Mod parent up. Saying there was nothing good about FFXIV is insightful and spot on in this context. The reality is there's not a single thing in FFXIV that can be "ruined" by some sort of NGE.
What you are missing is that Sun and now Oracle say that you can't have access to the patent grant for your JVM unless you can pass the TCK. Basically Oracle uses the TCK as a way to stop anyone from making their own royalty free java runtime.
That's usually how peering agreements work: you pay for traffic that you send to another network, but not traffic that you are receiving.
You are leaving out one very important fact. Peering agreements are made based on the concept that some of the traffic you are sending is going through the network to another network. Comcast doesn't do that though. They just take the data and deliver it to their users.
Yes you have it exactly right. In our reality companies like Comcast are supposed to PAY to connect to the internet (ie Level3) or agree to a ratio of traffic. They agreed to send Level3 as much data as they received. Now they can no longer meet that agreement and should be paying Level3 some money.
The pure definition of peering is settlement-free or "sender keeps all," meaning that neither party pays the other for the exchanged traffic; instead, each derives revenue from its own customers.
The reality is that Level3 usually CHARGES companies like Comcast money for peering. I'm actually a bit confused how Comcast could get a settlement free peering agreement in the first place. However they managed it the idea that an end user network like Comcast would whine about being allowed to leech more traffic off of a tier 1 like Level3 is frankly absurd.
It's about time someone tried this. The idea of using an onscreen keyboard is dumb though. Now that they have a touch screen big enough for both hands to spread out on they should of come up with a better way to do touch text input. I bet the end result will at least get within shooting distance of keyboard speed. For those times when you just have to sit down and type out some code there is always the USB port.
Wave was an amazing idea with some really poor implementation. Having wiki capabilities but no revision control? Duh. No way to create some sort of social grouping or mailing list or whatever. Not letting the wave creator kick people from the wave. Not letting the wave creator set even basic editing privileges. Wave didn't fail to take off because it was confusing. It failed to take off because it wasn't even ready for alpha status. They should of spent less time trying to shove it as some sort of email replacement and more time making it at least work.
PC's may be generations ahead in hardware, but they still don't offer the convenience and simplicity of a console, which is why they are popular.
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PC's would be just as cheap and convenient if people would resist the urge to constantly upgrade. The reality is that when they get the ability to upgrade they chose to do so. I think the couch has far more to do with the success of the console frankly.
The PS3 might not be "maxed out" in terms of software existing which uses it's good points. It's pretty clear though that it's maxed out in terms of what the gaming market is ever going to do with it. The reality is that Sony tried to go a new direction with hardware but they failed to get the market stranglehold they needed to force developers to take risks on new coding styles for a platform specific title.
Either way the original point that the PC has far surpassed the PS3 is still true. The PS3 has way too much power in certain area's that aren't necessary. In area's like GPU and memory though it's pathetic. It was in many ways far subpar to PC's the day it was released.
Apple's mistake the first time around was sacrificing software sales to spur high margin hardware sales. That was a huge mistake because as Microsoft proved the real money was in the software. This time though the opponent is giving away their software for free and there's no way iOS can beat that for market share. Even if Apple did open iOS to other phones it wouldn't help. The whole locked platform/developer exclusion is just pure idiocy though. That part isn't making them any money at all.
The Battle.net tie-ins for single player are really just a ploy to cut down on pirating. On consoles they'd be far more worried about used game sales instead. I can't imagine Blizz releasing a game without Battle.net support for multiplayer and achievements though. It will be interesting to see if Microsoft will allow that. B.net is as fully featured as Live is these days so this could be a major sticking point that pushes Blizzard content towards the PS3 similar to what happened with Steam.
I think it's a mistake to pigeon hole Linux specifically for this type of question. A more pertinent question should be more about having an open source operating system alternative to Windows. There's no reason to use generic Linux for that specifically. There is definitely a reason to replace Windows with open source though.
You're just explaining what you think is good. That has nothing to do with whether or not something fits the descriptor of "science fiction". The reality is based off what you said you don't like real sci fi. There's no need to feel threatened by that though. We aren't going to revoke your geek card.
This is the kind of comment that deserves to go past 5. I realize a lot of people love the show but at least accept the "human" psylons were an attempt to move AWAY from sci fi and keep production costs down. The fact that it let them add a bunch more drama was just a bonus.
