I wonder what media they were using to store the information. If there are a lot of computer files for this then the question I have is did they consider constantly upgrading the storage media? NASA has lost 20% of the Viking Lander data, I read recently, and I suspect it is simply a case of either the media going bad or not having the ability to decode the format.
It would be unlikely the data on Fogbank was not maintained. It may have been mislabled but that would be by accident and not design. I imagine there is the possibility of espionage having happened in this case.
Exactly. I think it is either a hoax or fraud. I have a 360 and yes my first one bricked. I am in a group of Halo 2 players and of the couple of dozen people on the mailing list I think I am the only one that had that issue. The new machine has been going strong for a year now. I changed where I placed it. I think they are probably sensitive to heat buildup.
Justin is probably wrapping it in fire retardent and sticking it in the back of his plywood entertainment center where all the exhaust fans of his other equipment radiate! But that is just mere speculation.
The sequel will not be Son of Google but "Microsoft Strikes Back." It will be the best of the "trilogy." 4 more films will be made of varying quality telling a story which we already know the ending to. The villain is the one that actually brings balance to the Universe! In the end people will secretly love the villain a bit more than the primary protagonist whose career will pretty much falter from there on out. In fact the sidekicks will make more lucre l later on in life.
There would be a very fun and interesting rap song to be made from that whole exchange (as i read it from the given link.) I think someone should produce it.
Its more like a concerned stock holder voicing a concern. I own a good chunck of the company I work for and if they were to screw up I'd get on them to fix things too. Its not uncommon to see stake holders do this sort of thing because it protects your bottomline.
Lets face it though, hasn't AOL been "badware" since like 1991?;-)
We should be detecting bombers not bombs. Bombs form a nearly endless variety. Bombers are an easier class of object to detect, I believe. The fact that the bombers try to hide the bombs on their person or in their carry on luggage suggests they they themselves don't fear the system's scruitiny. In the old days they had to figure out ways of getting the bomb on the aircraft without them being anywhere near it. How times have changed.
I would hope they are delaying to make a better system now that XBox 360 has screwed the pooch, so to speak, with its launch. I tried AGAIN this weekend to get one of the damn things. No dice. Every store told me to come back in 2-8 weeks. They can potty in their collective hats - now I am on wait and see what Sony finally produces.
Oh and the vagueness and deception? Totally Japanese, very Sun Szu and typical of Sony.
I have to agree with this. I have been doing a lot of data analysis with perl against large flat files (WordNet) and have been very impressed with the speed I got. Perl kicks mighty butt when it needs too.
Frankly I am interested in trying out this new library. It would be pretty cool to get some graphic bang for my perl buck.
The rate I need to have my PC keep up is much greater than the rate I need to keep my xbox up. Other consoles may vary, I don't own any of them. Also the time spent trying to get the right drivers and so forth for the PC just adds to the hassle. I am hardly the first person to consider all of this more trouble than it is worth. 2-3 years ago I was solidly in the PC camp. Did the change for me happen as I aged and gained new perspective or did the hassle factor just increase beyond a pre-existing level? I don't know the answer to that. I do know one thing though and that is that the PC I bought in 2002 to edit video still does a marvelous job of it in 2006 along with coding in C#, Java, doing word processing, etc. So if gaming is the only application of the system that is forcing constant upgrades and these upgrades potentially could break the other software I need to run, the choice is obvious.
Yep, got it and enjoying it. Sadly no jets though. Still it is fun and greatly makes up for not being able to play the PC version without spending a lot of $$$.
I am hardly a trend setter. That said, I finally got disgusted with the equipment treadmill that gaming was putting me through and went 100% console for gaming. Sure, its not the same and sure, it took a while to get used to the console joysticks but now I wouldn't go back. As much as I will miss some types of games that are only possible with complex interfaces like what is possible with a mouse and keyboard, I am thankful I don't have to deal with video/sound card upgrades every year. Battlefield 2 is what totally did me in, BTW.
The mouse looks interesting and probably would do wonders for coding, document creation and other more useful things than 3D gaming!
On a somewhat related note, combining U.S. Service personel and dangerous animals has traditionally been a problem. For example in the history of the U.S. Navy Seals there has not been a single injury from shark attack. And by that they mean none that weren't the result of the shark being provoked for fun by the Seals. Actual numbers vary but its significantly higher than 0. I can't remember the source of that tidbit but it might have been Richard Marcinco.
