Without reading his research, the article seems to be describing puncuated equilibrium. The article does make a good point though; that as scientists, biologists and anthropologists should explore alternative models of evolution. I stand pretty firmly in the school of puncuated equilibrium, but thats not to say that my ideas about are necassarily correct, just that what I learned about it seems more logical in the context described by Gould than does gradualism. If another theory comes along with a little more science to back it up, we should all be open to evaluating it.
Regardless of your political leanings, this seems like a pretty shady way of avoiding giving the public its voting records. It seems to me that we should not be allowing proprietary formats to be used in the voting process. When the rights of intellectual property and the rights of corporations usurp the rights of citizens to examine the voting record, I think that we enter dangerous territory and should ask some some serious questions about the way elections are held in our country. I'm all for using technology to make voting easier, but if it comes at the expense of accurate elections, I'd rather go back to paper and pen.
the more I got to thinking about what I wrote, I kind of realized that the only original idea microsoft ever had was their licensing agreements with hardware manufacturers. The for a flat fee you can use our OS on X number of computers approach is what made their OS so available for consumer use in the first place.
Has microsoft had an original idea in years? I'm not one to bash microsoft usually, but it seems like now every time I hear about them in the news, its because they bought up some small company, or are launching a service that is already available. I wish they would stick to what they do best/alright OS and office software. They need to stop trying to control every piece of the computing experience, it makes them look more evil.
Right on. She is providing a terrible example of parenting by ratings board. I don't want her suing on my behalf. I wonder if I can find a lawyer to sue her for defaming my character. Personally, I think R-star screwed up and now they're going to get pwned by lawyers for the next 5 years, but people need to get a grip. Take some personal responsibility, instead of just buying whatever your kids are screaming for for thier birthday. Read the box and know what you're buying 1st.
We make the best console for gaming, but it costs $15,000. Too bad you won't get to play it. It's awesome. But if you can save money for 9 years you can still buy one.
Sure, nokia may sell a bunch of smartphones, but that doesn't mean that volume of sales is an automatic indicator of some level of success as a gaming platform. You have to convice consumers that the features the phone offers are valuable to them. I don't think this is a question of units sold. Its more a question of whether the person buying the phone uses the features. Working for Verizon I can tell you that many people over 30 aren't interested in text messaging, picture messaging, data services, cameras and all the bells and whistles. They want a good performing reliable phone thats not too hard to use. I think that dedicated gaming handhelds will continue to outperform smart phones as our device of choice for portable gaming.
My PSP is awesome, but ultimately it's a toy. I really bought it to see what it could do. It can do alot, play games, movies, music, carry files. It looks good and everyone asks about it. But when i sit at home or on car trips, I take the GBA, simply put its a better gaming device than the PSP is. Thinking about this makes me think about buying a DS to carry with my PSP.
One day America is going to wake up a 2nd world nation. We won't be able to build anything and we'll be in more debt to manufacturing nations than we are already. Sucks to be us.
exactly. I think we're going to see a point eventually in console development where home-brew applications can customize peoples console gaming experience just like their PC gaming experience with out all the PC fuss of building custom rigs and fooling with windows. Hardware thats designed for gaming, with stable software thats custom for every user. Sounds like a good set-up to me.
what a huge surprise that an enormous government agency would be totally unprepared to deal with many of the contigencies it was created to handle. No government agency will ever be as secure or prepared as it should be. Have you seen these morons holding up walls at the airport? I don't see them doing anything but standing there. They've got 47 employees per machine, but only 3 of them actually doing anything. The beauty of bureacracy is that 33 people can do what it would take one private sector employee to do.
Microsoft please STFU. Focus on building a stable OS and not on controlling all the worlds computing and information exchange needs. In all honesty, Windows doesn't suck that badly. Your search engine, IM service, media player and brower are terrible. Even Office is survivable even if the price is outrageous. Make the OS go, let other people do what they're good at.
usually I'm pretty pro-microsoft. I mean, they came up with a good idea and marketed it well. made a crap-ton of cash in the process. They have their problems with stability and security yes, but they pwned everyone else at marketing and availibilty of product. That said, if the OS were secure and the code not exploitable, they wouldn't need to market anti-virus software. damn morons.
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Without reading his research, the article seems to be describing puncuated equilibrium. The article does make a good point though; that as scientists, biologists and anthropologists should explore alternative models of evolution. I stand pretty firmly in the school of puncuated equilibrium, but thats not to say that my ideas about are necassarily correct, just that what I learned about it seems more logical in the context described by Gould than does gradualism. If another theory comes along with a little more science to back it up, we should all be open to evaluating it.
