Why Tech sites are failing? 1. The readers of tech sites know how to block ads. Heck I have so many wildcards in my ad blocking software that many times when I go to a new site I don't see any ads. 2. They place ads in such a say as to demand that they are blocked. When they put the ad in the middle of the text that screams BLOCK ME NOW. And while your at it use a wild card. Also any ads that use Flash are also just asking to be blocked. I have to wonder if these people are just clueless or what? The real shame is that in print I value the ads. They are less intrusive and I often seek them out. On the Internet they tend to get into the way. Google ads are the exception. 3. Lack of depth. Back in the good old days of Byte, Micro, Dr Dobbs, and Computer language the articles where great and in depth. Byte has articles on making your own EEG, SBC, and even how to make your own PC. When I mean make your own PC I mean actually making the motherboard not getting the latest form ASUS. Most articles these days are on which Core2Duo motherboard will let you over clock the cpu.5% more then the others or which $600 graphics card will get you 3 more FPS out of Oblivion. 4. Web 2.0 Frankly between my.yahoo, iGoogle, and Slashdot I don't need to read any tech site every day. 5. Bad journalism. This is the real killer. Why can't they stop trying to write flame bait?
"So, it's not really going to be up to Arby's, because occasional public citizens will have tagged Bill's Deli already with "food, deli, sandwich, roast beef", and so on." So how are you going to make money. Yes somebody has to pay for the bandwidth. "So, it's not really going to be up to Arby's, because occasional public citizens will have tagged Bill's Deli already with "food, deli, sandwich, roast beef", and so on." You see I did read the article. In the article he just entered roast beef sandwich. So will the tags locate the nearest, the best, or where John Doe once sat in a park and ate one? Also in the article his restaurant example didn't give you a list it just offered you one choice and no mention on how it picked it. That national park example while interesting is scary. Are we going to fill our national parks with Cell Towers? How do you grade the sources of data? And again who is going to enter all that information and why?
Well the problems with que cat where that it only worked at your PC and it required some hardware. It really is just as simple to type in an URL. On your average cell phone it isn't so easy. Plus a lot of people make their websites Cell phone hostile.
For me the cell phone/barcode camera idea works so well because I know I would use it. If I go to a restaurant I like I spend time entering the phone number into my cell. If they offer call ahead seating. But it really is a pain to do so I don't do it all that often. I have to really like it and it has to have long waits. If I could just point my cell at the menu or the card and capture the info then I would tend to do it more often. I agree that having the menu and hours on the web would be good. But the problem is finding it. There will be a few hundred Bill's sub shops if you do a Google search. Google local is good but not often updated so just finding that restaurants website will be a challenge. But printing a coupon in the newspaper and or putting that little bar code on the take out menu or cards would be simple.
The reason that cuecat failed was because it was the wrong solution for a PC. This works because 1. Odds are pretty good that you already have the hardware aka a cell phone camera. 2. It provides a solution to a problem. On many Cells entering data is a Pain since they lack a keyboard.
All that needs to happen is for someone to supply an application and start selling the barcode numbers.
"I can either pay money for something I may use rarely or only once, *or* I can take a peek at the wealth of open source code out there, and write my own tailored version. I'm not trying to steal code, any more than a kid with a guitar is trying to steal music." You are correct but also rare. I hate to do use the dreaded car analogy but here it is. Time to change your oil You can pay someone to change it at the Jiffy Lube. or You can get the manual, get the tools, and learn how to do it yourself.
I am all for Open Source. I just don't like the Church of RMS. I worry more about Microsoft trying to lock down PCs and requiring a government permit to create software than I am about Tivo. People need to be free to create both FOSS software and closed source software with out the anointed trying to burn them at the stake.
I just got done fixing a busted MMC driver. I will give that back to the FOSS community when I am done testing it. So I do support FOSS.
