send a penny...and your address book exempts people from having to pay, so corporations could get around paying to their business partners.
It might cut down on those damn chain letters and stupid Internet jokes that get passed around 5000 times.
Well through the simple powers of deductive reasoning we can determine a lot about an individual by what they purchase. Think of the books you buy. And the condoms were just an easy example of a personal item.
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Basically your advising me to drastically change my life to avoid being "spied" on, which is exactly my point. I shouldn't have to give up my individual choices and rights to satisfy the "rights" of corporate entities.
I do not want marketers to know anything more than they already do about my online browsing habits, or worse, my personal hygene and dietary preferences,including what kind of cereal my three year old eats...
This sounds far more cumbersome to me than clicking my bookmarks every morning when I come in the office...
People keep claiming the next big console revolution will be a PC killer, but they keep being wrong. I have an X Box and it's great for sports games with your buddies, or for playing when I can't get my husband off the comp, but games like Battlefield, UT 2004, CS and upcoming titles like Doom3 and HL2 require a keyboard, mouse, a desk to prop it all on, and mad processing. Also, I plan to keep investing in monitors over buying an HDTV. I just don't care about the TV in my household. The computer is my entertainment of choice.
The PC already is a multimedia center...
Sounds like damage control to me. They probably issued some number then the reporter, knowing good and well that government estimates are never accurate (remember that surplus?), probably made an educated estimate of what it would really cost taxpayers.
And granted, I don't think I represent the "average" female gamer, but I play Counter-Strike--terrorist vs. counterterrorist fps. I'm on our UGC-Advanced team and am our Cal-o leader. I'm the only girl im my clan, but there must be enough interest, or this wouldn't be starting up: Female Cyber League.
But nobody ever said tech job.....reread please..that was not my argument.
Wouldn't that be us?
Also consider that women do most of the desk work in the US, using computers to do their jobs...
Get out of your tech-hole and realize most people use the Internet daily for work and daily for entertainment and staying in touch. Women slightly more than half the population.
And actually, I would guess hardcore developers aren't on the Net when they are at work. Aren't they are coding???
http://www.theESA.com/pressroom.html
FYI: 39% of gamers are women, but they buy most games.
The electronics stat was posted on Slashdot a few days ago...I'd look for it, but I'm busy working...
Surprising to male /.ers perhaps, but not us girls...I spend eight hours a day on a T-3 at work and five nights a week on my cable connection at home. Typical home activities include updating my Web page, trolling forums, email/messaging friends, playing competitive leagues Counter-Strike, and shopping. At work, when I'm not /.ing, I'm a communications coordinator (writer & designer). I use the 'Net for research, purchasing, and communication with my colleagues.
You guys keep being surprised, but women make up half the work force where we spend a lot of time on computers. We buy more than half of all electronic devices and more than half of all computer games (and no they are not all for our spouses/children).
Wake up boys. This is no more news than females voting and driving!
That said, I've noticed the net is slowing down at home and at work. Do we have the infrastructure for all of America to be online (and with blazing connections)?
2. What next? Drill Sedna for oil?"--There must have been life for there to be oil, you insensitive clod! Oh wait, maybe that is why they're so desparate to find evidence of life elsewhere!
They forgot to mention Steam.
I've actually been thinking that when I build my dream home, an integrated hard line and WiFi will be built in. I consider it to be as necessary as my phone jacks. I'll (or my guests) be able to jack into any room, just like in an office suite.
Forgot about the NY Times "registration required." Where's the obligatory reminder!
and Elvish is a genius creation in a famous peice of literature.
and bartering is not nearly as complicated in our complex society as it once was. It's much easier to create systems where you find someone who has what you need, or who wants what you need. But this is easier. You're trading email for email on an even trade.
Tie your accounts to a PayPal account...not difficult.
You mean like Latin and Sanskrit?
I thought barter was clear--No one manages it, it could be set up by your IP along with your email account, you get a bank account. It's an automatic transfer from senders account to yours. You could call them credits. Only you have the right to exempt people from paying. You might not mind spam so much if you were getting paid to read it, and it would insure that bulk mailers had to be responsible with the money they spend.
It might cut down on those damn chain letters and stupid Internet jokes that get passed around 5000 times.
Good planning doesn't help inheritied systems, legacies, etc.
Thanks!
Can someone tell me if this is a good book to read if you are using a hosting service as opposed to operating your own server?
Always take the Keanu role. You'll look like a genius!
Well through the simple powers of deductive reasoning we can determine a lot about an individual by what they purchase. Think of the books you buy. And the condoms were just an easy example of a personal item.