Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the wind "solar powered"? So humankind has been circumnavigating the globe in "solar-powered" boats for many centuries!
Note: I know some wind currents are driven by the earth's rotation, but the earth rotates because it's orbiting the sun, right? Still solar-powered!:-)
Well, technically EVERYTHING on Earth exists because of the Sun. Except for the tides, which exist because of the moon. But it exists because of us, and we, again, exist because of the Sun.
But I totally dig your point. And I think it's funny.
Perhaps this should be called "direct solar...", as opposed to the indirect solar of winds and such.
If Sony releases the PS3 way cheaper than any Blu-Ray player... How would the other Blu-Ray players react to this? Who would want to buy another Blu-Ray player if the PS3 is the cheapest one and it is also a next-gen console, allegedly the most powerful of all?
Well I don't know that it will be "way cheaper than any Blu-Ray player", looking at the PS2 vs the average DVD player. The PS2 cost twice as much, easily, as a suitable DVD player.
Also, consoles don't make good DVD players. At least the XBox and PS2 did not. They're missing a few features. Like an LCD on the console, and a quality remote. I understand the XBox 360 and PS3 will have both these things, but they can't possibly be cheaper than a stand alone HD/Blu-Ray player.
They're designed to play games, not movies. They will play movies, but the user experience is about as good as playing video games with your DVD player and remote. It's all about the right tool for the job.
Additionally, jukeboxes and changers are becoming more popular, and I'm pretty sure Sony won't be making a 300 disk PS3 (:
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You can not give Apple credit for camera placement. That's pushing things. Anybody can stick their webcam anywhere they'd like. Most of them come with either a way to stick them to something or clamp them on. Even my 6 year old Intel camera has a removable foot that has a sticky pad on the bottom in addition to its industry standard camera mounting bolt in the center bottom.
Apple's biggest innovation over any of the other technology companies is that they hired an advertising company that's worth a damn.
And yes, I dig that the iSight is firewire. But what I really want is a firewire keyboard that has a built in charging cradle for a wireless Mighty Mouse. There's no sense in a wireless keyboard, and there's no sense in replacing batteries.
I sent the same iBook to Apple THREE TIMES at their expense to have the system board replaced which was listed on their website as faulty. Each time they sent it back with nothing replaced except the plastic around the battery lock and a rubber foot or two.
What's new? Look at more than one picture at a time? OK... even Windows Explorer has a filmstrip slide show. And in Thumbnail view you can set them to any size you want (with a little TweakUI setting).
Actually, you've got it backwards backwards. In this particular instance, Dell is the client and the OSS programmers are the vendor. If you want Dell to sell your product, you've got to give them something they're willing to sell. And support for that matter.
I've worked at a few places where seniority trumped skill. Thankfully, I've also worked at several where it didn't. The sad truth is that the "lesson" that WoW teaches is in fact real in many places.
Not to mention that time often becomes skill. You sure aren't going to get better at something if you don't spend more time doing it.
Ever heard of the phrase, "Practice Makes Perfect"? It's not 100%, but it's pretty damn close.
This 360 roll out looks to be seriously rushed in order to get a one up on Sony. Unfortunatly they keep tripping over there own feet.
Was there ever any doubt? You'd have to be crazy to buy a game console in the initial run. Unless it's Nintendo - they pretty much do their own thing (:
I'm more interested in the link in the article to the AOL and Nickelodeon teamup for free video with a couple inserted commercials. I don't understand the need to watch TV on a 3" screen, nore pay $2 for a show that aired last night. And furthermore my friends and I have been talking about old Nick toons for some time now. In highschool I stayed up watching Nick at Nite on a regular basis. I think AOL might have done something good! *shock and amazement*
When you get home from work Where your boss was a jerk And you feel like a trugaladite. There's instant relief From this hardship and grief. Thank goodness for Nick *ding-dling* at NITE!
Initial reaction is "YEAH! Stick it to'em!" Then when I think about it, this man isn't really phased by such a lawsuit. Sure it pretty much shuts down his spamming career, but that won't stop him from finding another even more assinine method of making money which he needs now more than ever to pay off the lawsuit.
You can sue people all you want but it won't change them. I suggest breaking his fucking knees. Pain speaks.
I agree that OS X is a more secure system, and that Apple's hardware is better than average WinTel hardware, but that doesn't mean that any Apple is better than any Windows based system. Just buy quality X86 parts and keep your nose clean when using the internet. The biggest improvements you can make in Windows is not buying crappy computer parts and using Firefox instead of IE. Done. Windows doesn't suck anymore.
I've been an iTMS user since its inception and I've yet to feel encumbered or feel a lack of freedom. I read the agreement and understand the restrictions. I agreed. Simply put to those who use this sort of software, why do you purchase from iTMS? You know, or should!!, the restrictions imposed.