It could be useful. Even better would be one that formats well on my cell phone. In Japan they have a neat bit of kit that I wish we would use in the US. They print a type of "barcode" on signs and cards. You just take a picture with your cell phone camera and it takes you to that bar codes url. Think how handy that would be? If done right it would include links to call for reservations as well, the hours, menu, and location. Then offer a Bluetooth link to your cars GPS system. A system like that would IMHO be the next big thing. I don't think it will happen because people would have to agree on a standard. It would be hard to get a critical mass.
But back to the simple website. Just how many people would use it? I am pretty big computer user and I just don't use my computer to look up restaurants that often. My number one way is to just take a chance and see if it is open and what they offer.
"I do wish more smaller companies had a web presence. Half the time I want to see a menu from a particular restaurant they don't even have a webpage." Yes but I can understand why they don't. Why should a small dinner pay someone to create a website for them. They could make one themselves but it will probably not be that great. How many people look for websites when they are looking for someplace to eat? A good website takes time and money. A bad website is close to useless. If you are a local sub shop or restaurant why spend the money? Good cook and a good sign are probably much better investments.
"They'd otherwise have to go directly to the fast food chains and cull their franchise records. I'm sure some do this for completeness, but it's definitely not the only way they collect data.
On the other hand you might think fast food chains might lock out other places with exclusive deals. I don't think the market would ever settle for this given how easy the data is to get already."
Unless it works like Google ads. The highest bidder will get the top billing. Even if it works like Google search it is likely that you will be sent to a chain. Even among locals most people will go to Subway or Arby's than a local deli.
Think about it logically. How will it decide where you should get your meal? Will it pick first one you go near? How do you know it is any good? Or will it pick the most popular? Or will it pick one based on where you tend to go? Then how will it know that Bill's deli is something like Sam's subs next to your office? Software can not do magic. It must have some way to decide what should go first. And in the example given it will give you only the top hit.
Google Roast Beef sub and you will see the first hit will be a chain. Jersey Mikes, which does make a pretty good sub for a chain.
If they don't put people that pay near the top of the list how will this make money?
"how many times have you been afraid of something or startled when you knew intellectually it posed no real danger?" Not often. Being startled usually means an unexpected stimuli. It is then that you find out what it is and decide if its dangerous or not.
Those instinctive responses have been incorporated into many modern systems that we depend on. The color red for warning comes from the fact that most red berries are toxic. Sirens are supposed to startle you so that you take notice. Of course fear may be mistaken and overridden at times. That is why we have a rational mind. We can look at the cause of the fear and decide if the benefit is worth the risk. If we loose the risk factor then we are far more likely to risk dangerous activities.
"If I'm driving down a dirt road, I can access the Internet, enter in the key words, "eat, roast beef sandwich'. The next time I pass within 5 miles of an Arby's my device let's me know."
So will it be giving you directions or providing a warning?
Yea this will be the next big thing. The problem is that you will get directions to Arby's but you will not get directions to Bill's deli. You know that little hole in the wall where they bake their own rolls and use real roast beef?
Yea the next big thing in advertising.
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Why I diss the Zune. 1. They hype. Yep you hype a product this much it better be good. 2. Play for Sure... It doesn't. This is the thing that really ticks me off. Microsoft was pushing play for sure so you where not locked into one vendor for your music and or player! Here comes the Zune and it doesn't work! Thank you Microsoft. 3. It is ugly. Sorry but this is a consumer device and it is ugly. 4. Only one model. My wife has a Video iPod and I have a Nano. There is only one Zune. 5. They pay the RIAA for every one sold! This is more of an ethical issue for me. I only put music I own and podcasts on my Nano. Why should I pay "Your going to steal music anyway tax" the creeps at the RIAA! 6. WiFi. The WiFi is busted. You can not do a wireless sync with the Zune or buy music from a hot spot. What a waste of hardware.
I am no big fan of the iPod but like windows it is the standard. If Rio had kept updating my Rio Karma I would have had no reason to buy an iPod. The Zune as far as I can tell isn't good enough to beat the iPod. Had Microsoft actually tried to make a product that was better for the user and not better for the record companies I might have bought it.
