Oh, and I'd once again like to put emphasis on that the more storage space they offer, the more interested I am in their *other* featuers, like I said in my first post.
It's not like I go, "oooh these providers all offer 1 GB, then their other features don't matter", like it seemed you implied when I re-read your post.:-)
In my opinion, 1 GB is already so much that other features matter when I decide what mail service to use. It's not like a 10 GB mail service is 5x better than a 2 GB one. And it's not like this change would make Hotmail twice as good as Gmail.
I'm not saying this just because I like Gmail, since I *would* consider another service if Gmail just offered 20 MB while another offered 1 GB. It's just that these storage spaces are no longer an issue for me at 1 GB.
More like the opposite -- risking having so much mail and suddenly something bad happens to the online service.
"PC games will never go away, but if the market keeps shrinking due to the increasing ease of piracy... then the number and quality of games will almost certainly decrease."
Almost a perfect quote from computer mags 10 years ago, yet World of Warcraft, Neverwinter Nights 2, Half-Life 2, etc are under development. How can that be? Games constantly rise in technical quality and complexity, and it's not uncommon these days to have games in development for 4 years or more. It's BIG business.
In contrast, if predictions like that were true, we'd probably play something like Alien Invaders 2000 by now.:-P
Personally, I think -- yes, piracy is bad if you don't buy the games you actually like. In other cases, I find it to be very useful. That games have demo versions isn't a given, especially not demo versions you can try out before a game hits the store to decide if you should get it. A perfect way to boycott junk game publishers very conveniently without having to go back to stores and returning games.
at least have the facts my friend... or just use logic:-)
Lucasfilm would've needed to do an extraordinary CG job with lip synchornization to reuse another cut scene for that Jabba thing. I mean, Han Solo was there talking to him.:-S
Or the part where Luke shouts "Carrie!" instead of "Leia!" at the end of Ep IV. Fun stuff like that should definitely be left in.
From IMDb...
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: It is frequently claimed that upon returning to the Rebel base after destroying the Death Star, Luke exclaims, "Carrie!" when he hears Leia (Carrie Fisher) call "Luke!" Sound designer Ben Burtt has confirmed that, after extensive listening, it appears to be "Hey" or "Yay"; 'Mark Hamill' reports that he said, "Hey! There she is!" but mumbled the last word.
Browse with Mozilla and you'll stay clear of any popups and/or malicious stuff the page is trying to install. (I got some complaints from a friend when I gave the link, don't really what it was all about, but something I guess made IE go nuts)
I did some browsing and found a Wikipedia article that informs about this particular "singularity" term.
Also, here's some of Arthur C Clarke's predictions:
2002 Clean low-power fuel involving a new energy source, possibly based on cold fusion. 2003 The automobile industry is given five years to replace fossil fuels. 2004 First publicly admitted human clone. 2006 Last coal mine closed. 2009 A city in a third world country is devastated by an atomic bomb explosion. 2009 All nuclear weapons are destroyed. 2010 A new form of space-based energy is adopted. 2010 Despite protests against "big brother," ubiquitous monitoring eliminates many forms of criminal activity. 2011 Space flights become available for the public. 2013 Prince Harry flies in space. 2015 Complete control of matter at the atomic level is achieved. 2016 All existing currencies are abolished. A universal currency is adopted based on the "megawatt hour." 2017 Arthur C. Clarke, on his one hundredth birthday, is a guest on the space orbiter. 2019 There is a meteorite impact on Earth. 2020 Artificial Intelligence reaches human levels. There are now two intelligent species on Earth, one biological, and one nonbiological. 2021 The first human landing on Mars is achieved. There is an unpleasant surprise. 2023 Dinosaurs are cloned from fragments of DNA. A dinosaur zoo opens in Florida. 2025 Brain research leads to an understanding of all human senses. Full immersion virtual reality becomes available. The user puts on a metal helmet and is then able to enter "new universes." 2040 A universal replicator based on nanotechnology is now able to create any object from gourmet meals to diamonds. The only thing that has value is information. 2040 The concept of human "work" is phased out. 2061 Hunter gatherer societies are recreated. 2061 The return of Haley's comet is visited by humans. 2090 Large scale burning of fossil fuels is resumed to replace carbon dioxide. 2095 A true "space drive" is developed. The first humans are sent out to nearby star systems already visited by robots. 2100 History begins.
... followed by Mission To Mars, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Equilibrium, Dog Soldiers, Armageddon, Water World, Star Wars Episode 1, Matrix Revolutions.
There's a few, although none of them "beat" MK with its non-existant plot and acting. It's even based on a lot of special effects and they fail miserably even there.
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If it's done, wouldn't surprise me if it would become a very average zombie flick, like... mmm, Resident Evil?
