I used to work for a large OEM who used Intel processors.
As it happens I did as well and I am aware of the tactics you speak of. I am also aware of many other predatory practices Intel uses to strong arm it's OEMs but couldn't prove so I shall keep them to myself. Needless to say OEMs must work with the devil they know and that was one way they used Intel's tactics against itself.
You obviously aren't familiar with the business practices that led to this ruling. Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) like dell, hp, acer, lenovo, etc. get wholesale prices negotiated directly with Intel. It was suggested that if one of these OEMs was rumored to be in talks to offer an AMD proc system Intel would send a rep to advise them that they could no longer offer them preferred OEM pricing and the OEM would need to find a third party supplier to purchase their Intel chips in the future. Basically making the OEM buy their chips at retail prices. If you are looking at 20-30% increase in the cost of your primary component in an already tight margin product or shuttle your plans it's not hard to make that decision.
You also probably weren't aware of just how right your statement about the Itanium vs x64 was either. The Itanium was Intel's attempt to lock AMD out of the "clone" market because AMD didn't have a cross license to use the Itanium architecture. If the Itanium had succeeded there would no longer be a choice of processor for Intel based systems. Fortunately the Pentium 4 was a dog and ran very hot and consumed massive amounts of electricity. AMD meanwhile didn't rest on their laurels and came up with the x64 extensions which gave new life to the x86 line. Developers liked the x64 extensions because they didn't have to rewrite their code from scratch so it caught on quickly and Intel eventually licensed the x64 extensions from AMD.
I will concede that point about the Curves (83xx). I loved my 8800 but it was stolen so I decided to get the newer Curve and as you mentioned it borks every so often requiring a hard reset. My 8800 never gave me problems like that and I wouldn't mind getting another 88xx series.
Where I work they recently started allowing employees to bring their own 3Gs/4 iPhones to the network with the caveat there would be no support whatsoever to those people. In the the few months that policy has been in place there have been numerous company wide mobile email outages to those iPhones. Of course many executives switched and you can't NOT support the execs. AT&T couldn't figure out what the problem was and neither could Apple. In the 4 years I've been here I can count on one hand the number of times the email on the Blackberries has gone down. I've been discouraging people from getting iPhones for work and now I can actually offer them an alternative. I welcome the Torch with open arms.
It's amusing because when robbing a bank (or most any nefarious activity) the object is to be as nondescript as possible so as to blend in. All of this guys friends & acquaintances knew it was him the minute they saw this. I would be shocked if the Police don't already know who it is.
as well as lesser names such as Quanta, Invetec, Pegatron, and Compal
They may not be household names but I would hardly call them lesser names. In fact I would be shocked if hp's Slate offering wasn't built by Quanta.
Quanta Computer Incorporated (TWSE: 2382) is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware. It is the largest manufacturer of notebook computers in the world.[1] Its customers include ACER, Alienware, Apple Inc., Cisco, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, Gericom, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Maxdata, MPC, Sharp Corporation, Siemens AG, Sony, Sun Microsystems, and Toshiba. It was founded by Barry Lam in 1988. Lam continues to head the company.
Compal is the second largest notebook manufacturer in the world
3 January 2008: Asus formally splits into three companies: ASUSTeK, Pegatron and Unihan
To answer your question you must look at the law in question and go back to its origins and the culture at that time. The law in question gives a tax break to a MAN who is MARRIED because he is supporting TWO people on ONE income. At least that's why the law was enacted. Obviously society doesn't resemble anything like that these days. In most relationships today both individuals are employed. Despite this fact the law remains because it would be political suicide to even suggest the law be abolished. So what to do? Let's lobby to expand the unnecessary law to include more groups thus nullifying the law while keeping it in tact. We'll just raise another tax somewhere less "sensitive" and nobody will be the wiser. Why don't we lobby for removing the current tax credit instead of adding more complexity leading to more real world Chuck & Larry scenarios? I say that as a married man who enjoys the tax credit. I doubt that would gain traction because the group lobbying to be added to the tax credit use it as a political tool of their own to force Americans to accept their lifestyle.
Speaking of CRT monitors I remember when Sceptre monitors came with instructions in the manual that if you had banding on the screen then your monitor was not facing True North and recommending you reposition it so it was to correct the issue.
I remember igniting magnesium and throwing chunks of pure sodium in a bucket of water...Ahhh...those were fun times. It wasn't elementary but it was pretty cool.
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I used to work for a large OEM who used Intel processors.
As it happens I did as well and I am aware of the tactics you speak of. I am also aware of many other predatory practices Intel uses to strong arm it's OEMs but couldn't prove so I shall keep them to myself. Needless to say OEMs must work with the devil they know and that was one way they used Intel's tactics against itself.