"The other is that FOSS software tends to clone/emulate existing commercial products." I don't see this as a real FOSS problem. Most commercial products are just clones or extensions of other existing products. You has more to do with the evolution of software then FOSS vs Closed Source. Take a look at Excel. If you knew Lotus 123 then Excel was easy to learn because it seemed to be a lot like good old Lotus. Oh and Lotus really was easy to learn if you knew Visicalc because it worked a lot like Visicalc. Lotus tanked when they tried to be innovative they meet with very limited success. Lotus Improve was a better spreadsheet than 123 but it was so different that people didn't like it. There are very few original software packages and that I am afraid is going to be a continuing trend. You are unlikely to see a vastly better spreadsheet then Excel because too many people know how to use Excel.
As to the problems with making money off of FOSS. Well yes it isn't always easy and frankly I don't believe in FOSS as a universal solution for all software problems. It is great in some areas but I think is far from the universal solution that RMS and the faithful believe.
You are correct that fresh veggies are expensive. But you can get frozen with out too much added junk for not too much money. One of the big problems is a once vital skill has all but diapered. Almost nobody knows how to can anymore. If you know how to can you can control what goes into your preserved vegetables and can buy in bulk when things are cheap. If you have a yard you can even have a garden and grow your own. Of course for the majority of people in the US the whole it costs to much to eat well argument is just silly. If you have cable TV you can eat well. You just have to make some better choices. Frankly for me it is more a lack of time than a lack of money. My lacking diet is more my fault than anybody else's.
I suggest planting a garden. I also suggest if you do that you plant heirloom variates if you are going to try and be an organic gardener. I find them to do the best without chemicals. If you don't go nuts it will save you money, provide better food, and frankly it is relaxing. If you don't want an entire garden or don't have room than plant herbs. You can do that in a window box and save a BUNCH of money. Fresh Herbs cost a small fortune and a packet of basil seeds is less than $2.
"actually i could give a fuck about the red-state vs blue-state bullshit, i just mentioned it off hand that's what everyone focused on, fucktards." So you reinforce the stereotype while not believing it. Brilliant move on your part combine that with with your eloquence and you have a great future in politics.
You don't vote because no one supports your view? I kind of doubt that you will find anyone that supports all of your views. The idea is that you select the one closest to vote for. If they win then you start moving politics in that direction.
Frankly the big problem right now with politics is that everybody seems to be pushing towards the extremes. I swear I see more people that think that. 1. They know how the people feel and if the vote goes against how they know it should come out the election was rigged. 2. The press are in the back pocket of the other party. 3. They know better than the majority what is right or wrong. 4. They must save the less enlightened from themselves.
Right now both parties are catering the extremists. I have never heard such stupidity from both sides in my life. What is better is that instead of trying to fix problems both parties have found out and old ugly truth. It is easier to find blame than answers. I see that you also follow that rule.
I do agree that copyright infringement is illegal but the RIAA has committed a few crimes of it's own. Let's face it the entire entertainment community feels that they are above the law. I will worry about people downloading music after there is a investigation into the accounting practices of the music and movie industries. Followed by an investigation into the use and actually supplying of illegal drugs. Will never happen but I would love to see it.
Well not really. They discovered that Google is making money hand over fist with targeted ads. This makes Microsoft angry because only Microsoft can make large amounts of money from people using computers! So this way Microsoft can beat Google at the targeted ads game.
I know what you mean. In may state the senator is fought the retirement of an Aircraft carrier. They Navy didn't want to keep it since it was old and expensive to keep in service. Oh I forgot he is a Democrat..
Get over it. You drank the kool aid you some how think it really makes a difference what party they belong to. There are good people in both parties and scum in both. It is just easier for those with simpler minds to think along the Red State Blue State lines.
What I don't understand is why dump Ammonia? If it is pure it makes really good fertilizer and or fuel. You can crack it into hydrogen with very little effort. The sluge is another matter. What is in it?
Some how I don't think Sony is really worrying about Microsoft unless they fear that they might eventually start making headway in the Japanese market. And I really don't think that Microsoft is too worried about a PS3 price cut since they are out selling the PS3 in every market but Japan. They are both chasing Nintendo at this point.
