When Andy Grove made the comment about Intel being Intel's biggest competition he wasn't talking about when people have already made the decision buy a new computer. Of course it's easy to compare processors and pick whichever one provides the most bang for the buck at the time. What he was talking about is actually getting people to buy a new computer. There has been enough computing power to satisfy most people for a long time. Getting those people to buy a replacement computer is where the challenge lies.
Perhaps the reason their products keep getting bigger and bigger but not doing proportionally more is that they are keeping the bug rates up -- fix old bugs, but introduce new bugs, so there is a constant incentive for people to upgrade. I don't think they are purposely introducing bugs, but it does lead to a situation where bug fixing can become much lower priority than putting in a new feature.
MS and Intel have been their own biggest competitor for years. With each new revision they have to go out and convince people that latest one is the best one ever and the old one should be replaced.
I remember playing the first FF, but really didn't get into it until FF 3 I think. That and the Dragon Warrior series got a lot of playtime on my Nintendo. I remember how bummed I was when Dragon Warrior 3 I think it was messed up and lost my saved game. Made me so mad, I quit playing those types of games until the Playstation came out with memory cards.
What you miss is that the rules are already constantly changing, or in reality being discovered. When a game is released people go and play without much attention to all of the rules. At time goes on, combinations of certain abilities (rules) are found to be more powerful than others so people flock to those. When those combinations are 'balanced' people then flock to other combinations which are more powerful. What's interesting to me is how quickly a population of gamers can discover the optimal set of abilities based on the current ruleset. It's like watching the theory of capitalist economics at work on a small scale.
Regulation is not necessarily evil, despite what you with your presumed libertarian views might think. A libertarian view would agree with the private ownership of the spectrum and the regulation that goes along with it. What they wouldn't agree with is the way the FCC continues to muck with what you're allowed to do with the spectrum after you lease it. For example, fining Howard Stern shouldn't be the job of the FCC (or anyone for that matter).
You're right, 'nut job' was probably a wrong term on my part. I like most of Ron Pauls platform, but when I see him speak I just don't see a President.
Can I ask why your image of the ideal presidential candidate, then, is a guy who (1) found celebrity lifting weights, (2) has conventional ties to a "side you're fed up with," (3) isn't running and (4) legally can't? I was only using Arnold as a loose example, and he definitely isn't ideal. An ideal example would be me, since I mostly agree with myself:)
As it currently stands, the Democrats control both houses of Congress and are poised to pass a telecom-immunity bill. So voting to maintain Democratic control is not going to do anything there. Voting to switch control to the Republicans, meanwhile, will probably also not improve matters You know, I was thinking about this the other day while researching the presidential candidates. None really fit what I want. Ron Paul seems like the most interesting one to me because he's big on smaller government and returning power back to the states. To bad he comes across as a bit of a nut job. Hilary is just too socialist. Obama doesn't seem to know what he wants to run on. The other Republicans and Democrats seems mostly interchangable with each other to me. I'm thinking what we need is a candidate that is not part of the current establishment. Someone like a Arnold who would show up and question everything instead of doing something because that's the way it's always been done. Why do we have a 'war on drugs'? What has it solved? Is it worth it? Does the tax code need to be so complicated that we have to spend billions of dollars to enforce it? What are the goals in Iraq? Where are we currently? Can they even be achieved?
I'm just totally fed up with both sides, and have no idea how to approach the problem of voting next year. I agree with something I heard once. "Anyone who wants to be President should automatically be disqualified from every becoming President."
I also was in that 'smart' group all through high school. I never brought books home, did any homework in the class while it was assigned, etc... Wasn't until this one class in college (computer architecture - punch boards, circuit design, etc...) that I realized that smart == hard work. I remember on the first test I made a 40. I was completely unprepared and had no idea how to even study. That semester was tough, but taught me a lot more in addition to the material at hand.
I don't think all drugs should be legalized either. Like you said, Opium is a very addictive substance, one that nearly destroyed China. I think as a society it's important to understand where laws came from and to re-evaluate those base assumptions once in awhile. At this point, I think the criminalization of marijuana does more harm than good.
As a side note, the war on drugs will never be one, for the simple fact that they work as advertised.
The history channel has has on a good show about drugs. Their reason, while similar to the one from wikipedia, had to do with anti-mexicanism at the time. The mexicans were here working in the US (much like now) and smoking lots of pot. Well they blamed any bad mexican behavior on the pot and then eventually outlawed it. BTW, if you ever see the history of drugs on the history channel it's a great show. IIRC, cocaine was originally outlawed because of "crazed blacks" and your description.
