I haven't used this exact model, but I put their "CNPS7000" CPU cooler and their "VF700" Gfx card cooler in my PC. Combined with an Antec Phantom power supply and AcoustiPack case dampening material, acoustically it went from "this is really annoying" to "is this thing turned on?" (and is running a lot cooler, too)
Disney will release on HD-DVD. The worst possible news for the Blu-Ray camp. The Disney logo pretty much guarantees you'll make the top 10 in video sales and rentals.
Seems to me the worst possible news would have been that Sony is giving up on Blu-Ray for the PS3... people have to remember that the PS3 is going to push adoption of The Blu-Ray format SO fast. Even with the recent delay, they'll have 5+M Blu-Ray players in the market by mid '07. People are going to have to consciously go out and plop down $400-$500 for a single-purpose HD-DVD player, but they will be getting one almost as a "bonus" (sure, it does add to the price a bit...) with their $400-$500 PS3.
The masses are not going buy HD-DVD players (and hence any Disney titles on HD-DVD) until they have HDTVs *and* HD-DVD players get down to ~$200... but they will pay a LOT more for a PS3 ($300-400 XBox360 w/out HD-DVD - not to mention they are hard to get without spending much more on a questionable bundle - have sold over 2.5M already), whether they have an HDTV or not.
There have been some good films released over the last year, the same as any other year. There have been crap films released since the history of films. Your theory is therefore flawed.
Oh come on - this has been one of the WORST years for quality movies in a long time. Just look at the Oscar nominations this year. Yeah, individual movie opinions are of course very subjective, but as an aggregate they had a far wider range of reviews (ie a lot more BAD ones) than your usual crop of Oscar contenders.
Personally I would have picked *ANY* of the 2004 nominations (The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby, Ray, and Sideways) over this year's winner. Hell, I would have chosen Hotel Rwanda or Eternal Sunshine (which didn't even make the nominations due to the great crop of 2004 movies) to win over any of the nominations this year.
1.8 vs 1.5 is about 40% larger by area. The reason cell phones have more vertical pixels is that most of the UI is lists & menus... (not unlike an MP3 player!) Of course viewing photos/movies is different, but who wants to look at either on a 1.5 OR 1.8" screen??
"Janus" is just the code name for WM DRM. And you could argue "the iPod only ships with DRM compatibility with iTunes"... (it's somewhat of a tradeoff - support Windows & Mac for one piece of software and hardware, or support Windows only with multiple software and hardware). WM DRM is pretty useful when combined with Yahoo Music Unlimited...
Not that I am arguing that this player is any better than the Nano overall - I have a Nano and apart from not having WM DRM (the necessary evil at the moment to access several interesting services like YMU) it's damn near perfect at what it tries to do...
Ok, I'm pretty sure you this whole post is facetious, but I gotta rant...
You obviously have not played Halo 2! It was out almost a YEAR AGO! And Vista is not coming out for almost a year from NOW! Why am I using so many exclamantion points!!!
Anyway... Halo 2 was written for 640x480 graphics on a 700Mhz P3 with a Geforce3 (approx XBox HW). PC tech is SO FAR beyond that now that suggesting a level of hardware required beyond current games like Far Cry, BF2, HL2, etc is just ludicrious.
Maybe if they said "Halo 3" and showed off some insane new demo videos I'd be impressed... but to be blunt: WHAT THE HELL??? The Xbox 360 will have been out for over a YEAR before this old game even gets released on a PC.
Think so? If the Telcos played hardball and Google refused to pay, then struck a deal with the cable companies for exclusive access, who do you think would win? I could flip a coin over DSL or cable at this point, but if only one of them had Google services (and Google could blame the telcos and their extra network charges for that) then I (and everyone I know) would be on cable in a minute.
ISP service is now a commodity, their differentiation is so minimal. Content is the key.
Plus, if Google actually builds their own backbone as many have rumored, people will be paying THEM just to peer.
I have had my Sony earbuds for about 2 years and they are still in perfect shape. I have recommended them to 2 other co-workers, both of whom have owned them for almost a year and still love them. I bought some for my mom last year, she thinks they are a huge improvement in comfort and a decent improvement in sound over the stock iPod's.
The nice thing about these compared to many other earbuds (at least 3 I have tried) is they are really comfortable over a relatively long listening session. You can wear them for hours at a time and they don't hurt your ears. Now, I'm not saying earbuds worn over several hours (especially with the volume way up) don't DAMAGE your EARDRUMS, they just don't hurt your ears...