Sounds like an improvement to me. Better than "The Grapes of Wrath" for sure. At least your average high school student might actually READ "The da Vinci Code".
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Everyone always thinks the point of games is biased but the reality is a large portion of nerds/geeks/hackers/etc are gamers. These people are not in any way large compared to the market as a whole but they make up a huge chunk of the people that can easily switch and might want to switch. Without these people leading the way for others to switch I suspect Linux will always be stuck.
Clearly Microsoft knows what it's doing too. This is probably the main reason they don't just outright 100% abandon their PC game market in favor of the Xbox.
No it's tensile strength AND weight along with at least some attention to actual volume. It doesn't matter what unit the GP intended because there isn't a single unit that determines "strength" in this context period.
I'm not sure I understand your argument. When we discuss strength in this context we obviously mean "suitability for a bulletproof vest" or "suitability to make a space elevator" etc. Strength does not equal MPa.
I think it's worth pointing out that the reviews are far far worse than the blurb implies. Currently on metacritic it's at 56. Even worse both Gamespot and IGN have slammed the game with numbers below 60%. In the game review business these sorts of numbers are never really used on a big AAA publisher. Even if the game is the worst game ever it's pretty rare for it to go below 65% from Gamespot or IGN.
It won't happen and many countries would actively use violence to oppose any attempts to cause it to happen. I'm not so sure the average American wouldn't use violence to oppose any sort of "behavior modification" as well. Knowing that pushing for it is just stupid. Technological solutions are the only way.
This is why many environmentalist pushes to have us cut down on usage are not going to save anything. Sure we should all change our light bulbs but our only real chance to clean up the environment is a massive public push to increase science spending on all fronts. Turning off our AC isn't going to cut it. Even if we do it a bunch of countries like India and China are going to make it moot point and you can be damn sure it'd be war if we actually tried to stop those countries from improving their livelihoods.
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Mod parent up. Saying there was nothing good about FFXIV is insightful and spot on in this context. The reality is there's not a single thing in FFXIV that can be "ruined" by some sort of NGE.
What you are missing is that Sun and now Oracle say that you can't have access to the patent grant for your JVM unless you can pass the TCK. Basically Oracle uses the TCK as a way to stop anyone from making their own royalty free java runtime.
That's usually how peering agreements work: you pay for traffic that you send to another network, but not traffic that you are receiving.
You are leaving out one very important fact. Peering agreements are made based on the concept that some of the traffic you are sending is going through the network to another network. Comcast doesn't do that though. They just take the data and deliver it to their users.
Yes you have it exactly right. In our reality companies like Comcast are supposed to PAY to connect to the internet (ie Level3) or agree to a ratio of traffic. They agreed to send Level3 as much data as they received. Now they can no longer meet that agreement and should be paying Level3 some money.
That argument is BS. Here's the relevant line from wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering
The pure definition of peering is settlement-free or "sender keeps all," meaning that neither party pays the other for the exchanged traffic; instead, each derives revenue from its own customers.
The reality is that Level3 usually CHARGES companies like Comcast money for peering. I'm actually a bit confused how Comcast could get a settlement free peering agreement in the first place. However they managed it the idea that an end user network like Comcast would whine about being allowed to leech more traffic off of a tier 1 like Level3 is frankly absurd.
Title seems wrong. We should be asking if we'll ever see the web again or if it will forever be buried under a layer of flash.
It seems to me that the better way to go is just have the software put home row wherever the user sets his hands down.
It's about time someone tried this. The idea of using an onscreen keyboard is dumb though. Now that they have a touch screen big enough for both hands to spread out on they should of come up with a better way to do touch text input. I bet the end result will at least get within shooting distance of keyboard speed. For those times when you just have to sit down and type out some code there is always the USB port.
If you think nobody has any use for group collaboration software you are nuts.
You misunderstood completely. My point was that Apple can't possibly take over the market so they should just keep printing money.
Locking the iphone though (ie denying root) is dumb.
Wave was an amazing idea with some really poor implementation. Having wiki capabilities but no revision control? Duh. No way to create some sort of social grouping or mailing list or whatever. Not letting the wave creator kick people from the wave. Not letting the wave creator set even basic editing privileges. Wave didn't fail to take off because it was confusing. It failed to take off because it wasn't even ready for alpha status. They should of spent less time trying to shove it as some sort of email replacement and more time making it at least work.