Because I like Winamp better than iTunes, but I like to buy my music right now instead of going to Best Buy. I also like to use my AudioTron or my roommate's SqueezeBox rather than spend another $130 on another networked audio player.
This has been said about a kajillion times at slashdot - just because YOU don't need it doesn't mean it's a bad idea. There are over six billion people in the world - all it takes is one to create, and one to use.
It took forever to clean these machines, esp with those damn trojans not wanting to leave.
Dump important files to CD / network / alternate drive. Format. Reinstall.
Max 2 hours.
This is even easier with newish Dell hardware. Just keep a Dell Windows XP Home SP2 CD on hand and you're well on your way. That takes care of the OS and the brunt of patching. Then throw on Firefox. Remove any referances to IE (desktop / Start Menu / Quicklaunch shortcuts), hell, I even set permissions on iexplorer.exe so no one had access to it including admin. Works wonders.
I didn't RTFA. I'm not going to. I'm sure it's a load of crap and I'm not going to waste my time.
But in general gaming on the internet sucks ass. Even really great automated networks like Halo 2 can be very laggy and quite unenjoyable. Also I don't find it fun playing with a bunch of people I don't know. I'd rather get a group together at a house and play on a LAN there. Or just play solo games.
There's quite an uproar in the Gran Turismo community because GT4 didn't go online. I could go for some online scoreboards, laptime leaderboard, and shared race replays, but I have little desire to race online. It just doesn't sound enjoyable.
Until we have 100mbit fibre to the house gaming online will be problematic and I have no interest in struggling to have a good time.
Dude, SCORE! And she wants a laptop too... so she could just take this puppy with her wherever she goes and she'll have her computer. That's the same thing, right?
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Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the wind "solar powered"? So humankind has been circumnavigating the globe in "solar-powered" boats for many centuries!
:-)
...", as opposed to the indirect solar of winds and such.
Note: I know some wind currents are driven by the earth's rotation, but the earth rotates because it's orbiting the sun, right? Still solar-powered!
Well, technically EVERYTHING on Earth exists because of the Sun. Except for the tides, which exist because of the moon. But it exists because of us, and we, again, exist because of the Sun.
But I totally dig your point. And I think it's funny.
Perhaps this should be called "direct solar
If Sony releases the PS3 way cheaper than any Blu-Ray player... How would the other Blu-Ray players react to this? Who would want to buy another Blu-Ray player if the PS3 is the cheapest one and it is also a next-gen console, allegedly the most powerful of all?
Well I don't know that it will be "way cheaper than any Blu-Ray player", looking at the PS2 vs the average DVD player. The PS2 cost twice as much, easily, as a suitable DVD player.
Also, consoles don't make good DVD players. At least the XBox and PS2 did not. They're missing a few features. Like an LCD on the console, and a quality remote. I understand the XBox 360 and PS3 will have both these things, but they can't possibly be cheaper than a stand alone HD/Blu-Ray player.
They're designed to play games, not movies. They will play movies, but the user experience is about as good as playing video games with your DVD player and remote. It's all about the right tool for the job.
Additionally, jukeboxes and changers are becoming more popular, and I'm pretty sure Sony won't be making a 300 disk PS3 (:
You can not give Apple credit for camera placement. That's pushing things. Anybody can stick their webcam anywhere they'd like. Most of them come with either a way to stick them to something or clamp them on. Even my 6 year old Intel camera has a removable foot that has a sticky pad on the bottom in addition to its industry standard camera mounting bolt in the center bottom.
Apple's biggest innovation over any of the other technology companies is that they hired an advertising company that's worth a damn.
And yes, I dig that the iSight is firewire. But what I really want is a firewire keyboard that has a built in charging cradle for a wireless Mighty Mouse. There's no sense in a wireless keyboard, and there's no sense in replacing batteries.
I sent the same iBook to Apple THREE TIMES at their expense to have the system board replaced which was listed on their website as faulty. Each time they sent it back with nothing replaced except the plastic around the battery lock and a rubber foot or two.
Respect Apple? No thanks.
They're only replacing the main system board, not the entire machine.
What's new? Look at more than one picture at a time? OK ... even Windows Explorer has a filmstrip slide show. And in Thumbnail view you can set them to any size you want (with a little TweakUI setting).
I'm not getting it.
Actually, you've got it backwards backwards. In this particular instance, Dell is the client and the OSS programmers are the vendor. If you want Dell to sell your product, you've got to give them something they're willing to sell. And support for that matter.
I've worked at a few places where seniority trumped skill. Thankfully, I've also worked at several where it didn't. The sad truth is that the "lesson" that WoW teaches is in fact real in many places.
Not to mention that time often becomes skill. You sure aren't going to get better at something if you don't spend more time doing it.
Ever heard of the phrase, "Practice Makes Perfect"? It's not 100%, but it's pretty damn close.
