Not sure if you're intentionally trying to be obtuse or missing the point due to the slightly complex wording. Half (6) of the 12 day care facilities are below the state average. What the source is trying to say is that considering silicon valley is an ultra-modern place, they would expect most (if not all) day care facilities to be above state average.
I never said that I'm using 4k. After your response I think my original comment might make me look like a resolution whore. My point was NOT that the card should be labeled low end because of 4k. Rather, it should be labeled high end. I play at 1920x1080 resolution. So from my perspective, the card is high end. It's just that cards get labeled based on series (like Nvidia x60 series is mid-end) which is primarily based on price. When there are graphics cards available from $30-3000, the low, mid and high end will be different based on a person's usage and perspective.
My point was that for vast majority of people (according to Steam Hardware survey: > 98%) who would be gaming at 1920x1080 or less, this card would be high end. (Note to self: Well done on conveying exactly opposite of what you are trying to say without using sarcasm, negation or typos)
I think what the article is trying to say is that in general we (as consumers) will be at loss even if we want just few extras but not everything.
So say probably you don't want to pay $60 for cable. They may provide a cheap option for $20 which includes free and local channels. However (say in your case) when you add 'true' science channels + HBO + AMC + Showtime (or similar), you'll reach $50 or so. So you'll pay a very similar price losing out 100+ channels. You may not want those channels but those channels are handy when you have friends/relatives (w/kids) over. Primarily the argument is that we won't gain much (if anything).
From the article: "People who once could not afford to visit family members across the country may now be able to find bare-bone tickets within reach." I think these changes are targeted to cord cutters more than current cable customers. I'm a cord cutter but recently I moved to Comcast's Internet+HBO (includes free and local channels) plan. I'm missing few channels like Comedy Central but I'm ok with streaming from www.comedycentral.com
I would like to believe you. I really really want to but what's the guarantee? The adoption of Win 8.x is still quite low. After Steam announced SteamOS, we have seen few companies port their gaming engine to Linux and some hardware manufacturers have started giving some standing to Linux (not saying equal to Windows). Microsoft is at a low right now and 'embracing' seems like a business need more than just a change of heart. How do you know that it won't 'extinguish' cross platform support when it defeats the competitive options. This is like we had a bad tyrant and we suffered tremendously under this tyrant and it took a DoJ anti-trust lawsuit and a very long amount of time to see meaningful competition in this space again. Now the tyrant is back saying pretty please. My reply is simple: Fool me once...
Linux noobs generally do NOT use Debian. They start with ubuntu or some of it's derivative like Mint. On a personal note, I use Linux Mint as my primary OS and recommend it to any noob who asks me on how to start using Linux. I have no qualms admitting myself as a Linux noob:)
How so? In our cities today, this is already true. There are areas where prices are very high and poorer people can't afford to buy houses there. The same thing would apply for this 'dome city' too.
The article says "may be free to wander through by day, but they will surely find no residence there"; just like our current divide of richer areas vs poorer areas.
Then the article says "It won't be long before there will be those who will be desperate to get inside; and it means an authority will be established to decide who can, and who can't." Why do you need that? Free market economy will control the prices of housing in the dome just like our current housing rates as per school district lines or proximity to other valuable services.
I don't see how this is any different from our current rich/poor housing divide.
Makes me wonder if Seiki can afford to give 65" 4k TV for $1059, (Deal at Amazon right now: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi...) why can't the other big name brands (Sony/LG/Samsung) have 65" 4k TV sets at even double that price (say $2100).
I second this. I installed Linux Mint 17 recently and first went with the AMD proprietary fglrx drivers. Overall any video (file playback or gaming) would always be choppy and jittery.
I decided to give the open source radeon drivers a shot. The performance is much better. All the choppiness/jittery is gone. I may have lost some fps but it was completely worth it.
It is a shame the next update still won't have the promised start menu.
I think it makes complete business sense NOT to give start menu to Windows 8.x users. If they did give it to a Windows 8.x user like me for free, I would lose a major incentive to buy an upgrade to Windows 9. Not saying that start menu will be the only change in Win 9 but the start menu guarantees that I will be upgrading.
I may be a little naive but I have started supporting Steam wholeheartedly for one and one reason only.
Games for Linux.
I don't believe that Valve is doing this for the benefit of the Linux community out of some goodness in the heart. They may be doing this for whatever hidden agenda that they have. Future steam box is Linux based or Windows is becoming more closed or whatever.
There are more games on Linux now than before and it appears (at least from what I can foresee) that more games will come to Linux in the near future. Thanks to Steam for this.
You can't be fighting everyone. You need to pick and choose your battles.
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Not sure if you're intentionally trying to be obtuse or missing the point due to the slightly complex wording.
Half (6) of the 12 day care facilities are below the state average.
What the source is trying to say is that considering silicon valley is an ultra-modern place, they would expect most (if not all) day care facilities to be above state average.
I never said that I'm using 4k.
After your response I think my original comment might make me look like a resolution whore.