PC's may be generations ahead in hardware, but they still don't offer the convenience and simplicity of a console, which is why they are popular.
citation needed
PC's would be just as cheap and convenient if people would resist the urge to constantly upgrade. The reality is that when they get the ability to upgrade they chose to do so. I think the couch has far more to do with the success of the console frankly.
The PS3 might not be "maxed out" in terms of software existing which uses it's good points. It's pretty clear though that it's maxed out in terms of what the gaming market is ever going to do with it. The reality is that Sony tried to go a new direction with hardware but they failed to get the market stranglehold they needed to force developers to take risks on new coding styles for a platform specific title.
Either way the original point that the PC has far surpassed the PS3 is still true. The PS3 has way too much power in certain area's that aren't necessary. In area's like GPU and memory though it's pathetic. It was in many ways far subpar to PC's the day it was released.
Apple's mistake the first time around was sacrificing software sales to spur high margin hardware sales. That was a huge mistake because as Microsoft proved the real money was in the software. This time though the opponent is giving away their software for free and there's no way iOS can beat that for market share. Even if Apple did open iOS to other phones it wouldn't help. The whole locked platform/developer exclusion is just pure idiocy though. That part isn't making them any money at all.
The Battle.net tie-ins for single player are really just a ploy to cut down on pirating. On consoles they'd be far more worried about used game sales instead. I can't imagine Blizz releasing a game without Battle.net support for multiplayer and achievements though. It will be interesting to see if Microsoft will allow that. B.net is as fully featured as Live is these days so this could be a major sticking point that pushes Blizzard content towards the PS3 similar to what happened with Steam.
I think it's a mistake to pigeon hole Linux specifically for this type of question. A more pertinent question should be more about having an open source operating system alternative to Windows. There's no reason to use generic Linux for that specifically. There is definitely a reason to replace Windows with open source though.
You're just explaining what you think is good. That has nothing to do with whether or not something fits the descriptor of "science fiction". The reality is based off what you said you don't like real sci fi. There's no need to feel threatened by that though. We aren't going to revoke your geek card.
This is the kind of comment that deserves to go past 5. I realize a lot of people love the show but at least accept the "human" psylons were an attempt to move AWAY from sci fi and keep production costs down. The fact that it let them add a bunch more drama was just a bonus.
Sounds like an improvement to me. Better than "The Grapes of Wrath" for sure. At least your average high school student might actually READ "The da Vinci Code".
Everyone always thinks the point of games is biased but the reality is a large portion of nerds/geeks/hackers/etc are gamers. These people are not in any way large compared to the market as a whole but they make up a huge chunk of the people that can easily switch and might want to switch. Without these people leading the way for others to switch I suspect Linux will always be stuck.
Clearly Microsoft knows what it's doing too. This is probably the main reason they don't just outright 100% abandon their PC game market in favor of the Xbox.
No it's tensile strength AND weight along with at least some attention to actual volume. It doesn't matter what unit the GP intended because there isn't a single unit that determines "strength" in this context period.
I'm not sure I understand your argument. When we discuss strength in this context we obviously mean "suitability for a bulletproof vest" or "suitability to make a space elevator" etc. Strength does not equal MPa.
I think it's worth pointing out that the reviews are far far worse than the blurb implies. Currently on metacritic it's at 56. Even worse both Gamespot and IGN have slammed the game with numbers below 60%. In the game review business these sorts of numbers are never really used on a big AAA publisher. Even if the game is the worst game ever it's pretty rare for it to go below 65% from Gamespot or IGN.
It won't happen and many countries would actively use violence to oppose any attempts to cause it to happen. I'm not so sure the average American wouldn't use violence to oppose any sort of "behavior modification" as well. Knowing that pushing for it is just stupid. Technological solutions are the only way.
This is why many environmentalist pushes to have us cut down on usage are not going to save anything. Sure we should all change our light bulbs but our only real chance to clean up the environment is a massive public push to increase science spending on all fronts. Turning off our AC isn't going to cut it. Even if we do it a bunch of countries like India and China are going to make it moot point and you can be damn sure it'd be war if we actually tried to stop those countries from improving their livelihoods.