Like any product, I'm sure there are people who have bad experiences, but *my* experience is 4/4 in customer satisfaction... especially for the price!
Sounds like a nice analysis in theory, but in practice the ones making the really big bucks (the "$3M to toss a ball around" quarterback type) don't EVER stop earning (commercials, endorsements, speeches/conventions, broadcasting, etc). The ones who didn't make the big bucks can't afford to retire after 4 years of work (the average NFL career) any more than you or I.
I know a couple guys from college who played pro football - I would be surprised if they ever made more than $300k a year for all of the 3-4 years they played before getting injured and/or cut. Luckily they were smart guys who actually got something out of their free college education so went onto I-banking, various entrempeneurial activities, managing family business, etc. But the majority of ex-players who weren't as educated or connected can have a really hard time...
What more do you need than stealing from a friend?
Actually, I think if he ever admitted to that and apologized he'd get a lot more respect... though the Woz story is buried enough that said respect would only be gained from the crowd that reads comments like this, which sadly has a minimal impact on Apple's bottom line...
So you mean they will SELL me a scorecard at the ballpark (and give me that nice free little stubby pencil!) so that I can record all the minute statistics of the game, but then I can't actually tell anyone about what I wrote down myself!?
Unfortunately I did RTFA, and was subjected to this gem:
"IBM is already at work on beefier versions of Cell, and it has launched an allout campaign to woo a new generation of code-crunchers and game boys to write software for its futuristic chip."
WHA!? "code-crunchers and game boys"!? I thought this was Forbes, not Wired! Uuugh, it burns!
You use "amoral" and "immoral" in the same context - they are NOT the same. Amoral means not considering morality either way. Immoral means contrary to established bounds of morality. (To put it in terms/. readers can understand - "neutral" vs "evil";)
In any case, I disagree, and I think most people would after a bit of thought, that "commercial entities are by their nature amoral". Corporations are still led by PEOPLE. The upper level executives of a company have a large sway over the policies and direction of the company. Sure, many of them will choose a path of greatest profits over any moral considerations, but that is not a fundamanetal principle "of nature". It's just plain human greed.
As Microsoft are desperate to show their stockholders that the cash they're burning through to grab as large a chunk of the games industry as they can they won't be too bothered that they've lost a bit of money.
That was the strategy for the first XBox. Now stockholders more than anyone want to see the OPPOSITE - ie. to stop burning through all of that cash and make a PROFIT on their games business.
if you EVER have the possibility of being in the line of sight of a client or potential client, your dress code can have a HUGE impact on that person's impressions of your company
You obviously don't work in the SF Bay Area - most of the customers I know are frankly worried about the talent of the engineering staff if they are dressed too well... in fact, in general I have seen a startling REVERSE correlation between attire and overall technical competence:)
Where I live? Not if hell froze over and Satan himself passed out free rides on his personal snowsled. There are many things I like about the USA, and I'd definately like to visit again, but the mentality of suinng others for your own mistakes/stupidity etc really scares me.
How is hell this time of year, anyway? I'm glad you could take some time out from your eternal torment to visit us - come back any time!
Didn't you even get the point of the article?? You have to look at the bright side!
The people of the Pacific islands, New Orleans, Venice, etc. may lose their little plots to massive flooding due to a huge rise in the sea level, but just think of all the new land that will open up inside the beautiful, balmy tourist haven we call the Arctic circle...
Also, basically all CEOs and upper level management are on contract. They may draw a salary, but you can bet they have contracts spelling out things like severance pay and bonus structure.
Well, if you are getting technical about it, ALL employees are on contract. I am salaried, not a CEO and I signed a contract, with specific terms about stock options, severance, etc. Sure, I don't get predefined performance bonuses, but that just means executive level contracts are BETTER than mine (or most other salaried employees:)
He may not have credited it (and given it was false, it's debatable if that's even worthwhile, though it probably would have HELPED his credibility to blame the origin on someone else!) but he definitely did not reprint it. RBFA (with B = both;) and you can see Paul's is just a cheesy gossip-column quality summary, not a "reprint". The/. OP was fairly misleading on that...
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That was (not was) one of the best comments I have seen on /. all week.
How can they have real review of CPU coolers without a Zalman?
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I haven't used this exact model, but I put their "CNPS7000" CPU cooler and their "VF700" Gfx card cooler in my PC. Combined with an Antec Phantom power supply and AcoustiPack case dampening material, acoustically it went from "this is really annoying" to "is this thing turned on?" (and is running a lot cooler, too)
Disney will release on HD-DVD. The worst possible news for the Blu-Ray camp. The Disney logo pretty much guarantees you'll make the top 10 in video sales and rentals.
