A developer does not need a second monitor. At least in the same way carpenter doesn't *need* a tool box. A grocery bag would "work". But if you're paying her by the hour, you should hope that she has the tools necessary to make the most of your money!
Now that robots are setting prices, must they follow the same rules as people? I would think that, without any explicit agreement, using game theory type decision making alone, a pattern of "price fixing" could certainly emerge by virtue of different algorithms making their own optimizations.
But they got a patent. Because the patent office doesn't care if your work is good, only that it's original. So, a lot of ignorant people will be impressed by their "innovation".
That's very true and something I never really considered. As odd as it seems, I suppose that's a good thing!
Hard media is slowly going away. Like it or not, one day, games will be all downloaded. For better or worse, it's just more efficient. I don't know when, but that's just the way it will be. I like my hard copies, and you'll pry them from my crusty gout-ridden hands, but I'll be the exception.
Sadly, "used games" will likely be a nostalgia. Why do they have to fight so hard against the used market. Let us enjoy our bargain bin rummaging.
Used games exist. This means they were sold by someone, at some point, who owned it first hand. I'm curious how many first-hand buyers would be less likely to buy a game that has a largely diminished resell value?
While true, it I'm still dubious that it cannot be sufficiently achieved to run on the older, and still fairly Modern OSs. Especially as I expect tHe other leading browsers will certainly be able to do so.
If this browser is unable to run on even Windows XP, all it says to me is "Hi, I have to interact with your computer in a way no browser should need to."
Your gripe about links is valid in the context of Documents, which is what the Web was originally designed around. The problem, in my opinion, is that more and more, the Web is being used as an application platform. This is where things fall apart. The Web was not designed to work this way, and we need to constantly find ways to shoehorn applications over it, hence all that JavaScript. Though, I do agree that this is abused for the sake of tracking and SEO, which both, sadly make the Web a He'll for semantic content.
"Will that be enough of a discount to get readers to purchase an ad-supported device"
Yes. Because I'm sure that Amazon has done the market research. They didn't just make up a magical amount. I'm sure they did a cost / revenue analysis and also researched what discount would encourage customers to buy the device.
I hate advertisements, but I thought it interesting to see Amazon take a different approach. They are allowing customers to give feedback on the ads. I am curious if it is easy to upgrade the Special-Offer Kindle to a non-ad supported one.
So you tell that student. "Maybe so. But, I'm not grading you on the skills involved in plagiarizing a paper about Nabokov's Pale Fire".
If I ask you to write a paper on a specific book, but you decide to turn in a creative essay because "it is more valuable of an exercise", I'm going to grade you on how well you accomplished writing a paper for that book. If you really care about "the learning value of the assignment", then I can laugh when you whine about the grade
It's a common pattern with smart young students to challenge their Education. That's great. That is an important part of independent thinking. They will soon learn that often, they are judged not by what they've decided to do, but by how well they did what was asked of them. Sometimes that is fair and sometimes it isn't.
Learning and teaching is a subjective thing, and it depends on the student and the assignment. If the "poo-pooing" of the system is in earnest, good on them. Hopefully they've learned something. A lot of the time however, it's just a justification for the student to do as they please.
Yeah. I find this an amusing "boycott" as well. Is it productive as a "protest"? I cannot say. I hope that a crowd at Sony doesn't simply draw a bigger crowd. "Ohh.. may as well pick up some headphones while I'm here!!"
BTW, your use of "==" confuses equivalency with implication. Change "==" to "implies, and "!=" to "does not imply", and you are golden.
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A developer does not need a second monitor. At least in the same way carpenter doesn't *need* a tool box. A grocery bag would "work". But if you're paying her by the hour, you should hope that she has the tools necessary to make the most of your money!
"Such as 'cheese' (spectacular build orders that attempt to outplay an opponent early in the game)."
I'm going to start canon-rushing just so I can quote that line when I get raged. "Sorry you were no match for my spectacular build order, NOOB".
Because I was not able to reach the site from Charter.
That would imply they are interested in fixing issues.
"force the oil companies that for every cent above 2 dollars they charge per gallon, the US government gets 2 cents of it"
Am I parsing this wrong? The government would get 2 cents for every 1 cent?