According to the doctor, if you don't get it treated in time, the pain will never go away, and you'll be on pain killers for the rest of your life to deal with the pain. That's true for any sort of pain. I had ACL replacement surgery 3 weeks ago and was given oxycontin and oxycodone to take. I told the doc I didn't want to take them because I hate pain meds and I have a fairly high pain tolerance anyways. He insisted I follow his plan for at least 3 days because he said the same thing about the pain. If you let it go too long and don't stay ahead of it, you may never get it to go away. Let me just say, I hated the feeling I got from the oxycontin, but it does works as advertised. I had and still have zero pain even though I was only on the pain meds for 3 days after the surgery.
You know, sometimes bad things happen to good people. There are a lot of dangers in the world, so should we legislate against all of them? Maybe everyone should wears helmets anytime they are outside of house? Actually once you're 65 you should probably start wearing your helmet when you're in the house, especially when you're in the shower. You see how crazy it starts to sound?
I'm not against helmets. Riding on busy streets, sport riding of any sort, etc... are times when it's a smart thing to do. Riding the bike lazily down the street to your friends house? Um, overkill...
Stories like yours make me very happy I have a friend who is a lawyer. He never minds showing up with me anytime I have to go to court. I think he gets the better end of the deal since I fix his computers all the time and it's not like I'm a career criminal or anything lol...
Bingo! About 5 years ago I was dating this girl and met some of her family. Her aunt has a son who at the time was 13-14 years old who came into the room and asked to be driven down the street to his friends house. My first question was why not ride a bike? To my surprise (and I know my face gave it away lol) his mom responds that he has to wear a helmet to ride his bike so he doesn't ride it. WTF? He has to wear a helmet to ride a bike 3 blocks in the suburbs? Tell me this is some cruel joke. I started to say something about how when I was his age riding a bike w/o a helmet was probably the safest thing my friends and I did, but how they raise their son is really none of my business.
I turned 30 this year, and was mostly just ahead of the feminization of America in the schools. I didn't have to wear a helmet when riding my bike, played outside all the time, and had parents who figured that there was little I could do to myself that some peroxide and a bandaid wouldn't fix.
I don't have kids yet, but am worried about how I can give them my experience growing up and not the current dumbed down one. I don't want my kid to be a part of everyone wins a trophy day. I want him or her to experience the rush of winning and the down of losing and then learning to get back up and fight another day. I want them to know that the world isn't all rainbows and butterflies and that it's okay to be strong, assertive, and to share your opinions.
Where are these people? There is no "dole" or welfare in the United States to speak of excluding SSI. Are you saying disable people shouldn't get public assistance? Should the blind be living on the streets? They are everywhere. When I was a kid I worked in a grocery store. Each week this woman came in wearing her crazy clothes, etc... She drove a brand new Jeep Cherokee with huge rims, gold trim, and pimped out. She would buy more steak, eggs, etc... than my mom could afford in a month, and pay for it with food stamps. Then she would pull out cash and pay for all the beer she bought. While bagging this woman's groceries (and many others just like her) I saw first hand just how many able bodied people are on the 'dole.'
The public dole is there to help people get back on their feet or the ones who truly need it because of disabilities or mental health issues. The last time I checked, 'laziness' or 'have as many kids as I can' isn't a mental health disorder.
This is why, IMO, things like universal healthcare are evil. I agree, and would also like to add that none of these universal healthcare plans ever address the most important question, "why is current healthcare so expensive?"
If you look at your paycheck, you're already giving up an excessive amount of your money under the guise of improving the standard of living in your nation.
I work in the USA and have been writing software for large and small companies since '98 or so. During this time I've only had 1 non-compete agreement to sign, and it was the general "anything you create at work we get first dibs at" type of thing.
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No no. It's much more fun to show class envy than worry about facts here on /.
I think the current shortage is caused by the usual Christmas rush. I and everyone else I knew who wanted a wii easily found one over the summer.
When Andy Grove made the comment about Intel being Intel's biggest competition he wasn't talking about when people have already made the decision buy a new computer. Of course it's easy to compare processors and pick whichever one provides the most bang for the buck at the time. What he was talking about is actually getting people to buy a new computer. There has been enough computing power to satisfy most people for a long time. Getting those people to buy a replacement computer is where the challenge lies.
MS and Intel have been their own biggest competitor for years. With each new revision they have to go out and convince people that latest one is the best one ever and the old one should be replaced.