Regardless of your political leanings, this seems like a pretty shady way of avoiding giving the public its voting records. It seems to me that we should not be allowing proprietary formats to be used in the voting process. When the rights of intellectual property and the rights of corporations usurp the rights of citizens to examine the voting record, I think that we enter dangerous territory and should ask some some serious questions about the way elections are held in our country. I'm all for using technology to make voting easier, but if it comes at the expense of accurate elections, I'd rather go back to paper and pen.
Maybe /. need a Rupert Murdoch logo, for every time News Corp. buys some craptacular internet company.
the more I got to thinking about what I wrote, I kind of realized that the only original idea microsoft ever had was their licensing agreements with hardware manufacturers. The for a flat fee you can use our OS on X number of computers approach is what made their OS so available for consumer use in the first place.
Has microsoft had an original idea in years? I'm not one to bash microsoft usually, but it seems like now every time I hear about them in the news, its because they bought up some small company, or are launching a service that is already available. I wish they would stick to what they do best/alright OS and office software. They need to stop trying to control every piece of the computing experience, it makes them look more evil.
So now the Covenant and Flood are time traveling?
Truth. In the sense that cookies are sometimes useful just as you should sometimes eat them.
you could go to the liqour store and get boxes for free too.
I was asking myself the exact same thing.
Right on. She is providing a terrible example of parenting by ratings board. I don't want her suing on my behalf. I wonder if I can find a lawyer to sue her for defaming my character. Personally, I think R-star screwed up and now they're going to get pwned by lawyers for the next 5 years, but people need to get a grip. Take some personal responsibility, instead of just buying whatever your kids are screaming for for thier birthday. Read the box and know what you're buying 1st.
I mean what could go wrong?
We make the best console for gaming, but it costs $15,000. Too bad you won't get to play it. It's awesome. But if you can save money for 9 years you can still buy one.
Sure, nokia may sell a bunch of smartphones, but that doesn't mean that volume of sales is an automatic indicator of some level of success as a gaming platform. You have to convice consumers that the features the phone offers are valuable to them. I don't think this is a question of units sold. Its more a question of whether the person buying the phone uses the features. Working for Verizon I can tell you that many people over 30 aren't interested in text messaging, picture messaging, data services, cameras and all the bells and whistles. They want a good performing reliable phone thats not too hard to use. I think that dedicated gaming handhelds will continue to outperform smart phones as our device of choice for portable gaming.
My PSP is awesome, but ultimately it's a toy. I really bought it to see what it could do. It can do alot, play games, movies, music, carry files. It looks good and everyone asks about it. But when i sit at home or on car trips, I take the GBA, simply put its a better gaming device than the PSP is. Thinking about this makes me think about buying a DS to carry with my PSP.
Yeah, screw paying a premium for PC components. I might as well pay a premium for better made Apple components.
Looks like Rockstar has a 3-star wanted level. They should probably find a respray shop.
One day America is going to wake up a 2nd world nation. We won't be able to build anything and we'll be in more debt to manufacturing nations than we are already. Sucks to be us.
exactly. I think we're going to see a point eventually in console development where home-brew applications can customize peoples console gaming experience just like their PC gaming experience with out all the PC fuss of building custom rigs and fooling with windows. Hardware thats designed for gaming, with stable software thats custom for every user. Sounds like a good set-up to me.
what a huge surprise that an enormous government agency would be totally unprepared to deal with many of the contigencies it was created to handle. No government agency will ever be as secure or prepared as it should be. Have you seen these morons holding up walls at the airport? I don't see them doing anything but standing there. They've got 47 employees per machine, but only 3 of them actually doing anything. The beauty of bureacracy is that 33 people can do what it would take one private sector employee to do.
in soviet ukraine, microsoft uses linux?
Microsoft please STFU. Focus on building a stable OS and not on controlling all the worlds computing and information exchange needs. In all honesty, Windows doesn't suck that badly. Your search engine, IM service, media player and brower are terrible. Even Office is survivable even if the price is outrageous. Make the OS go, let other people do what they're good at.
in soviet russian oxygen generator breaks you!
I recommend the Ak-47 as the tool for people in oppressive regimes.
usually I'm pretty pro-microsoft. I mean, they came up with a good idea and marketed it well. made a crap-ton of cash in the process. They have their problems with stability and security yes, but they pwned everyone else at marketing and availibilty of product. That said, if the OS were secure and the code not exploitable, they wouldn't need to market anti-virus software. damn morons.
using it would almost certainly kill your buzz.