You obviously aren't familiar with the business practices that led to this ruling. Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) like dell, hp, acer, lenovo, etc. get wholesale prices negotiated directly with Intel. It was suggested that if one of these OEMs was rumored to be in talks to offer an AMD proc system Intel would send a rep to advise them that they could no longer offer them preferred OEM pricing and the OEM would need to find a third party supplier to purchase their Intel chips in the future. Basically making the OEM buy their chips at retail prices. If you are looking at 20-30% increase in the cost of your primary component in an already tight margin product or shuttle your plans it's not hard to make that decision.
You also probably weren't aware of just how right your statement about the Itanium vs x64 was either. The Itanium was Intel's attempt to lock AMD out of the "clone" market because AMD didn't have a cross license to use the Itanium architecture. If the Itanium had succeeded there would no longer be a choice of processor for Intel based systems. Fortunately the Pentium 4 was a dog and ran very hot and consumed massive amounts of electricity. AMD meanwhile didn't rest on their laurels and came up with the x64 extensions which gave new life to the x86 line. Developers liked the x64 extensions because they didn't have to rewrite their code from scratch so it caught on quickly and Intel eventually licensed the x64 extensions from AMD.
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I hear Godwin is looking for Nazis in some of them.
I will concede that point about the Curves (83xx). I loved my 8800 but it was stolen so I decided to get the newer Curve and as you mentioned it borks every so often requiring a hard reset. My 8800 never gave me problems like that and I wouldn't mind getting another 88xx series.
Where I work they recently started allowing employees to bring their own 3Gs/4 iPhones to the network with the caveat there would be no support whatsoever to those people. In the the few months that policy has been in place there have been numerous company wide mobile email outages to those iPhones. Of course many executives switched and you can't NOT support the execs. AT&T couldn't figure out what the problem was and neither could Apple. In the 4 years I've been here I can count on one hand the number of times the email on the Blackberries has gone down. I've been discouraging people from getting iPhones for work and now I can actually offer them an alternative. I welcome the Torch with open arms.
If you RTFA you would have seen that the badges have a Ninja AND a Pirate ARGHHHH!
It's amusing because when robbing a bank (or most any nefarious activity) the object is to be as nondescript as possible so as to blend in. All of this guys friends & acquaintances knew it was him the minute they saw this. I would be shocked if the Police don't already know who it is.
You forgot to tell me to get off your lawn.
Oh, I'd say it's working out quit well for at least one company.
Unfortunately there are a lot more like this lady than there are of me.
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as well as lesser names such as Quanta, Invetec, Pegatron, and Compal
They may not be household names but I would hardly call them lesser names. In fact I would be shocked if hp's Slate offering wasn't built by Quanta.
Quanta Computer Incorporated (TWSE: 2382) is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware. It is the largest manufacturer of notebook computers in the world.[1] Its customers include ACER, Alienware, Apple Inc., Cisco, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, Gericom, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Maxdata, MPC, Sharp Corporation, Siemens AG, Sony, Sun Microsystems, and Toshiba. It was founded by Barry Lam in 1988. Lam continues to head the company.
Compal is the second largest notebook manufacturer in the world
3 January 2008: Asus formally splits into three companies: ASUSTeK, Pegatron and Unihan
To answer your question you must look at the law in question and go back to its origins and the culture at that time. The law in question gives a tax break to a MAN who is MARRIED because he is supporting TWO people on ONE income. At least that's why the law was enacted. Obviously society doesn't resemble anything like that these days. In most relationships today both individuals are employed. Despite this fact the law remains because it would be political suicide to even suggest the law be abolished. So what to do? Let's lobby to expand the unnecessary law to include more groups thus nullifying the law while keeping it in tact. We'll just raise another tax somewhere less "sensitive" and nobody will be the wiser. Why don't we lobby for removing the current tax credit instead of adding more complexity leading to more real world Chuck & Larry scenarios? I say that as a married man who enjoys the tax credit. I doubt that would gain traction because the group lobbying to be added to the tax credit use it as a political tool of their own to force Americans to accept their lifestyle.
Speaking of CRT monitors I remember when Sceptre monitors came with instructions in the manual that if you had banding on the screen then your monitor was not facing True North and recommending you reposition it so it was to correct the issue.
*Sigh* The extended hand while pronouncing the name Denny Crane trumps all logic.
Actually the braking system failed. The brakes are used to keep the blades from spinning too fast.
Windmills can only spin so fast before the inertial, or effective, force tears them apart!
You are correct. I thought about it AFTER I hit submit. Please to forgive.
Pictures...or it didn't happen!
we need a -1 *WHOOOSH* mod
That's still better than the tens of trillions of dollars US Politicians cost the taxpayer.
I remember igniting magnesium and throwing chunks of pure sodium in a bucket of water...Ahhh...those were fun times. It wasn't elementary but it was pretty cool.
I thought it was C3-PO translating a quote from R2D2?
So it'll take what...a couple of weeks for them to port the existing iPhone Android ROM over. Best of both worlds!