But what happens in two years when the Power architecture hits the wall again? More magical IBM foo?
I just wish Apple would have gone to AMD.
You stole my joke. Guess I should check /. more frequently (:
We CANNOT allow "MacBook Pro" to take off. Everyone needs to keep calling them Powerbooks.
What, are you going to gut the Intel parts and put a Power chip back in it, or just be stupid and call it a PowerBook for no damn reason?
This 360 roll out looks to be seriously rushed in order to get a one up on Sony. Unfortunatly they keep tripping over there own feet.
Was there ever any doubt? You'd have to be crazy to buy a game console in the initial run. Unless it's Nintendo - they pretty much do their own thing (:
0.44%. But for an android, that's like an eternity
Seriously, 0.44%? Is that honestly an issue?
In another words smart people use Google and dumb people don't. Smart people have more money and dumb people don't.
Smart people know this, and dumb people don't.
This is of course speaking on the whole and not of the individual.
I'm more interested in the link in the article to the AOL and Nickelodeon teamup for free video with a couple inserted commercials. I don't understand the need to watch TV on a 3" screen, nore pay $2 for a show that aired last night. And furthermore my friends and I have been talking about old Nick toons for some time now. In highschool I stayed up watching Nick at Nite on a regular basis. I think AOL might have done something good! *shock and amazement*
When you get home from work
Where your boss was a jerk
And you feel like a trugaladite.
There's instant relief
From this hardship and grief.
Thank goodness for Nick *ding-dling* at NITE!
In Soviet Russia, ads click you? (sorry)
In Google America you call the telemarketers!
Initial reaction is "YEAH! Stick it to'em!" Then when I think about it, this man isn't really phased by such a lawsuit. Sure it pretty much shuts down his spamming career, but that won't stop him from finding another even more assinine method of making money which he needs now more than ever to pay off the lawsuit.
You can sue people all you want but it won't change them. I suggest breaking his fucking knees. Pain speaks.
We allow Mexicans to come into this country in lieu of robotic research. Japan has a much tighter immigration policy.
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They also have a moat the size of an ocean
How about Cern and Tim Berners-Lee? The initial Netscape release was basically the same as NCSA Mosaic which came before it.
Ask the non-geeks around you if they know what Mosaic is. Then ask them when they started using "Netscape".
Mosaic did it first, yes. But Netscape made the interweb a popular place to be.
Now all you need to do is get that in a 10 gallon jug! Pr0n as far as the eye can see ... (:
I agree that OS X is a more secure system, and that Apple's hardware is better than average WinTel hardware, but that doesn't mean that any Apple is better than any Windows based system. Just buy quality X86 parts and keep your nose clean when using the internet. The biggest improvements you can make in Windows is not buying crappy computer parts and using Firefox instead of IE. Done. Windows doesn't suck anymore.
I've been an iTMS user since its inception and I've yet to feel encumbered or feel a lack of freedom. I read the agreement and understand the restrictions. I agreed. Simply put to those who use this sort of software, why do you purchase from iTMS? You know, or should!!, the restrictions imposed.
Because I like Winamp better than iTunes, but I like to buy my music right now instead of going to Best Buy. I also like to use my AudioTron or my roommate's SqueezeBox rather than spend another $130 on another networked audio player.
This has been said about a kajillion times at slashdot - just because YOU don't need it doesn't mean it's a bad idea. There are over six billion people in the world - all it takes is one to create, and one to use.
It took forever to clean these machines, esp with those damn trojans not wanting to leave.
Dump important files to CD / network / alternate drive.
Format.
Reinstall.
Max 2 hours.
This is even easier with newish Dell hardware. Just keep a Dell Windows XP Home SP2 CD on hand and you're well on your way. That takes care of the OS and the brunt of patching. Then throw on Firefox. Remove any referances to IE (desktop / Start Menu / Quicklaunch shortcuts), hell, I even set permissions on iexplorer.exe so no one had access to it including admin. Works wonders.
I didn't RTFA. I'm not going to. I'm sure it's a load of crap and I'm not going to waste my time.
But in general gaming on the internet sucks ass. Even really great automated networks like Halo 2 can be very laggy and quite unenjoyable. Also I don't find it fun playing with a bunch of people I don't know. I'd rather get a group together at a house and play on a LAN there. Or just play solo games.
There's quite an uproar in the Gran Turismo community because GT4 didn't go online. I could go for some online scoreboards, laptime leaderboard, and shared race replays, but I have little desire to race online. It just doesn't sound enjoyable.
Until we have 100mbit fibre to the house gaming online will be problematic and I have no interest in struggling to have a good time.
Well, my girlfriend DID say she wanted a puppy.
... so she could just take this puppy with her wherever she goes and she'll have her computer. That's the same thing, right?
Dude, SCORE! And she wants a laptop too