Well that is pretty cool. If you all started off as the vikings how did you end up splitting into two countries that seem to have a bit of build in cultural animosity? I am sure that is on the web somewhere so I'll have to go look it up. I've travelled a lot but mainly to very warm places. I once met a Norwegian woman but she was crazy. My friend was dating her. I once asked her what Norwegians do during the Summer and she said "We fish and we f*ck!" I was kind of surprised by her answer. My friend, also a bit dumbfounded asked her, what do you do in the winter? She looked at him like you look at someone who isn't all that bright (he was a cancer researcher and actually very bright) and pulled him in closer by his tie and said, "darling, we don't fish as much." I think her name was Reya or something like that.
Most of those sales are office. In one of the articles it mentions that office's biggest competitors are older versions of office...
They weren't able to meet demand, nor the predictions of sales forecasts for the launch. They have had manufacturing difficulties (the 5% return rate is normal if a little high for electronics, but other problems in meeting their production quota have hurt the supply chain.) The launch in Japan was a huge black eye. You could suggest that it was pure Nationalism but if you look at what they offered the Japanese it was bound to be a flop. It makes them look weak in a culture that isn't as forgiving as others.
The estimate from business analysts is that xbox is thus far a $4 billion US investment by Microsoft. That is a huge chunk of change, even on Microsoft's ledger. It won't sink the company but to have so many problems with a prominent release is bad form. If you were Bill Gates what would you say to your XBOX team as they return to the boardroom (a la Trump's Apprentice?)
Oh and thanks for the language tips. Is there a big difference between the languages? They are on the same strip of land right? Do they drive on the same side of the road at least?
Microsoft so screwed up the launch of the 360 the business mags are noting its hurting their bottom line and their outlook. It just floors me that a company so well known for business tactics (underhanded or just otherwise strong arm) managed to flub a launch so horribly. This is beyond the Japan roll out which was busted as far back as their planning meetings.
The lack of boxes available for the retail chain for the holiday kept me from getting one (and I certainly won't compete to pay $1000 for something that should cost $400.) The delay means I don't even have one today and now plan on waiting and enjoying my Xbox-1.
I think Sony nearly wet themselves over the last 2 months watching this spectacle. If anything Sony now has breathing room do really perfect the PS3. Unless Microsoft can pull an amazing comeback I expect Sony to strap on the hobnailed boots and introduce Microsoft to a serious butt kicking. They've been waiting for this opportunity since Okinawa!
Seriously though, I think Sony has a great opportunity to put it to Microsoft like never before. The 360 was supposed to bring balance to the force... er I mean launch Microsoft to top of the pile. Now that its introduction was bungled so bad I think Sony is going to take the time to make sure the PS3 is extremely strong - perhaps strong enough to push Gates out of the market.
Again, I say all of this and am a big fan of the xbox. However even a fan has to own up to the facts.
And to back my initial statement about 360 killing MSFT read these:
Why even in NORWAY they have this to say! Bill Gates och hans någotsånär stora företag Microsoft har som alla bör känna till släppt nu två konsoller på marknaden. Den första gick enligt Forbes back hela 4 miljarder dollar. Gates snackar om detta, och han berättar att Xbox'arna är en långtidsinvestering.
Not just Apple, but they certainly are guilty of marketing a message that doesn't encompass the whole truth and all its complexities.
IBM hasn't been giving the power pc line the aggressive and competitive development life cycle that was necessary to keep Apple products competitive. I think the question of cost is overly simple. One needs to see the whole picture and Apples strategy against its primary competitors.
A fellow from the FMSO (Forign Military Studies Office) told me that in the past they had to capture Russian equipment but today they buy it on the open market. He had some cool videos, one of which was when they were testing to see how high a berm would keep out T-80/90 tanks. I saw one climb up and over a 14' berm, drop down the other side and was still in fighting condition!!!
Area-51 is where they test all our new stuff. It would be neat if they did have extraterrestrial craft but if we had such technology, why would we still be dependent on oil? Surely something that effective and fuel efficent would yield up some gains after 50+ years of reverse engineering, no?
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I wonder what media they were using to store the information. If there are a lot of computer files for this then the question I have is did they consider constantly upgrading the storage media? NASA has lost 20% of the Viking Lander data, I read recently, and I suspect it is simply a case of either the media going bad or not having the ability to decode the format.
It would be unlikely the data on Fogbank was not maintained. It may have been mislabled but that would be by accident and not design. I imagine there is the possibility of espionage having happened in this case.