Sony and to some extent Microsoft's problems are actually the same problem. They planned for to use this generation of Game consoles as trojan horse. They both planned on making their systems your home entertainment systems. Sure they played games but they also let you watch videos, DVDs, Listen to music, surf the web, and goodness knows what else. What they didn't worry about was Nintendo. They wrote off Nintendo because all they where interested in was video games. Look at the PSP compared to the DS. The PSP can play movies and music, surf the web, and all sorts of good stuff. All the DS does is play games. You can get movie players and music players for your DS but they are not super popular.
Frankly I don't think Microsoft or Sony where dumb. I can see the PS3 and or the 360 being used for IPTV and content delivery. I just think they rushed it. Games are about having fun. The Wii is more fun. More people seem to enjoy it. That makes it the best console as sales show. For those "Hard core" gamers that hate the Wii. Don't buy one well at least until you see a game that you must have for it. I will probably buy a PS3 went the price drops down to 199 in a few years that is unless it doesn't have any fun games.
Isn't Madden on the Wii supposed to one of the games that make good use of the Wii controller? If that is true then I wouldn't be surprised to see Madden move more people to the Wii.
That depends on how important uptime is to you. You could keep the display box in your server room and use a good server class machine for it. Redundant power supplies, ECC RAM, and RAID. Just put more than one card in the server and drive many displays with this gadget. Need to upgrade the hardware? One box and it is in your server room. Of course it gives you a single point of failure but with a good server class machine that isn't a terrible problem. And if you are really worried keep a spare..
So the question is will all the OS/X drivers make it in to CUPs? If so will we get to the point where if a printer works for OS/X it will work of Linux?
I would guess they could have it very quickly right now. They just need to get Intel to sell them rights to ICC. The problem is that it would most likely suck at PPC code:)
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Why Tech sites are failing? .5% more then the others or which $600 graphics card will get you 3 more FPS out of Oblivion.
1. The readers of tech sites know how to block ads. Heck I have so many wildcards in my ad blocking software that many times when I go to a new site I don't see any ads.
2. They place ads in such a say as to demand that they are blocked. When they put the ad in the middle of the text that screams BLOCK ME NOW. And while your at it use a wild card. Also any ads that use Flash are also just asking to be blocked. I have to wonder if these people are just clueless or what? The real shame is that in print I value the ads. They are less intrusive and I often seek them out. On the Internet they tend to get into the way. Google ads are the exception.
3. Lack of depth. Back in the good old days of Byte, Micro, Dr Dobbs, and Computer language the articles where great and in depth. Byte has articles on making your own EEG, SBC, and even how to make your own PC. When I mean make your own PC I mean actually making the motherboard not getting the latest form ASUS. Most articles these days are on which Core2Duo motherboard will let you over clock the cpu
4. Web 2.0 Frankly between my.yahoo, iGoogle, and Slashdot I don't need to read any tech site every day.
5. Bad journalism. This is the real killer. Why can't they stop trying to write flame bait?
"So, it's not really going to be up to Arby's, because occasional public citizens will have tagged Bill's Deli already with "food, deli, sandwich, roast beef", and so on."
So how are you going to make money. Yes somebody has to pay for the bandwidth.
"So, it's not really going to be up to Arby's, because occasional public citizens will have tagged Bill's Deli already with "food, deli, sandwich, roast beef", and so on."
You see I did read the article. In the article he just entered roast beef sandwich. So will the tags locate the nearest, the best, or where John Doe once sat in a park and ate one? Also in the article his restaurant example didn't give you a list it just offered you one choice and no mention on how it picked it. That national park example while interesting is scary. Are we going to fill our national parks with Cell Towers? How do you grade the sources of data? And again who is going to enter all that information and why?
Well the problems with que cat where that it only worked at your PC and it required some hardware. It really is just as simple to type in an URL. On your average cell phone it isn't so easy. Plus a lot of people make their websites Cell phone hostile.
For me the cell phone/barcode camera idea works so well because I know I would use it. If I go to a restaurant I like I spend time entering the phone number into my cell. If they offer call ahead seating. But it really is a pain to do so I don't do it all that often. I have to really like it and it has to have long waits.