That's akin to saying, "hey, when you kill yourself, they know we are torturing you, so please stop killing yourself".
Who's signing the "only work so many hours" pledge?
I would never let anyone barrow my car. But, feel free to car my barrow.
http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_apr2006/MotorizedWheelbarrow.jpg
But too often, to troubleshoot a slow connection, I'd disable it. It's easier just to keep it invisible.
Now that robots are setting prices, must they follow the same rules as people? I would think that, without any explicit agreement, using game theory type decision making alone, a pattern of "price fixing" could certainly emerge by virtue of different algorithms making their own optimizations.
Is this okay?
I'd think these issues are general so far as storing your data "anywhere but here" is concerned.
"Rational people generally are in the minority like that."
And ironically, the majority of people seem to agree!
But they got a patent. Because the patent office doesn't care if your work is good, only that it's original. So, a lot of ignorant people will be impressed by their "innovation".
That's very true and something I never really considered. As odd as it seems, I suppose that's a good thing!
For now. But, over time even to the last mile, it will be more economical to transmit media rather than haul it.
Hard media is slowly going away. Like it or not, one day, games will be all downloaded. For better or worse, it's just more efficient. I don't know when, but that's just the way it will be. I like my hard copies, and you'll pry them from my crusty gout-ridden hands, but I'll be the exception.
Sadly, "used games" will likely be a nostalgia. Why do they have to fight so hard against the used market. Let us enjoy our bargain bin rummaging.
Used games exist. This means they were sold by someone, at some point, who owned it first hand. I'm curious how many first-hand buyers would be less likely to buy a game that has a largely diminished resell value?
While true, it I'm still dubious that it cannot be sufficiently achieved to run on the older, and still fairly Modern OSs. Especially as I expect tHe other leading browsers will certainly be able to do so.
If this browser is unable to run on even Windows XP, all it says to me is "Hi, I have to interact with your computer in a way no browser should need to."
Your gripe about links is valid in the context of Documents, which is what the Web was originally designed around. The problem, in my opinion, is that more and more, the Web is being used as an application platform. This is where things fall apart. The Web was not designed to work this way, and we need to constantly find ways to shoehorn applications over it, hence all that JavaScript. Though, I do agree that this is abused for the sake of tracking and SEO, which both, sadly make the Web a He'll for semantic content.
To the .torrent so I can watch it on my jail-broke iPad?
JVM bytecode and Java's language syntax are two very different things.
Windows8MyComputer
"Will that be enough of a discount to get readers to purchase an ad-supported device"
Yes. Because I'm sure that Amazon has done the market research. They didn't just make up a magical amount. I'm sure they did a cost / revenue analysis and also researched what discount would encourage customers to buy the device.
I hate advertisements, but I thought it interesting to see Amazon take a different approach. They are allowing customers to give feedback on the ads. I am curious if it is easy to upgrade the Special-Offer Kindle to a non-ad supported one.
So you tell that student. "Maybe so. But, I'm not grading you on the skills involved in plagiarizing a paper about Nabokov's Pale Fire".
If I ask you to write a paper on a specific book, but you decide to turn in a creative essay because "it is more valuable of an exercise", I'm going to grade you on how well you accomplished writing a paper for that book. If you really care about "the learning value of the assignment", then I can laugh when you whine about the grade
It's a common pattern with smart young students to challenge their Education. That's great. That is an important part of independent thinking. They will soon learn that often, they are judged not by what they've decided to do, but by how well they did what was asked of them. Sometimes that is fair and sometimes it isn't.
Learning and teaching is a subjective thing, and it depends on the student and the assignment. If the "poo-pooing" of the system is in earnest, good on them. Hopefully they've learned something. A lot of the time however, it's just a justification for the student to do as they please.
Yeah. I find this an amusing "boycott" as well. Is it productive as a "protest"? I cannot say. I hope that a crowd at Sony doesn't simply draw a bigger crowd. "Ohh.. may as well pick up some headphones while I'm here!!"
BTW, your use of "==" confuses equivalency with implication. Change "==" to "implies, and "!=" to "does not imply", and you are golden.
Grand scheme!! If they do that, I'll write a bot that will auto-create accounts to stream porn. I'll be the first to report each and every one!