I remember playing the first FF, but really didn't get into it until FF 3 I think. That and the Dragon Warrior series got a lot of playtime on my Nintendo. I remember how bummed I was when Dragon Warrior 3 I think it was messed up and lost my saved game. Made me so mad, I quit playing those types of games until the Playstation came out with memory cards.
What you miss is that the rules are already constantly changing, or in reality being discovered. When a game is released people go and play without much attention to all of the rules. At time goes on, combinations of certain abilities (rules) are found to be more powerful than others so people flock to those. When those combinations are 'balanced' people then flock to other combinations which are more powerful. What's interesting to me is how quickly a population of gamers can discover the optimal set of abilities based on the current ruleset. It's like watching the theory of capitalist economics at work on a small scale.
I found WoW boring, but have enjoyed DAoC and Eve in the past. Go figure.
I'm just totally fed up with both sides, and have no idea how to approach the problem of voting next year. I agree with something I heard once. "Anyone who wants to be President should automatically be disqualified from every becoming President."
I also was in that 'smart' group all through high school. I never brought books home, did any homework in the class while it was assigned, etc... Wasn't until this one class in college (computer architecture - punch boards, circuit design, etc...) that I realized that smart == hard work. I remember on the first test I made a 40. I was completely unprepared and had no idea how to even study. That semester was tough, but taught me a lot more in addition to the material at hand.
Do you think that many people want the 30gb brown zune or are they buying it because it's been so heavily discounted because it's the brown zune?
I don't think all drugs should be legalized either. Like you said, Opium is a very addictive substance, one that nearly destroyed China. I think as a society it's important to understand where laws came from and to re-evaluate those base assumptions once in awhile. At this point, I think the criminalization of marijuana does more harm than good.
As a side note, the war on drugs will never be one, for the simple fact that they work as advertised.
The history channel has has on a good show about drugs. Their reason, while similar to the one from wikipedia, had to do with anti-mexicanism at the time. The mexicans were here working in the US (much like now) and smoking lots of pot. Well they blamed any bad mexican behavior on the pot and then eventually outlawed it. BTW, if you ever see the history of drugs on the history channel it's a great show. IIRC, cocaine was originally outlawed because of "crazed blacks" and your description.
You know, sometimes bad things happen to good people. There are a lot of dangers in the world, so should we legislate against all of them? Maybe everyone should wears helmets anytime they are outside of house? Actually once you're 65 you should probably start wearing your helmet when you're in the house, especially when you're in the shower. You see how crazy it starts to sound?
I'm not against helmets. Riding on busy streets, sport riding of any sort, etc... are times when it's a smart thing to do. Riding the bike lazily down the street to your friends house? Um, overkill...
Stories like yours make me very happy I have a friend who is a lawyer. He never minds showing up with me anytime I have to go to court. I think he gets the better end of the deal since I fix his computers all the time and it's not like I'm a career criminal or anything lol...
Bingo! About 5 years ago I was dating this girl and met some of her family. Her aunt has a son who at the time was 13-14 years old who came into the room and asked to be driven down the street to his friends house. My first question was why not ride a bike? To my surprise (and I know my face gave it away lol) his mom responds that he has to wear a helmet to ride his bike so he doesn't ride it. WTF? He has to wear a helmet to ride a bike 3 blocks in the suburbs? Tell me this is some cruel joke. I started to say something about how when I was his age riding a bike w/o a helmet was probably the safest thing my friends and I did, but how they raise their son is really none of my business.
Damn! That was well said.
I turned 30 this year, and was mostly just ahead of the feminization of America in the schools. I didn't have to wear a helmet when riding my bike, played outside all the time, and had parents who figured that there was little I could do to myself that some peroxide and a bandaid wouldn't fix.
I don't have kids yet, but am worried about how I can give them my experience growing up and not the current dumbed down one. I don't want my kid to be a part of everyone wins a trophy day. I want him or her to experience the rush of winning and the down of losing and then learning to get back up and fight another day. I want them to know that the world isn't all rainbows and butterflies and that it's okay to be strong, assertive, and to share your opinions.
The public dole is there to help people get back on their feet or the ones who truly need it because of disabilities or mental health issues. The last time I checked, 'laziness' or 'have as many kids as I can' isn't a mental health disorder.
If you look at your paycheck, you're already giving up an excessive amount of your money under the guise of improving the standard of living in your nation.
And you won't glow in the dark...
I work in the USA and have been writing software for large and small companies since '98 or so. During this time I've only had 1 non-compete agreement to sign, and it was the general "anything you create at work we get first dibs at" type of thing.