If I could just point my cell at the menu or the card and capture the info then I would tend to do it more often.
I agree that having the menu and hours on the web would be good. But the problem is finding it. There will be a few hundred Bill's sub shops if you do a Google search. Google local is good but not often updated so just finding that restaurants website will be a challenge. But printing a coupon in the newspaper and or putting that little bar code on the take out menu or cards would be simple.
The reason that cuecat failed was because it was the wrong solution for a PC.
This works because
1. Odds are pretty good that you already have the hardware aka a cell phone camera.
2. It provides a solution to a problem. On many Cells entering data is a Pain since they lack a keyboard.
All that needs to happen is for someone to supply an application and start selling the barcode numbers.
"I can either pay money for something I may use rarely or only once, *or* I can take a peek at the wealth of open source code out there, and write my own tailored version. I'm not trying to steal code, any more than a kid with a guitar is trying to steal music."
You are correct but also rare.
I hate to do use the dreaded car analogy but here it is.
Time to change your oil
You can pay someone to change it at the Jiffy Lube.
or
You can get the manual, get the tools, and learn how to do it yourself.
I am all for Open Source. I just don't like the Church of RMS. I worry more about Microsoft trying to lock down PCs and requiring a government permit to create software than I am about Tivo.
People need to be free to create both FOSS software and closed source software with out the anointed trying to burn them at the stake.
I just got done fixing a busted MMC driver. I will give that back to the FOSS community when I am done testing it. So I do support FOSS.
It could be useful. Even better would be one that formats well on my cell phone.
In Japan they have a neat bit of kit that I wish we would use in the US. They print a type of "barcode" on signs and cards. You just take a picture with your cell phone camera and it takes you to that bar codes url.
Think how handy that would be?
If done right it would include links to call for reservations as well, the hours, menu, and location. Then offer a Bluetooth link to your cars GPS system.
A system like that would IMHO be the next big thing. I don't think it will happen because people would have to agree on a standard.
It would be hard to get a critical mass.
But back to the simple website. Just how many people would use it? I am pretty big computer user and I just don't use my computer to look up restaurants that often. My number one way is to just take a chance and see if it is open and what they offer.
"I do wish more smaller companies had a web presence. Half the time I want to see a menu from a particular restaurant they don't even have a webpage."
Yes but I can understand why they don't.
Why should a small dinner pay someone to create a website for them. They could make one themselves but it will probably not be that great.
How many people look for websites when they are looking for someplace to eat?
A good website takes time and money. A bad website is close to useless. If you are a local sub shop or restaurant why spend the money? Good cook and a good sign are probably much better investments.
"They'd otherwise have to go directly to the fast food chains and cull their franchise records. I'm sure some do this for completeness, but it's definitely not the only way they collect data.
On the other hand you might think fast food chains might lock out other places with exclusive deals. I don't think the market would ever settle for this given how easy the data is to get already."
Unless it works like Google ads. The highest bidder will get the top billing.
Even if it works like Google search it is likely that you will be sent to a chain. Even among locals most people will go to Subway or Arby's than a local deli.
Think about it logically. How will it decide where you should get your meal? Will it pick first one you go near? How do you know it is any good? Or will it pick the most popular? Or will it pick one based on where you tend to go? Then how will it know that Bill's deli is something like Sam's subs next to your office? Software can not do magic. It must have some way to decide what should go first. And in the example given it will give you only the top hit.
Google Roast Beef sub and you will see the first hit will be a chain. Jersey Mikes, which does make a pretty good sub for a chain.
If they don't put people that pay near the top of the list how will this make money?
"how many times have you been afraid of something or startled when you knew intellectually it posed no real danger?"
Not often. Being startled usually means an unexpected stimuli. It is then that you find out what it is and decide if its dangerous or not.
Those instinctive responses have been incorporated into many modern systems that we depend on. The color red for warning comes from the fact that most red berries are toxic. Sirens are supposed to startle you so that you take notice. Of course fear may be mistaken and overridden at times. That is why we have a rational mind. We can look at the cause of the fear and decide if the benefit is worth the risk. If we loose the risk factor then we are far more likely to risk dangerous activities.
