The top hobbyist end of the market isn't really a big deal. Splurging more than the cost of a console on a CPU that'll be out of date in two months isn't a rational decision to begin with, and dateless nerds with nothing better to spend their money on (hello!) will make their decisions based on the latest review in Game Wanker Monthly anyway, not on a few dollars price difference. What really matters to AMD and Intel is how they do in the bread-and-butter low and mid end consumer and server setups. Looking at CPU prices in isolation from motherboards and even heat output doesn't really tell you much about that.
It's getting harder and harder to find a genuine used bargain on eBay, because of all the rich idiots competing against each other to give the seller more and more money. Time after time, I see people getting sucked into paying more for a used item than its new price. Just last week, I bid £5 on a "used" item, only to watch the price rise to £68 by the close of auction - for an item that can be purchased new with a full warranty and returns service from an online retailer for £11. Astonishing, but common.
There are demonstrably people out there who can't or won't google for items before bidding silly money on them, which means that they're unlikely to check your selling history either to see that you've sold a hundred identical "used but unopened, unwanted presents". That seems to be the trick; pitch your "used" item as a bargain, then watch the idiots spend more than they would on a "new" item, apparently convinced that all the other idiots bidding against them must know what they're doing.
The only thing that keeps me coming back to eBay now is the opportunity to message the winning bidders in these auctions with links to where they can buy the same item new for less, often much, much less. Curiously, I've yet to receive a response to these helpful messages that's not a variant on "FCUK OFFF!!!!!!!eleven!!!!"
Say your piece, and then let them talk. And talk. And talk. Acknowledge nothing except what is in your favour. They have their instructions, you have your record. Don't even play the game.
Let's play a game. It's called "For every instance of a democratic government increasing freedom without angry mobs being involved, I'll cite five examples of a democratic government decreasing freedom." Catchy, eh? You go first.
I have SuSE Linux "Professional" boxen that I have to maintain from a mirror of SuSE's updates because they dropped active support after 18 months and took the files off of their update servers after 3 years. Given that's less than the mean time between reboots that I'd expect for an enterprise system, that was a big mistake on their part; they'll never get a red cent from me again.
PJ did not say anything about prior art. She said "PubPat's Executive Director, Dan Ravicher, says that the submitters knew about the prior art". Please at least try to pretend that Slashdot is a credible news source.
Which reminds me; I've been frozen in a block of ice for a decade. So, how's the takeup of RISC chips going? Have they replaced x86, as he confidently predicted?
Why, yes, it was, but that was back when he was convinced that RISC chips would wipe the floor with x86 any second now. He's actually a pretty good predictor of the future, if you make sure to always bet against him.
"Satire is SPECIFICALLY protected speech under the constitution."
You know, it never ceases to amaze me that the sum total of human information is available at the click of a button, and yet retards can still post utter gobshite like that and expect to not get called on it.
Shock and awe me; look up the Constituion and its Amendments and quote me the passage that SPECIFICALLY protects satire.
That's a good question, particularly as all current lithium cells just up and die 3 years or so after they've been manufactured, regardless of how they've been used. Don't take my word for it, Google. So that's going to cost you, what, half the new purchase price of your car every 3 years? Not a good deal.
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Reading this article has instantly solved all of my project management problems!
Any second now. Aaaaaaany second now...
The top hobbyist end of the market isn't really a big deal. Splurging more than the cost of a console on a CPU that'll be out of date in two months isn't a rational decision to begin with, and dateless nerds with nothing better to spend their money on (hello!) will make their decisions based on the latest review in Game Wanker Monthly anyway, not on a few dollars price difference. What really matters to AMD and Intel is how they do in the bread-and-butter low and mid end consumer and server setups. Looking at CPU prices in isolation from motherboards and even heat output doesn't really tell you much about that.
Not one of those names is replete with the required f'antasy punc'tuation.
There's already a vaccine for H5N1; all this article is saying is that now an Indian lab has produced one as well, so they don't have to import it.
Great editing, as usual.
Given that the USA is the world's biggest producer and "consumer" of mines, who's going to make them clean up their mess?
It's getting harder and harder to find a genuine used bargain on eBay, because of all the rich idiots competing against each other to give the seller more and more money. Time after time, I see people getting sucked into paying more for a used item than its new price. Just last week, I bid £5 on a "used" item, only to watch the price rise to £68 by the close of auction - for an item that can be purchased new with a full warranty and returns service from an online retailer for £11. Astonishing, but common.
There are demonstrably people out there who can't or won't google for items before bidding silly money on them, which means that they're unlikely to check your selling history either to see that you've sold a hundred identical "used but unopened, unwanted presents". That seems to be the trick; pitch your "used" item as a bargain, then watch the idiots spend more than they would on a "new" item, apparently convinced that all the other idiots bidding against them must know what they're doing.
The only thing that keeps me coming back to eBay now is the opportunity to message the winning bidders in these auctions with links to where they can buy the same item new for less, often much, much less. Curiously, I've yet to receive a response to these helpful messages that's not a variant on "FCUK OFFF!!!!!!!eleven!!!!"
WGA still checks them. Oh, didn't you know that? Gosh, what a surprise.
Is what Carmack said about him right here on Slashdot.
Say your piece, and then let them talk. And talk. And talk. Acknowledge nothing except what is in your favour. They have their instructions, you have your record. Don't even play the game.
Well, aren't you just the little prissy pants. You lost. Move on.
Let's play a game. It's called "For every instance of a democratic government increasing freedom without angry mobs being involved, I'll cite five examples of a democratic government decreasing freedom." Catchy, eh? You go first.
You're talking about the situation in Sweden, yes? No? Shut up then.
Deckard dies first.
Introduced when? Maybe you should consider the concept of "past tense"?
I have SuSE Linux "Professional" boxen that I have to maintain from a mirror of SuSE's updates because they dropped active support after 18 months and took the files off of their update servers after 3 years. Given that's less than the mean time between reboots that I'd expect for an enterprise system, that was a big mistake on their part; they'll never get a red cent from me again.
Oh, I see. I have been trolled. I have lost. I will have a nice day.
PJ did not say anything about prior art. She said "PubPat's Executive Director, Dan Ravicher, says that the submitters knew about the prior art". Please at least try to pretend that Slashdot is a credible news source.
Actually, what's really ironic about that is that it's under the section "Your Rights Online".
Which reminds me; I've been frozen in a block of ice for a decade. So, how's the takeup of RISC chips going? Have they replaced x86, as he confidently predicted?
Why, yes, it was, but that was back when he was convinced that RISC chips would wipe the floor with x86 any second now. He's actually a pretty good predictor of the future, if you make sure to always bet against him.
I think it's just darling that after berating linux for being "tied fairly closely to the [weird] 80x86", that MINIX 3 is only available for... x86.
You know, it never ceases to amaze me that the sum total of human information is available at the click of a button, and yet retards can still post utter gobshite like that and expect to not get called on it.
Shock and awe me; look up the Constituion and its Amendments and quote me the passage that SPECIFICALLY protects satire.
You can just fork off.
That's a good question, particularly as all current lithium cells just up and die 3 years or so after they've been manufactured, regardless of how they've been used. Don't take my word for it, Google. So that's going to cost you, what, half the new purchase price of your car every 3 years? Not a good deal.