My point was NOT that the card should be labeled low end because of 4k. Rather, it should be labeled high end.
I play at 1920x1080 resolution. So from my perspective, the card is high end.
It's just that cards get labeled based on series (like Nvidia x60 series is mid-end) which is primarily based on price.
When there are graphics cards available from $30-3000, the low, mid and high end will be different based on a person's usage and perspective.
My point was that for vast majority of people (according to Steam Hardware survey: > 98%) who would be gaming at 1920x1080 or less, this card would be high end.
(Note to self: Well done on conveying exactly opposite of what you are trying to say without using sarcasm, negation or typos)
I think the 'range' depends on what resolution you are playing at..
For 3840x2160 - Low end
For 2560x1440 - 'Midrange'
For 1920x1080 - High end
I think what the article is trying to say is that in general we (as consumers) will be at loss even if we want just few extras but not everything.
So say probably you don't want to pay $60 for cable. They may provide a cheap option for $20 which includes free and local channels. However (say in your case) when you add 'true' science channels + HBO + AMC + Showtime (or similar), you'll reach $50 or so. So you'll pay a very similar price losing out 100+ channels. You may not want those channels but those channels are handy when you have friends/relatives (w/kids) over. Primarily the argument is that we won't gain much (if anything).
From the article: "People who once could not afford to visit family members across the country may now be able to find bare-bone tickets within reach."
I think these changes are targeted to cord cutters more than current cable customers. I'm a cord cutter but recently I moved to Comcast's Internet+HBO (includes free and local channels) plan. I'm missing few channels like Comedy Central but I'm ok with streaming from www.comedycentral.com
I would like to believe you. I really really want to but what's the guarantee?
The adoption of Win 8.x is still quite low. After Steam announced SteamOS, we have seen few companies port their gaming engine to Linux and some hardware manufacturers have started giving some standing to Linux (not saying equal to Windows). Microsoft is at a low right now and 'embracing' seems like a business need more than just a change of heart. How do you know that it won't 'extinguish' cross platform support when it defeats the competitive options.
This is like we had a bad tyrant and we suffered tremendously under this tyrant and it took a DoJ anti-trust lawsuit and a very long amount of time to see meaningful competition in this space again. Now the tyrant is back saying pretty please.
My reply is simple: Fool me once...
Linux noobs generally do NOT use Debian. :)
They start with ubuntu or some of it's derivative like Mint.
On a personal note, I use Linux Mint as my primary OS and recommend it to any noob who asks me on how to start using Linux. I have no qualms admitting myself as a Linux noob
We Are the Linux fanboys.
You Will be Assimilated.
Resistance is Futile.
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Ok to reject the Comcast/TWC merger now...
Didn't say that there is no exposure at all. Just wanted to say that there are bigger targets out there compared to an iphone.
How much work do you do on an iphone that would be a threat to national security?
I thought something like Windows makes more sense.
How so?
In our cities today, this is already true. There are areas where prices are very high and poorer people can't afford to buy houses there. The same thing would apply for this 'dome city' too.
The article says "may be free to wander through by day, but they will surely find no residence there"; just like our current divide of richer areas vs poorer areas.
Then the article says "It won't be long before there will be those who will be desperate to get inside; and it means an authority will be established to decide who can, and who can't."
Why do you need that? Free market economy will control the prices of housing in the dome just like our current housing rates as per school district lines or proximity to other valuable services.
I don't see how this is any different from our current rich/poor housing divide.
Makes me wonder if Seiki can afford to give 65" 4k TV for $1059, (Deal at Amazon right now: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi...) why can't the other big name brands (Sony/LG/Samsung) have 65" 4k TV sets at even double that price (say $2100).
I second this.
I installed Linux Mint 17 recently and first went with the AMD proprietary fglrx drivers.
Overall any video (file playback or gaming) would always be choppy and jittery.
I decided to give the open source radeon drivers a shot. The performance is much better. All the choppiness/jittery is gone.
I may have lost some fps but it was completely worth it.
It is a shame the next update still won't have the promised start menu.
I think it makes complete business sense NOT to give start menu to Windows 8.x users.
If they did give it to a Windows 8.x user like me for free, I would lose a major incentive to buy an upgrade to Windows 9.
Not saying that start menu will be the only change in Win 9 but the start menu guarantees that I will be upgrading.
On the contrary, internet has given me a faith: Science
Pro-tip: Read this story in the voice of GLaDOS to make it much more fun.
Long time reader. First post..
I may be a little naive but I have started supporting Steam wholeheartedly for one and one reason only.
Games for Linux.
I don't believe that Valve is doing this for the benefit of the Linux community out of some goodness in the heart. They may be doing this for whatever hidden agenda that they have. Future steam box is Linux based or Windows is becoming more closed or whatever.
There are more games on Linux now than before and it appears (at least from what I can foresee) that more games will come to Linux in the near future. Thanks to Steam for this.
You can't be fighting everyone. You need to pick and choose your battles.