Seems to me the worst possible news would have been that Sony is giving up on Blu-Ray for the PS3... people have to remember that the PS3 is going to push adoption of The Blu-Ray format SO fast. Even with the recent delay, they'll have 5+M Blu-Ray players in the market by mid '07. People are going to have to consciously go out and plop down $400-$500 for a single-purpose HD-DVD player, but they will be getting one almost as a "bonus" (sure, it does add to the price a bit...) with their $400-$500 PS3.
The masses are not going buy HD-DVD players (and hence any Disney titles on HD-DVD) until they have HDTVs *and* HD-DVD players get down to ~$200... but they will pay a LOT more for a PS3 ($300-400 XBox360 w/out HD-DVD - not to mention they are hard to get without spending much more on a questionable bundle - have sold over 2.5M already), whether they have an HDTV or not.
There have been some good films released over the last year, the same as any other year. There have been crap films released since the history of films. Your theory is therefore flawed.
Oh come on - this has been one of the WORST years for quality movies in a long time. Just look at the Oscar nominations this year. Yeah, individual movie opinions are of course very subjective, but as an aggregate they had a far wider range of reviews (ie a lot more BAD ones) than your usual crop of Oscar contenders.
Personally I would have picked *ANY* of the 2004 nominations (The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby, Ray, and Sideways) over this year's winner. Hell, I would have chosen Hotel Rwanda or Eternal Sunshine (which didn't even make the nominations due to the great crop of 2004 movies) to win over any of the nominations this year.
A couple comments:
1.8 vs 1.5 is about 40% larger by area. The reason cell phones have more vertical pixels is that most of the UI is lists & menus... (not unlike an MP3 player!) Of course viewing photos/movies is different, but who wants to look at either on a 1.5 OR 1.8" screen??
"Janus" is just the code name for WM DRM. And you could argue "the iPod only ships with DRM compatibility with iTunes"... (it's somewhat of a tradeoff - support Windows & Mac for one piece of software and hardware, or support Windows only with multiple software and hardware). WM DRM is pretty useful when combined with Yahoo Music Unlimited...
Not that I am arguing that this player is any better than the Nano overall - I have a Nano and apart from not having WM DRM (the necessary evil at the moment to access several interesting services like YMU) it's damn near perfect at what it tries to do...
Suggestions:
Ok, I'm pretty sure you this whole post is facetious, but I gotta rant...
You obviously have not played Halo 2! It was out almost a YEAR AGO! And Vista is not coming out for almost a year from NOW! Why am I using so many exclamantion points!!!
Anyway... Halo 2 was written for 640x480 graphics on a 700Mhz P3 with a Geforce3 (approx XBox HW). PC tech is SO FAR beyond that now that suggesting a level of hardware required beyond current games like Far Cry, BF2, HL2, etc is just ludicrious.
Maybe if they said "Halo 3" and showed off some insane new demo videos I'd be impressed... but to be blunt: WHAT THE HELL??? The Xbox 360 will have been out for over a YEAR before this old game even gets released on a PC.
Second, eating at McDonald's is a lot less of a time sink :)
No, you'll just be subtracting that lost time from your life all at once instead of in little pieces...
Think so? If the Telcos played hardball and Google refused to pay, then struck a deal with the cable companies for exclusive access, who do you think would win? I could flip a coin over DSL or cable at this point, but if only one of them had Google services (and Google could blame the telcos and their extra network charges for that) then I (and everyone I know) would be on cable in a minute.
ISP service is now a commodity, their differentiation is so minimal. Content is the key.
Plus, if Google actually builds their own backbone as many have rumored, people will be paying THEM just to peer.
What? This is a huge exaggeration.
I have had my Sony earbuds for about 2 years and they are still in perfect shape. I have recommended them to 2 other co-workers, both of whom have owned them for almost a year and still love them. I bought some for my mom last year, she thinks they are a huge improvement in comfort and a decent improvement in sound over the stock iPod's.
The nice thing about these compared to many other earbuds (at least 3 I have tried) is they are really comfortable over a relatively long listening session. You can wear them for hours at a time and they don't hurt your ears. Now, I'm not saying earbuds worn over several hours (especially with the volume way up) don't DAMAGE your EARDRUMS, they just don't hurt your ears...
Like any product, I'm sure there are people who have bad experiences, but *my* experience is 4/4 in customer satisfaction... especially for the price!
