Too often, Linux doesn't work well with laptops anyway, especially if you want it to wake out of sleep or hibernation. Whose fault it is, I don't care, I won't lay the blame, but XP is probably the best you can do for most x86 laptops.
I wish they would licence out more. I think Apple stands to gain by allowing anyone to licence Fairplay, if only to push out Microsoft's licencing. While iPod maybe the #1 hard drive based player, I bet that all the rest that support protected Windows Media Player files out number iPod, as well as giving consumers a choice between stores, a lot apparently support protected WMP.
It is still pretty slow. Even at the surface, solar power isn't very efficient in terms of cost or energy conversion, and below water, it takes a LOT of power to move about. Cheaper than replacing batteries manually? I suppose it would be. It would be good for very long term projects, I suppose.
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I have to ask, why count those? For a person that downloads the latest version for every release, is every such download counted? If there were ten versions, one person could be counted ten times.
On the other hand, being the first to market is not an indicator of actual success. The last Sega system was out for nearly a year (I think) before PS2 and yet the PS2 basically helped give it an early demise.
they are willing to pay a few multiples of its actual value.
Economists take the actual value of a product to be what people are willing to pay for it. If someone is willing to pay twice its suggested retail price to get it, then its value is twice SRP for that person.
Suppliers can cut special deals to be featured in the latest popular consumer item, and cut special deals for very high volume purchases where both companies go direct to each other rather through distributors. Also, retailers mark up the price of individual parts much more than they can for a console.
I thought Sony makes small LCD panels too but maybe they decided to outsource that part. It is also possible that Sony and Sharp panels are being used. I'm sure there are a lot of trade-offs used to decide who to go to.
http://forums.gamespot.com/gamespot/show_message s. php?board=909100112&topic=17948788&page=0 Battery Details What will the battery time be? 4-5 hours for Video watching through UMD. 4-6 hours average for gameplay through UMD. 4 hours with headphones and 50% volume, no WIFI and highest screen brightness (180 cd/m2). 6 hours with headphones and 50% volume, no WIFI and lowest screen brightness (80 cd/m2).
I don't understand, are you saying the phone service killed your credit rating, or that your credit rating prevented you from getting a contract plan in the first place?
I chose Sprint because they have the best reception in my area. ATT, Verizon, Nextel all had worse connectivity in general, in my area. I guess there are other players, I don't pay attention.
And I hate Nextel for the push to talk feature. The connect / disconnect beeps for EVERY little statement drives me nuts from across the room. I also don't need to hear one side of the conversation, never mind both. This seems to cater to people that can't have a normal conversation, and to those that crank up the volume so much that the speaker distorts madly.
Sprint will take anybody. Of course, their "pay up front for the phone" approach generally keeps the worst non-payers away.
My phone was free after rebate. You could buy more expensive phones, but I chose to buy the best free phone.
I hate the $150 break-contract fee, but it seems everyone has that.
I think there is a possible problem if the primary and almost sole use of a device is to use it in commiting a crime and that there is little legitimate use of it.
Guns are a bad example, because people have successfully sued makers of guns that worked, but in the commission of a crime. This is in contrast with other industries, where companies are normally sued if a product *didn't* work when it should have and someone was hurt or killed because of malfunction.
Even then, that's not enough. Sometimes what is supposed to be a check and balance, the reviewers, end up getting paid off or are otherwise biased. Amazon was known to remove the undesirable reviews. Slashdot seems to get paid off by Roland Papsmear to drive traffic to his site. I've seen people go fanboy and lie, distort or misrepresent something they don't like, saying product X doesn't have feature Y when it really does.
I don't think they are an eyesore. Clean, white, slender, slow moving objects versus huge masses of concrete and cooling towers billowing steam? How is concrete and cooling towers helping you enjoy mother nature.
You are hitting on something though. What will it cost to refine this shale oil? We need to reduce our dependence on oil, particularly foreign oil, while it is still inexpensive.
There's a lot that can be done in the US, Japanese and British people consume about 45% less energy than American people, per capita. Should the cost of energy suddenly go up, as I would expect, particularly for political reasons, they will be much less hard hit than we are.
There are other posts that say floating point isn't necessary for ogg anymore.
I'm not sure what the benefit of using FP would be, because the input data is fixed-point, and the output data is fixed-point, converting to and from floating point anywhere in between would seem to be poor ways to do it.
iTunes allows people to import CDs and encode them to MP3, so AAC is beside the point, in my opinion.
I know MP3 is a patent encumbered format, the plain fact is that there is no realistic way of getting around it for consumer hardware, if it doesn't play MP3, it doesn't sell, so they will for the forseeable future, feature MP3.
I'm not sure how much more efficient OGG is, but unless it is 50% or more efficient for the same sound quality than MP3, I think that efficiency is kind of moot as storage capacity increases every year anyway.
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Too often, Linux doesn't work well with laptops anyway, especially if you want it to wake out of sleep or hibernation. Whose fault it is, I don't care, I won't lay the blame, but XP is probably the best you can do for most x86 laptops.
I wish they would licence out more. I think Apple stands to gain by allowing anyone to licence Fairplay, if only to push out Microsoft's licencing. While iPod maybe the #1 hard drive based player, I bet that all the rest that support protected Windows Media Player files out number iPod, as well as giving consumers a choice between stores, a lot apparently support protected WMP.
