Yeah, the article didn't dispute that either. The reason people want alternatives (inferior as they may be) is Apple's tyrannical control over the platform.
More than just gaming seems to be moving in this "total lockdown" kind of direction. Just look at smart phones, game consoles, the iPad, app stores, cloud computing, etc. If technologies such as these become an adequate replacement for enough PC use cases, they might marginalize the PC at a detriment to society.
Without a free-to-tinker ecosystem of computing devices, will young brains still be able to grow up as innovators, or will they be more likely to end up tools? Without an accessible "playground" platform will they be more likely to end up in unproductive disciplines?
Anyone of this mindset should devote effort to evangelize the freedom to tinker values. If consumers don't accept locked down products, supply and demand will keep the PC alive.
I'm not sure, I have to admit I was never excited about the lame "default" manuals that come with games. They usually do little more than just enumerate the keyboard commands and menu options, kind of like motherboard manuals.
Now, strategy guides are a real, non-trivial resource. But those never come with games anyway.
Not to mention the numerous embedded devices smaller than phones. For example, there are Bluetooth and WiFi chips, 3G modems, GPS chips, etc. all of which run on embedded ARM cores.
Me: "What's the task?" Quest NPC: "I need ya to collect ten rat tails to prove that yer worthy of this task." Me: "You can't possibly be serious!" DM: "The entire table bursts out in laughter." "I'm just poking fun here."
You're on the right track. The real problem would end up being thermal noise in the receiver, which you would compensate by increasing transmit power, which you could only do until the fiber melted down.
The really close-by frequencies don't work because they interfere with each other.
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"Why don't you go by Michael?" - "Why should I change? He's the one who sucks!"
There was no reason to use a manned launcher to orbit the Hubble.
For the cost of the repair mission and all the other worthless manned flights they could have put up 10 Hubbles.
Yeah, the article didn't dispute that either. The reason people want alternatives (inferior as they may be) is Apple's tyrannical control over the platform.
More than just gaming seems to be moving in this "total lockdown" kind of direction. Just look at smart phones, game consoles, the iPad, app stores, cloud computing, etc. If technologies such as these become an adequate replacement for enough PC use cases, they might marginalize the PC at a detriment to society.
Without a free-to-tinker ecosystem of computing devices, will young brains still be able to grow up as innovators, or will they be more likely to end up tools? Without an accessible "playground" platform will they be more likely to end up in unproductive disciplines?
Anyone of this mindset should devote effort to evangelize the freedom to tinker values. If consumers don't accept locked down products, supply and demand will keep the PC alive.
I'm not sure, I have to admit I was never excited about the lame "default" manuals that come with games. They usually do little more than just enumerate the keyboard commands and menu options, kind of like motherboard manuals.
Now, strategy guides are a real, non-trivial resource. But those never come with games anyway.
Not to mention the numerous embedded devices smaller than phones. For example, there are Bluetooth and WiFi chips, 3G modems, GPS chips, etc. all of which run on embedded ARM cores.
Me: "What's the task?"
Quest NPC: "I need ya to collect ten rat tails to prove that yer worthy of this task."
Me: "You can't possibly be serious!"
DM: "The entire table bursts out in laughter." "I'm just poking fun here."
This diagram sums it up well.
Grounding is easy too, just make sure to use quality 3-prong power cables, and test the outlets to make sure the ground is not disconnected.
Airliners have multiple pilots ;)
I'm sure it helps to not spend 23% of your yearly federal budget on the military. And what do you know, Japan was also demilitarized after WWII.
Best. Comment. Ever. :)
This still happens to me even today. Trouble is I usually wake up right after :D
Not to mention being forbidden from having a military. I bet the USA could build up a hell of a broadband system on the 23% military budget...
You're on the right track. The real problem would end up being thermal noise in the receiver, which you would compensate by increasing transmit power, which you could only do until the fiber melted down.
The really close-by frequencies don't work because they interfere with each other.
If 30% is a tax credit wouldn't the overall savings be less than 50%, depending on tax rate?
What if the rocket gets into the wrong orbit due to some sort of thruster malfunction? Huh? Huh?
With a broadband connection 100x faster they can deliver 100x more ads :)
So a whole month to change a font? That kind of supports the submitter's point of view ;)
Are you serious? None of those more useful things you listed would be here without, say, nuclear physics. Scanning microscopes, NMRI, VLSI... heh.
So then we can be 3dB less afraid!
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Yay, I learned a new word today! And thus, Slashdot schooling was born.
Army invents the sonic trap!
That is exactly why Google doesn't have any major data centers in China- so not a lot.
*facepalm*