"If I'm driving down a dirt road, I can access the Internet, enter in the key words, "eat, roast beef sandwich'. The next time I pass within 5 miles of an Arby's my device let's me know."
So will it be giving you directions or providing a warning?
Yea this will be the next big thing. The problem is that you will get directions to Arby's but you will not get directions to Bill's deli. You know that little hole in the wall where they bake their own rolls and use real roast beef?
Yea the next big thing in advertising.
Why I diss the Zune.
1. They hype. Yep you hype a product this much it better be good.
2. Play for Sure... It doesn't. This is the thing that really ticks me off. Microsoft was pushing play for sure so you where not locked into one vendor for your music and or player! Here comes the Zune and it doesn't work!
Thank you Microsoft.
3. It is ugly. Sorry but this is a consumer device and it is ugly.
4. Only one model. My wife has a Video iPod and I have a Nano. There is only one Zune.
5. They pay the RIAA for every one sold! This is more of an ethical issue for me. I only put music I own and podcasts on my Nano. Why should I pay "Your going to steal music anyway tax" the creeps at the RIAA!
6. WiFi. The WiFi is busted. You can not do a wireless sync with the Zune or buy music from a hot spot. What a waste of hardware.
I am no big fan of the iPod but like windows it is the standard. If Rio had kept updating my Rio Karma I would have had no reason to buy an iPod.
The Zune as far as I can tell isn't good enough to beat the iPod. Had Microsoft actually tried to make a product that was better for the user and not better for the record companies I might have bought it.
"The other is that FOSS software tends to clone/emulate existing commercial products."
I don't see this as a real FOSS problem. Most commercial products are just clones or extensions of other existing products.
You has more to do with the evolution of software then FOSS vs Closed Source.
Take a look at Excel. If you knew Lotus 123 then Excel was easy to learn because it seemed to be a lot like good old Lotus. Oh and Lotus really was easy to learn if you knew Visicalc because it worked a lot like Visicalc.
Lotus tanked when they tried to be innovative they meet with very limited success. Lotus Improve was a better spreadsheet than 123 but it was so different that people didn't like it.
There are very few original software packages and that I am afraid is going to be a continuing trend. You are unlikely to see a vastly better spreadsheet then Excel because too many people know how to use Excel.
As to the problems with making money off of FOSS. Well yes it isn't always easy and frankly I don't believe in FOSS as a universal solution for all software problems. It is great in some areas but I think is far from the universal solution that RMS and the faithful believe.
You got it. Fear is a good thing. It keeps you from getting killed. Like so many things this could be abused or used to treat real afflictions.
You are correct that fresh veggies are expensive. But you can get frozen with out too much added junk for not too much money.
One of the big problems is a once vital skill has all but diapered.
Almost nobody knows how to can anymore.
If you know how to can you can control what goes into your preserved vegetables and can buy in bulk when things are cheap. If you have a yard you can even have a garden and grow your own.
Of course for the majority of people in the US the whole it costs to much to eat well argument is just silly. If you have cable TV you can eat well. You just have to make some better choices. Frankly for me it is more a lack of time than a lack of money. My lacking diet is more my fault than anybody else's.
I suggest planting a garden. I also suggest if you do that you plant heirloom variates if you are going to try and be an organic gardener. I find them to do the best without chemicals.
If you don't go nuts it will save you money, provide better food, and frankly it is relaxing. If you don't want an entire garden or don't have room than plant herbs. You can do that in a window box and save a BUNCH of money. Fresh Herbs cost a small fortune and a packet of basil seeds is less than $2.
"actually i could give a fuck about the red-state vs blue-state bullshit, i just mentioned it off hand that's what everyone focused on, fucktards."
So you reinforce the stereotype while not believing it. Brilliant move on your part combine that with with your eloquence and you have a great future in politics.
You don't vote because no one supports your view? I kind of doubt that you will find anyone that supports all of your views. The idea is that you select the one closest to vote for. If they win then you start moving politics in that direction.