A plot summary for that movie snagged from IMDb:
"In an isolated town named Raccoon City, the largest corporate supplier of healthcare, medical supplies, and defense technology has a secret research facility located half a mile underground called The Hive. Five hours ago the "T Virus" was "accidentally" released. Now the Umbrella Corporation has sent in a special team to contain the situation and re-take the facility. This becomes somewhat of a problem when all of the dead scientists come back to life in search of a snack."
Yeah, sounds about right.
Let's see the Doom 3 adaption:
"In an isolated research facility at Mars located half a mile underground, an experiment goes awry with extradimensional demons being released. Now the UAC has sent in a special team to contain the situation and re-take the facility. This becomes somewhat of a problem when all of the dead scientists come back to life in search of a snack."
While there is some truth to this, if you do this you will end up running very old (and sometimes quite buggy) video drivers. I haven't seen any recent video drivers that are WHQL certified. At least, not nVidia drivers. I suspect this is the same case with ATI as well. Probably not as much so for run-of-the-mill 2D cards.
It's not like Longhorn will drop support for Windows.Forms, and I think the only thing they might miss is some GUI widgets and some special functionality new to Longhorn. I think most people can make that tradeoff for platform independency for now. If they want to make platform depended stuff using the very latest Longhorn stuff, go for Microsoft.NET.
According to SANS (link above), only 6% has been forced to rebuild their system after install. Not too shabby!
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At least you can get a spelling checker plugin for IE.
huh?
Yes, I know. :-/
... err, general quality?*
*swears about the Megapixel frenzy on digital cameras -- what about
Oh, and I'd once again like to put emphasis on that the more storage space they offer, the more interested I am in their *other* featuers, like I said in my first post.
:-)
It's not like I go, "oooh these providers all offer 1 GB, then their other features don't matter", like it seemed you implied when I re-read your post.
If you'd turn it into a formula, yes, that would probably be what you'd get. :-)
500 MB - 1 GB is likely to be more than enough for my needs.
In my opinion, 1 GB is already so much that other features matter when I decide what mail service to use. It's not like a 10 GB mail service is 5x better than a 2 GB one. And it's not like this change would make Hotmail twice as good as Gmail.
I'm not saying this just because I like Gmail, since I *would* consider another service if Gmail just offered 20 MB while another offered 1 GB. It's just that these storage spaces are no longer an issue for me at 1 GB.
More like the opposite -- risking having so much mail and suddenly something bad happens to the online service.
"PC games will never go away, but if the market keeps shrinking due to the increasing ease of piracy... then the number and quality of games will almost certainly decrease."
:-P
Almost a perfect quote from computer mags 10 years ago, yet World of Warcraft, Neverwinter Nights 2, Half-Life 2, etc are under development. How can that be? Games constantly rise in technical quality and complexity, and it's not uncommon these days to have games in development for 4 years or more. It's BIG business.
In contrast, if predictions like that were true, we'd probably play something like Alien Invaders 2000 by now.
Personally, I think -- yes, piracy is bad if you don't buy the games you actually like. In other cases, I find it to be very useful. That games have demo versions isn't a given, especially not demo versions you can try out before a game hits the store to decide if you should get it. A perfect way to boycott junk game publishers very conveniently without having to go back to stores and returning games.
Sunbird is less descriptive than Excel? Curious.
No. Excel is also a bad name.
However, that doesn't make Sunbird a better name.
What's your point anyway?
The first time I've heard someone compare a software with a great civilization. You must think Microsoft (*and* Linux!?) is big indeed.
at least have the facts my friend ... or just use logic :-)
:-S
Lucasfilm would've needed to do an extraordinary CG job with lip synchornization to reuse another cut scene for that Jabba thing. I mean, Han Solo was there talking to him.
Or the part where Luke shouts "Carrie!" instead of "Leia!" at the end of Ep IV. Fun stuff like that should definitely be left in.
From IMDb...
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: It is frequently claimed that upon returning to the Rebel base after destroying the Death Star, Luke exclaims, "Carrie!" when he hears Leia (Carrie Fisher) call "Luke!" Sound designer Ben Burtt has confirmed that, after extensive listening, it appears to be "Hey" or "Yay"; 'Mark Hamill' reports that he said, "Hey! There she is!" but mumbled the last word.
The page blows- there is nothing funny there, even if you try...
:-)
I agree most are far fetched, but I found some gems in there, such as
"In the lab at Vampire Village, when Luke tells Lizzy 'a horror handed me dad's wallet', horror sounds like whore."
This list is kind of funny.
Browse with Mozilla and you'll stay clear of any popups and/or malicious stuff the page is trying to install. (I got some complaints from a friend when I gave the link, don't really what it was all about, but something I guess made IE go nuts)
I did some browsing and found a Wikipedia article that informs about this particular "singularity" term.
