I don't know, I would like it if my fridge had a inventory of everything inside on the door. It could probably save some power too because I wouldn't be constantly opening the door to see what I have.
The problem with TV's is the lack of high resolution. It just makes text difficult to read. This would probably work with HDTV but those haven't come down enough in price yet.
What heating problems are you talking about. Anyone with a normal heatsink/fan designed for the pIV will never have this happen to them, its not even a problem but a feature designed to keep the pIV from melting in a situation where the the user has not placed proper cooling or if for some reason the room temp is laughably high.
Its not open source its the GPL. The problem with GPL Open Source is its greatest asset. Being free is a double edged sword in a capitalist system. You Companies just have a hard time making money off a License that's designed so companies can't control/make profit (whichever way you look at it) off of it.
Actually if you think about it the GPL seems historically new to the capitalist system. Think about it, where has there been a service or good that when received required the user to not sell any changes but release them free and include the exact information on what specific changes were made. Currently this can only work for software, as it just wouldn't make sense for other industries. Even public information of the past (and present, not the future of course because that hasn't happened yet) has not been setup like this. Imagine if the Wright brothers had GPLed the basic design for an Airplane. We would have literally never gotten off the ground.
I guess my point is that a capitalist system like the one we live in has a lot of difficulty with the GPL, just look at all those profitable (or unprofitable I should say) linux companies out there.
I'm probably going to get alot of replies about how linux is not supposed to be profitable, etc... And i'd reply "Thats great just don't expect it to put food on your table or become mainstream."
Your post is very interesting and you make some serious claims. Please provide some evidence or at least a real example of an instance of this occuring.
The problem with this is what happens when those contries that are making their own supplies decide to start selling those drugs to the nations that have to pay for the patented versions.
Sure the big evil corporate nations would not allow those drugs to be sold legally but an illegal drug trade is something that already exists, so I don't see much trouble in distribution of drugs that actually benefit the users.
Lol, you must have had a bad experience with them. I've been useing them for over a year now and have never had a problem. The cable modem has never even lost its connection.
I can't say much for their tech support because I've never had a reason to call them as everything has always worked.
Um, what experience do you have in programming using Directx and opengl?
Also, as far as not having directx support in NT4 (which is the only MS OS that doesn't have DX that matters anymore.) that was probably more a marketing decision than one from a technical standpoint. I sure if they wanted to they could have included it but they want the people with NT 4 to buy windows 2000.
You are right about OpenGl not being supported well by video cards. I work in a outsourced compatibility lab that tests games on various hardware, the Direct3d games almost always have fewer compat issues with video cards than the Opengl games.
Hmm, as you seem to be talking more about government then computers. You should read this interesting article on the advantages of the two party election system over the multipary system.
What the Baltimore County Public Library? I used to work there for a little while.
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I wouldn't consider that a half-win. Yes they got the surfer to use IE but they still don't make any money. Where if they get the surfer to buy the OS then their in business.
Yep we will see boards with both slots. It will kind of be like boards nowadays having both ISA and PCI. It really won't be that big of a deal, the industry has done this slot switching stuff before without that much of a problem.
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I don't know, I would like it if my fridge had a inventory of everything inside on the door. It could probably save some power too because I wouldn't be constantly opening the door to see what I have.
The problem with TV's is the lack of high resolution. It just makes text difficult to read. This would probably work with HDTV but those haven't come down enough in price yet.
I don't think Apple has any other preloaded OS's, but Apple is in a different situation, they make the whole machine.
Dammit NY Times took away my right to bear arms. Where the hell is Charlton Heston when you need him.
Huh?
Yes why the hell is OS X soo slow. We have some new macs where I work that dual boot OS X and OS9, working in OSX is just a painfull experience.
What heating problems are you talking about. Anyone with a normal heatsink/fan designed for the pIV will never have this happen to them, its not even a problem but a feature designed to keep the pIV from melting in a situation where the the user has not placed proper cooling or if for some reason the room temp is laughably high.
Yeah slashdot is all full of bitching zealots. Try pot it calms you down and makes you not care about this kind of stuff anymore.
Lol, I see you forgot to mention games. The REAL reason people upgrade computers.
Ahh, She blinded me with science.
Its not open source its the GPL. The problem with GPL Open Source is its greatest asset. Being free is a double edged sword in a capitalist system. You Companies just have a hard time making money off a License that's designed so companies can't control/make profit (whichever way you look at it) off of it.
Actually if you think about it the GPL seems historically new to the capitalist system. Think about it, where has there been a service or good that when received required the user to not sell any changes but release them free and include the exact information on what specific changes were made. Currently this can only work for software, as it just wouldn't make sense for other industries. Even public information of the past (and present, not the future of course because that hasn't happened yet) has not been setup like this. Imagine if the Wright brothers had GPLed the basic design for an Airplane. We would have literally never gotten off the ground.
I guess my point is that a capitalist system like the one we live in has a lot of difficulty with the GPL, just look at all those profitable (or unprofitable I should say) linux companies out there.
I'm probably going to get alot of replies about how linux is not supposed to be profitable, etc... And i'd reply "Thats great just don't expect it to put food on your table or become mainstream."
Your post is very interesting and you make some serious claims. Please provide some evidence or at least a real example of an instance of this occuring.
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The problem with this is what happens when those contries that are making their own supplies decide to start selling those drugs to the nations that have to pay for the patented versions.
Sure the big evil corporate nations would not allow those drugs to be sold legally but an illegal drug trade is something that already exists, so I don't see much trouble in distribution of drugs that actually benefit the users.
Yes, lets see Brazil or South Africa setup their own medical research and then allocate the funds to research and develop AIDS drugs.
Doing all this on tax dollars paid by the corporations and working citizens of the country.
When did they block port 80? That never happened to me?
Lol, you must have had a bad experience with them. I've been useing them for over a year now and have never had a problem. The cable modem has never even lost its connection.
I can't say much for their tech support because I've never had a reason to call them as everything has always worked.
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Um, what experience do you have in programming using Directx and opengl?
Also, as far as not having directx support in NT4 (which is the only MS OS that doesn't have DX that matters anymore.) that was probably more a marketing decision than one from a technical standpoint. I sure if they wanted to they could have included it but they want the people with NT 4 to buy windows 2000.
Opengl does run on WinNT, and 2000, not sure about XP never tried to use opengl on that os.
You are probably just having a compatibility issue with Anachronox on XP (which hasn't even been released yet.)
You are right about OpenGl not being supported well by video cards. I work in a outsourced compatibility lab that tests games on various hardware, the Direct3d games almost always have fewer compat issues with video cards than the Opengl games.
Hmm, as you seem to be talking more about government then computers. You should read this interesting article on the advantages of the two party election system over the multipary system.
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Yes our company actually has a voodoo 4. Which strangely enough was released after the voodoo 5.
If you think that tribes 2 is selling well because of linux support then your in for a big surprise.
What the Baltimore County Public Library? I used to work there for a little while.
"This is a joke and not to be taken seriously"
I wouldn't consider that a half-win. Yes they got the surfer to use IE but they still don't make any money. Where if they get the surfer to buy the OS then their in business.
Yep we will see boards with both slots. It will kind of be like boards nowadays having both ISA and PCI. It really won't be that big of a deal, the industry has done this slot switching stuff before without that much of a problem.