I think it does, because it could mean about 5 months' perpetuation.
Please define vertical and horizontal in terms of businesses and mergers.
Mobile phones have been pretty reliable, it just depends on the model. Don't just take what a salesman pushes, do a little research before buying.
It is still pretty slow. Even at the surface, solar power isn't very efficient in terms of cost or energy conversion, and below water, it takes a LOT of power to move about. Cheaper than replacing batteries manually? I suppose it would be. It would be good for very long term projects, I suppose.
I have to ask, why count those? For a person that downloads the latest version for every release, is every such download counted? If there were ten versions, one person could be counted ten times.
On the other hand, being the first to market is not an indicator of actual success. The last Sega system was out for nearly a year (I think) before PS2 and yet the PS2 basically helped give it an early demise.
There is no indication that Sony fed that information to the GameFAQs poster.
they are willing to pay a few multiples of its actual value.
Economists take the actual value of a product to be what people are willing to pay for it. If someone is willing to pay twice its suggested retail price to get it, then its value is twice SRP for that person.
Don't compare different sizes like that. Also, the USB "drives" don't have to fit within a physically restricted format as a standard flash module.
Pricewatch:
SANDISK - Memory Stick PRO 2GB $275, $289 $309 for the cheapest three dealers.
Sandisc compact flash 2GB $135.91 and up, remember, CF cards are considerably larger in volume.
The closest equivalent is SD card is 1GB, there is no 2GB version.
Suppliers can cut special deals to be featured in the latest popular consumer item, and cut special deals for very high volume purchases where both companies go direct to each other rather through distributors. Also, retailers mark up the price of individual parts much more than they can for a console.
I thought Sony makes small LCD panels too but maybe they decided to outsource that part. It is also possible that Sony and Sharp panels are being used. I'm sure there are a lot of trade-offs used to decide who to go to.
They suggested a puzzle game could run for 8 hours with wireless and audio turned off.
Here's one indication:
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What will the battery time be?
4-5 hours for Video watching through UMD.
4-6 hours average for gameplay through UMD.
4 hours with headphones and 50% volume, no WIFI and highest screen brightness (180 cd/m2).
6 hours with headphones and 50% volume, no WIFI and lowest screen brightness (80 cd/m2).
I don't understand, are you saying the phone service killed your credit rating, or that your credit rating prevented you from getting a contract plan in the first place?
I chose Sprint because they have the best reception in my area. ATT, Verizon, Nextel all had worse connectivity in general, in my area. I guess there are other players, I don't pay attention.
And I hate Nextel for the push to talk feature. The connect / disconnect beeps for EVERY little statement drives me nuts from across the room. I also don't need to hear one side of the conversation, never mind both. This seems to cater to people that can't have a normal conversation, and to those that crank up the volume so much that the speaker distorts madly.
Sprint will take anybody. Of course, their "pay up front for the phone" approach generally keeps the worst non-payers away.
My phone was free after rebate. You could buy more expensive phones, but I chose to buy the best free phone.
I hate the $150 break-contract fee, but it seems everyone has that.
I think there is a possible problem if the primary and almost sole use of a device is to use it in commiting a crime and that there is little legitimate use of it.
Guns are a bad example, because people have successfully sued makers of guns that worked, but in the commission of a crime. This is in contrast with other industries, where companies are normally sued if a product *didn't* work when it should have and someone was hurt or killed because of malfunction.
Gran Turismo 3 demonstrates quite well the types of skills necessary to take on the track.
You mean the same game where a Cooper Mini can slip and slide slide while going around a *gentle* paved, dry curve going only 45mph?
Car racing games are more cartoon physics than gamers let on.
Even then, that's not enough. Sometimes what is supposed to be a check and balance, the reviewers, end up getting paid off or are otherwise biased. Amazon was known to remove the undesirable reviews. Slashdot seems to get paid off by Roland Papsmear to drive traffic to his site. I've seen people go fanboy and lie, distort or misrepresent something they don't like, saying product X doesn't have feature Y when it really does.
I don't think they are an eyesore. Clean, white, slender, slow moving objects versus huge masses of concrete and cooling towers billowing steam? How is concrete and cooling towers helping you enjoy mother nature.
Yeah, suggesting that people pollute as much as they possibly can is a sane thing to do.
You are hitting on something though. What will it cost to refine this shale oil? We need to reduce our dependence on oil, particularly foreign oil, while it is still inexpensive.
There's a lot that can be done in the US, Japanese and British people consume about 45% less energy than American people, per capita. Should the cost of energy suddenly go up, as I would expect, particularly for political reasons, they will be much less hard hit than we are.
There are other posts that say floating point isn't necessary for ogg anymore.
I'm not sure what the benefit of using FP would be, because the input data is fixed-point, and the output data is fixed-point, converting to and from floating point anywhere in between would seem to be poor ways to do it.
iTunes allows people to import CDs and encode them to MP3, so AAC is beside the point, in my opinion.
I know MP3 is a patent encumbered format, the plain fact is that there is no realistic way of getting around it for consumer hardware, if it doesn't play MP3, it doesn't sell, so they will for the forseeable future, feature MP3.
I'm not sure how much more efficient OGG is, but unless it is 50% or more efficient for the same sound quality than MP3, I think that efficiency is kind of moot as storage capacity increases every year anyway.
One thing that bugs me is the number of sites that require accounts, even if to get freely available information and not like ordering or posting.