Frankly the big problem right now with politics is that everybody seems to be pushing towards the extremes. I swear I see more people that think that.
1. They know how the people feel and if the vote goes against how they know it should come out the election was rigged.
2. The press are in the back pocket of the other party.
3. They know better than the majority what is right or wrong.
4. They must save the less enlightened from themselves.
Right now both parties are catering the extremists. I have never heard such stupidity from both sides in my life. What is better is that instead of trying to fix problems both parties have found out and old ugly truth. It is easier to find blame than answers.
I see that you also follow that rule.
I do agree that copyright infringement is illegal but the RIAA has committed a few crimes of it's own. Let's face it the entire entertainment community feels that they are above the law. I will worry about people downloading music after there is a investigation into the accounting practices of the music and movie industries. Followed by an investigation into the use and actually supplying of illegal drugs.
Will never happen but I would love to see it.
Funny but since when having a life and not living in your parents basement an insult?
Well not really. They discovered that Google is making money hand over fist with targeted ads. This makes Microsoft angry because only Microsoft can make large amounts of money from people using computers!
So this way Microsoft can beat Google at the targeted ads game.
I know what you mean. In may state the senator is fought the retirement of an Aircraft carrier. They Navy didn't want to keep it since it was old and expensive to keep in service. Oh I forgot he is a Democrat..
Get over it. You drank the kool aid you some how think it really makes a difference what party they belong to. There are good people in both parties and scum in both. It is just easier for those with simpler minds to think along the Red State Blue State lines.
What I don't understand is why dump Ammonia? If it is pure it makes really good fertilizer and or fuel. You can crack it into hydrogen with very little effort.
The sluge is another matter. What is in it?
So Nintendo has finally produced games for the "mature" audience?
How about these slogans.
Nintendo the game system for people that don't live in their parents basement.
or
Nintendo the game system for people that have a life.
Some how I don't think Sony is really worrying about Microsoft unless they fear that they might eventually start making headway in the Japanese market. And I really don't think that Microsoft is too worried about a PS3 price cut since they are out selling the PS3 in every market but Japan.
They are both chasing Nintendo at this point.
Sony and to some extent Microsoft's problems are actually the same problem. They planned for to use this generation of Game consoles as trojan horse. They both planned on making their systems your home entertainment systems. Sure they played games but they also let you watch videos, DVDs, Listen to music, surf the web, and goodness knows what else. What they didn't worry about was Nintendo. They wrote off Nintendo because all they where interested in was video games.
Look at the PSP compared to the DS. The PSP can play movies and music, surf the web, and all sorts of good stuff. All the DS does is play games. You can get movie players and music players for your DS but they are not super popular.
Frankly I don't think Microsoft or Sony where dumb. I can see the PS3 and or the 360 being used for IPTV and content delivery. I just think they rushed it. Games are about having fun. The Wii is more fun. More people seem to enjoy it. That makes it the best console as sales show.
For those "Hard core" gamers that hate the Wii. Don't buy one well at least until you see a game that you must have for it. I will probably buy a PS3 went the price drops down to 199 in a few years that is unless it doesn't have any fun games.
Isn't Madden on the Wii supposed to one of the games that make good use of the Wii controller?
If that is true then I wouldn't be surprised to see Madden move more people to the Wii.
That depends on how important uptime is to you.
You could keep the display box in your server room and use a good server class machine for it. Redundant power supplies, ECC RAM, and RAID. Just put more than one card in the server and drive many displays with this gadget.
Need to upgrade the hardware? One box and it is in your server room.
Of course it gives you a single point of failure but with a good server class machine that isn't a terrible problem. And if you are really worried keep a spare..
Probably more worried that people are downloading and installing TOR, Bit Torrent Clients, and or goodness knows what else.
So the question is will all the OS/X drivers make it in to CUPs?
If so will we get to the point where if a printer works for OS/X it will work of Linux?
I would guess they could have it very quickly right now. They just need to get Intel to sell them rights to ICC. :)
The problem is that it would most likely suck at PPC code