Sounds like a nice analysis in theory, but in practice the ones making the really big bucks (the "$3M to toss a ball around" quarterback type) don't EVER stop earning (commercials, endorsements, speeches/conventions, broadcasting, etc). The ones who didn't make the big bucks can't afford to retire after 4 years of work (the average NFL career) any more than you or I.
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I know a couple guys from college who played pro football - I would be surprised if they ever made more than $300k a year for all of the 3-4 years they played before getting injured and/or cut. Luckily they were smart guys who actually got something out of their free college education so went onto I-banking, various entrempeneurial activities, managing family business, etc. But the majority of ex-players who weren't as educated or connected can have a really hard time...
Relevent article on this from last week:
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
What more do you need than stealing from a friend?
Actually, I think if he ever admitted to that and apologized he'd get a lot more respect... though the Woz story is buried enough that said respect would only be gained from the crowd that reads comments like this, which sadly has a minimal impact on Apple's bottom line...
So you mean they will SELL me a scorecard at the ballpark (and give me that nice free little stubby pencil!) so that I can record all the minute statistics of the game, but then I can't actually tell anyone about what I wrote down myself!?
Unfortunately I did RTFA, and was subjected to this gem:
"IBM is already at work on beefier versions of Cell, and it has launched an allout campaign to woo a new generation of code-crunchers and game boys to write software for its futuristic chip."
WHA!? "code-crunchers and game boys"!? I thought this was Forbes, not Wired! Uuugh, it burns!
I don't know... I think that "gut feeling" was actually caused by a noise 92 cents below the lowest octave of E-flat.
You use "amoral" and "immoral" in the same context - they are NOT the same. Amoral means not considering morality either way. Immoral means contrary to established bounds of morality. (To put it in terms /. readers can understand - "neutral" vs "evil" ;)
In any case, I disagree, and I think most people would after a bit of thought, that "commercial entities are by their nature amoral". Corporations are still led by PEOPLE. The upper level executives of a company have a large sway over the policies and direction of the company. Sure, many of them will choose a path of greatest profits over any moral considerations, but that is not a fundamanetal principle "of nature". It's just plain human greed.
Good list! (well, I'm not so sure about Tru Calling, but besides that...)
One more that I can't believe you missed:
Futurama!!
I think Fastlane had it's moments...
And on the bubble (had potential, just never really had time to establish a reputation either way):
Oliver Beene
John Doe
As Microsoft are desperate to show their stockholders that the cash they're burning through to grab as large a chunk of the games industry as they can they won't be too bothered that they've lost a bit of money.
That was the strategy for the first XBox. Now stockholders more than anyone want to see the OPPOSITE - ie. to stop burning through all of that cash and make a PROFIT on their games business.
if you EVER have the possibility of being in the line of sight of a client or potential client, your dress code can have a HUGE impact on that person's impressions of your company
:)
You obviously don't work in the SF Bay Area - most of the customers I know are frankly worried about the talent of the engineering staff if they are dressed too well... in fact, in general I have seen a startling REVERSE correlation between attire and overall technical competence
Where I live? Not if hell froze over and Satan himself passed out free rides on his personal snowsled. There are many things I like about the USA, and I'd definately like to visit again, but the mentality of suinng others for your own mistakes/stupidity etc really scares me.
How is hell this time of year, anyway? I'm glad you could take some time out from your eternal torment to visit us - come back any time!
Didn't you even get the point of the article?? You have to look at the bright side!
The people of the Pacific islands, New Orleans, Venice, etc. may lose their little plots to massive flooding due to a huge rise in the sea level, but just think of all the new land that will open up inside the beautiful, balmy tourist haven we call the Arctic circle...
I don't even mind living the rest of my life on the open sea. Just please don't make me live it with Kevin Costner or Dennis Hopper.
Also, basically all CEOs and upper level management are on contract. They may draw a salary, but you can bet they have contracts spelling out things like severance pay and bonus structure.
:)
Well, if you are getting technical about it, ALL employees are on contract. I am salaried, not a CEO and I signed a contract, with specific terms about stock options, severance, etc. Sure, I don't get predefined performance bonuses, but that just means executive level contracts are BETTER than mine (or most other salaried employees
Except HBO makes their money by a monthly subscription and not advertising...
He may not have credited it (and given it was false, it's debatable if that's even worthwhile, though it probably would have HELPED his credibility to blame the origin on someone else!) but he definitely did not reprint it. RBFA (with B = both ;) and you can see Paul's is just a cheesy gossip-column quality summary, not a "reprint". The /. OP was fairly misleading on that...