Exactly. I think it is either a hoax or fraud. I have a 360 and yes my first one bricked. I am in a group of Halo 2 players and of the couple of dozen people on the mailing list I think I am the only one that had that issue. The new machine has been going strong for a year now. I changed where I placed it. I think they are probably sensitive to heat buildup.
Justin is probably wrapping it in fire retardent and sticking it in the back of his plywood entertainment center where all the exhaust fans of his other equipment radiate! But that is just mere speculation.
The sequel will not be Son of Google but "Microsoft Strikes Back." It will be the best of the "trilogy." 4 more films will be made of varying quality telling a story which we already know the ending to. The villain is the one that actually brings balance to the Universe! In the end people will secretly love the villain a bit more than the primary protagonist whose career will pretty much falter from there on out. In fact the sidekicks will make more lucre l later on in life.
Now guess how many other enemy A/C decided to steer clear of the U.S. and her interests because of the F-14.
Pretty much all of them. It was money well spent.
Its also well know that 2+2 = 5
for very large values of 2.
There would be a very fun and interesting rap song to be made from that whole exchange (as i read it from the given link.) I think someone should produce it.
Its more like a concerned stock holder voicing a concern. I own a good chunck of the company I work for and if they were to screw up I'd get on them to fix things too. Its not uncommon to see stake holders do this sort of thing because it protects your bottomline.
;-)
Lets face it though, hasn't AOL been "badware" since like 1991?
We should be detecting bombers not bombs. Bombs form a nearly endless variety. Bombers are an easier class of object to detect, I believe. The fact that the bombers try to hide the bombs on their person or in their carry on luggage suggests they they themselves don't fear the system's scruitiny. In the old days they had to figure out ways of getting the bomb on the aircraft without them being anywhere near it. How times have changed.
So you are saying they are Gremlins(tm)?
I would hope they are delaying to make a better system now that XBox 360 has screwed the pooch, so to speak, with its launch. I tried AGAIN this weekend to get one of the damn things. No dice. Every store told me to come back in 2-8 weeks. They can potty in their collective hats - now I am on wait and see what Sony finally produces.
Oh and the vagueness and deception? Totally Japanese, very Sun Szu and typical of Sony.
Wasn't this the plot line behind "Bowfinger" with Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin? "Chubby Rain!"
Will it print out as poorly as HTML or as well as PDF? If the former then I have to agree this will die on the vine.
I have to agree with this. I have been doing a lot of data analysis with perl against large flat files (WordNet) and have been very impressed with the speed I got. Perl kicks mighty butt when it needs too.
Frankly I am interested in trying out this new library. It would be pretty cool to get some graphic bang for my perl buck.
The rate I need to have my PC keep up is much greater than the rate I need to keep my xbox up. Other consoles may vary, I don't own any of them. Also the time spent trying to get the right drivers and so forth for the PC just adds to the hassle. I am hardly the first person to consider all of this more trouble than it is worth. 2-3 years ago I was solidly in the PC camp. Did the change for me happen as I aged and gained new perspective or did the hassle factor just increase beyond a pre-existing level? I don't know the answer to that. I do know one thing though and that is that the PC I bought in 2002 to edit video still does a marvelous job of it in 2006 along with coding in C#, Java, doing word processing, etc. So if gaming is the only application of the system that is forcing constant upgrades and these upgrades potentially could break the other software I need to run, the choice is obvious.
Yep, got it and enjoying it. Sadly no jets though. Still it is fun and greatly makes up for not being able to play the PC version without spending a lot of $$$.
My God, I think you just typed "Microsoft Bob" with a straight face!
I am hardly a trend setter. That said, I finally got disgusted with the equipment treadmill that gaming was putting me through and went 100% console for gaming. Sure, its not the same and sure, it took a while to get used to the console joysticks but now I wouldn't go back. As much as I will miss some types of games that are only possible with complex interfaces like what is possible with a mouse and keyboard, I am thankful I don't have to deal with video/sound card upgrades every year. Battlefield 2 is what totally did me in, BTW.
The mouse looks interesting and probably would do wonders for coding, document creation and other more useful things than 3D gaming!
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On a somewhat related note, combining U.S. Service personel and dangerous animals has traditionally been a problem. For example in the history of the U.S. Navy Seals there has not been a single injury from shark attack. And by that they mean none that weren't the result of the shark being provoked for fun by the Seals. Actual numbers vary but its significantly higher than 0. I can't remember the source of that tidbit but it might have been Richard Marcinco.