Also, here's some of Arthur C Clarke's predictions:
2002 Clean low-power fuel involving a new energy source, possibly based on cold fusion.
2003 The automobile industry is given five years to replace fossil fuels.
2004 First publicly admitted human clone.
2006 Last coal mine closed.
2009 A city in a third world country is devastated by an atomic bomb explosion.
2009 All nuclear weapons are destroyed.
2010 A new form of space-based energy is adopted.
2010 Despite protests against "big brother," ubiquitous monitoring eliminates many forms of criminal activity.
2011 Space flights become available for the public.
2013 Prince Harry flies in space.
2015 Complete control of matter at the atomic level is achieved.
2016 All existing currencies are abolished. A universal currency is adopted based on the "megawatt hour."
2017 Arthur C. Clarke, on his one hundredth birthday, is a guest on the space orbiter.
2019 There is a meteorite impact on Earth.
2020 Artificial Intelligence reaches human levels. There are now two intelligent species on Earth, one biological, and one nonbiological.
2021 The first human landing on Mars is achieved. There is an unpleasant surprise.
2023 Dinosaurs are cloned from fragments of DNA. A dinosaur zoo opens in Florida.
2025 Brain research leads to an understanding of all human senses. Full immersion virtual reality becomes available. The user puts on a metal helmet and is then able to enter "new universes."
2040 A universal replicator based on nanotechnology is now able to create any object from gourmet meals to diamonds. The only thing that has value is information.
2040 The concept of human "work" is phased out.
2061 Hunter gatherer societies are recreated.
2061 The return of Haley's comet is visited by humans.
2090 Large scale burning of fossil fuels is resumed to replace carbon dioxide.
2095 A true "space drive" is developed. The first humans are sent out to nearby star systems already visited by robots.
2100 History begins.
According to Microsoft, this limitation 'helps [users] stay organized and reduces confusion.'"
OK, so Windows XP Home is confusing to use then?
Can we expect this new clever feature in Longhorn?
*sigh*
Don't they even think before talking?
"I don't like team activities. Neither in real life, nor in computer games."
"I led a normal geek childhood... "
What's next, CowboyNeal on a date?
... followed by Mission To Mars, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Equilibrium, Dog Soldiers, Armageddon, Water World, Star Wars Episode 1, Matrix Revolutions.
There's a few, although none of them "beat" MK with its non-existant plot and acting. It's even based on a lot of special effects and they fail miserably even there.
If it's done, wouldn't surprise me if it would become a very average zombie flick, like... mmm, Resident Evil?
A plot summary for that movie snagged from IMDb:
"In an isolated town named Raccoon City, the largest corporate supplier of healthcare, medical supplies, and defense technology has a secret research facility located half a mile underground called The Hive. Five hours ago the "T Virus" was "accidentally" released. Now the Umbrella Corporation has sent in a special team to contain the situation and re-take the facility. This becomes somewhat of a problem when all of the dead scientists come back to life in search of a snack."
Yeah, sounds about right.
Let's see the Doom 3 adaption:
"In an isolated research facility at Mars located half a mile underground, an experiment goes awry with extradimensional demons being released. Now the UAC has sent in a special team to contain the situation and re-take the facility. This becomes somewhat of a problem when all of the dead scientists come back to life in search of a snack."
Perhaps you're thinking of ATI? I wouldn't know about that.
:-P )
ATI also release WHQL certified drivers.
( which aren't "old"
While there is some truth to this, if you do this you will end up running very old (and sometimes quite buggy) video drivers. I haven't seen any recent video drivers that are WHQL certified. At least, not nVidia drivers. I suspect this is the same case with ATI as well. Probably not as much so for run-of-the-mill 2D cards.
Wow... Just... Wow.
How about looking on ATI.com and nVidia.com?
It's not like Longhorn will drop support for Windows.Forms, and I think the only thing they might miss is some GUI widgets and some special functionality new to Longhorn. I think most people can make that tradeoff for platform independency for now. If they want to make platform depended stuff using the very latest Longhorn stuff, go for Microsoft .NET.
Care to elaborate? :-)
What's that setting all about?
According to SANS (link above), only 6% has been forced to rebuild their system after install. Not too shabby!
O WOW THIS SOUNDS SO GREAT TAHT I HAEV PE3D IN MAH PANTS NOW!!11!!!1 WTF I THINK I WIL SIGN UP FOR THIS AOL OPTIMIEZD PC SHIT!!1!1!!1 OMG LOL I HOP3 MAH PAERNTS WIL LAT M3!!11 OMG WTF LOL TH3N I WIL ROK IN COUNT3RSTRIEK!111 LOL O MAN THIS WIL B SO COL!1!111 OMG
REAGRDS
JOHN TEH FAT 12 YER OLD AOLER KIDDY (SOON HHAHAA)
You mean kind of like this?