Well that is pretty cool. If you all started off as the vikings how did you end up splitting into two countries that seem to have a bit of build in cultural animosity? I am sure that is on the web somewhere so I'll have to go look it up. I've travelled a lot but mainly to very warm places. I once met a Norwegian woman but she was crazy. My friend was dating her. I once asked her what Norwegians do during the Summer and she said "We fish and we f*ck!" I was kind of surprised by her answer. My friend, also a bit dumbfounded asked her, what do you do in the winter? She looked at him like you look at someone who isn't all that bright (he was a cancer researcher and actually very bright) and pulled him in closer by his tie and said, "darling, we don't fish as much." I think her name was Reya or something like that.
Most of those sales are office. In one of the articles it mentions that office's biggest competitors are older versions of office...
They weren't able to meet demand, nor the predictions of sales forecasts for the launch. They have had manufacturing difficulties (the 5% return rate is normal if a little high for electronics, but other problems in meeting their production quota have hurt the supply chain.) The launch in Japan was a huge black eye. You could suggest that it was pure Nationalism but if you look at what they offered the Japanese it was bound to be a flop. It makes them look weak in a culture that isn't as forgiving as others.
The estimate from business analysts is that xbox is thus far a $4 billion US investment by Microsoft. That is a huge chunk of change, even on Microsoft's ledger. It won't sink the company but to have so many problems with a prominent release is bad form. If you were Bill Gates what would you say to your XBOX team as they return to the boardroom (a la Trump's Apprentice?)
Oh and thanks for the language tips. Is there a big difference between the languages? They are on the same strip of land right? Do they drive on the same side of the road at least?
Microsoft so screwed up the launch of the 360 the business mags are noting its hurting their bottom line and their outlook. It just floors me that a company so well known for business tactics (underhanded or just otherwise strong arm) managed to flub a launch so horribly. This is beyond the Japan roll out which was busted as far back as their planning meetings.
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The lack of boxes available for the retail chain for the holiday kept me from getting one (and I certainly won't compete to pay $1000 for something that should cost $400.) The delay means I don't even have one today and now plan on waiting and enjoying my Xbox-1.
I think Sony nearly wet themselves over the last 2 months watching this spectacle. If anything Sony now has breathing room do really perfect the PS3. Unless Microsoft can pull an amazing comeback I expect Sony to strap on the hobnailed boots and introduce Microsoft to a serious butt kicking. They've been waiting for this opportunity since Okinawa!
Seriously though, I think Sony has a great opportunity to put it to Microsoft like never before. The 360 was supposed to bring balance to the force... er I mean launch Microsoft to top of the pile. Now that its introduction was bungled so bad I think Sony is going to take the time to make sure the PS3 is extremely strong - perhaps strong enough to push Gates out of the market.
Again, I say all of this and am a big fan of the xbox. However even a fan has to own up to the facts.
And to back my initial statement about 360 killing MSFT read these:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/5140.html
http://localnewsleader.com/jackson/stories/index.
http://www.reflector-online.com/vnews/display.v/A
Why even in NORWAY they have this to say!
Bill Gates och hans någotsånär stora företag Microsoft har som alla bör känna till släppt nu två konsoller på marknaden. Den första gick enligt Forbes back hela 4 miljarder dollar. Gates snackar om detta, och han berättar att Xbox'arna är en långtidsinvestering.
The estate could claim that his state of inanimation does not constitute death and that the freezing process is part of a long medical procedure.
Of course his greedier heirs would then have themselves frozen with orders to be revived when he wakes or is declared dead!
Not just Apple, but they certainly are guilty of marketing a message that doesn't encompass the whole truth and all its complexities.
IBM hasn't been giving the power pc line the aggressive and competitive development life cycle that was necessary to keep Apple products competitive. I think the question of cost is overly simple. One needs to see the whole picture and Apples strategy against its primary competitors.
A fellow from the FMSO (Forign Military Studies Office) told me that in the past they had to capture Russian equipment but today they buy it on the open market. He had some cool videos, one of which was when they were testing to see how high a berm would keep out T-80/90 tanks. I saw one climb up and over a 14' berm, drop down the other side and was still in fighting condition!!!
Area-51 is where they test all our new stuff. It would be neat if they did have extraterrestrial craft but if we had such technology, why would we still be dependent on oil? Surely something that effective and fuel efficent would yield up some gains after 50+ years of reverse engineering, no?