True. I guess I've been lucky enough to use big banks that pay the QFX tax and don't pass too much of the cost onto me. Intuit is a greedy, evil company... it's a shame that their only major competitor is Microsoft.
In one letter, written in 1914, less than two years before Einstein revolutionized science with the publication of his theory of relativity, he tried to impose extraordinary conditions of marriage on his first wife, Mileva. He told her:
1) You will expect no affection from me and you will not reproach me for this;
2) You must answer me at once when I speak to you;
3) You must leave my bedroom or study at once without protesting when I ask you to go;
4) You will promise not to denigrate me in the eyes of my children, either by word or by deed. --- In another letter, he wrote: "I treat my wife as an employee whom I cannot fire. I have my own bedroom and avoid being alone with her."
It's in a journal, so it's probably true. I wonder if this is actually provable with dead-tree sources (the article the poster cites is not on the web).
$40 every three years is a significant amount of money? I've been using Quicken since version 1 (back when Linux was in its infancy) and I've never had to pay for any subscription features. Upgrading every few years is pretty inexpensive especially when you buy Quicken along with TurboTax. (Speaking of which, where's the open source USA tax program I've heard so much about?)
We're commenting on an article that can be summarized as follows: "The PlayStation 3 will cost $600. That is alot* of money. You can buy alot* of other games for $600."
If you really believe that constitutes a "news article," please say so. I will then write three brief articles stating three positive things about the PlayStation 3 and submit them to Slashdot, where they will be accepted in the name of even-handedness.
The PS1 stayed on the market for 10 years. The PS2 will likely do the same. Are you really saying that by 2016 nobody will have a high definition TV? By that time Congress will almost be ready to consider discussing the planning phases of migration to digital TV!
$470 = $600 (cost of PS3 with HDMI output) minus $130 (cost of PS2). Note that my original post referred to "Blu-Ray player + PS2 game player combination available," if all the negative publicity about derivative game design ("RIIIIIDGE RACER!") is to be believed. The $500 PS3 serves the same purpose as the $300 Xbox 360: satisfying only the PR need to say "starting at $x99" about a product.
The "vast majority of people" don't own HDTVs. This is true today, but those who do own HDTVs are much more likely to be able to have $600 to spend on a game console. Furthermore, over the lifecycle of the PlayStation 3, it is extremely likely that HDTV prices will fall to the point where an HDTV is well within the purchasing power of more households.
Cheapest Blu-Ray player + PS2 game player combination available, unless another Blu-Ray player is available for $470 by November (which is probable)
Built-in wi-fi, versus $100 for Xbox 360 (The Wii also has wi-fi)
60 GB HD, larger than the HD in any other unmodified game console
There, that's three positive things about the PS3. The last two are pretty minor, but the first one could be good if HDTV owners want a fairly-priced 1080i(p?) movie player.
You miss my point. The 360 sold at auction for $600 with no games because people were willing to pay that price between launch and Christmas. Just as market factors forced the 360 price down (to its MSRP) after Christmas, I think Sony would lower the PS3 price if not enough people bought it at $600. If there's an excessive demand for the PS3, it could sell at auction for $800 with no games.
Slashdot's games section has gotten to the point that makes me thankful I can buy my games online.* I'd hate to be at a store populated by people hovering near the PS3 case shouting "WRONG!" at everyone who even considers buying a console of which they disapprove.
* Disclaimer: I work at a company that sells games online, this does not represent my company's opinion, etc
Most of the people who buy the PS3 won't pay $600 for it. The Xbox 360 cost $600 when it launched last year since many people who really wanted it at launch were prepared to spend $200 over MSRP for it. Prices fall over time for game consoles.
Consider how many Myspace users weren't born when the World Wide Web debuted (1989) and it's not surprising.
I think Myspace will serve the same purpose as Geocities: get all the goofy gimmicky crap out of a future webmaster's system early so they develop decent content later. After all, they already teach PowerPoint in middle schools and I hope it does the same trick.
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This is not perfect, of course, but it still gives you the Last.fm player's controls like "I love this song," "Ban this song from my personal radio station," and "Skip to the next song."
Parallels is a virtual machine for Mac OS X/Intel. It lets you boot Windows while leaving OS X running.
Entourage is the replacement for Microsoft Outlook on the Mac. It does a fraction of what Outlook does in terms of Exchange server compatibility, but it's the closest thing to Outlook/Mac since Outlook 2001 (which only runs in Classic, and Classic doesn't run on Mac OS X/Intel).
Rosetta is the layer that runs PowerPC programs on Mac OS X/Intel.
As a search engine and ad broker, what makes Google qualified to do this? You don't even know how competent they are at taking money, considering how unwilling they are to part with it (see all the webmasters whose accounts were mysteriously frozen for nebulous "click fraud").
Google is now a credit card processor. What in the world makes you think they have any incentive to, in your own words, "go out and BUY a bank"?! Is there really that much value involved in using a JavaScript BETA ATM to get your GoogleMoney to spend at the GoogleMall?
PayPal also lets me buy an item from a private citizen at auction, off Craigslist, etc. Few other services (in the US) let you do this with any level of protection to the buyer. (Western Union and money orders offer no protection.) Until Google lets me do that, it hasn't replaced or even rivaled PayPal.
Go to http://checkout.google.com./ Log in with your Google account. The next page you see is a form that won't let you pass without providing a Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or American Express card number.
Google is facilitating checkouts, not providing a new medium for money exchange.
Also cool on Live: traffic, which Google Maps doesn't provide. Ask.com maps is another site that has outdone Google in mapping. Competition is truly good and I thank Google for raising the bar here.
Open Safari on Mac OS X 10.4. Start VoiceOver (CMD+F5 or CMD+FN+F5 on a laptop). Notice how virtually every UI control has enough metadata to let Mac OS X know what it is.
Open Firefox (or Camino). Start VoiceOver. Notice how absolutely nothing in the web page display area is interpreted as a Cocoa widget. Notice how in the web page display area, checkboxes, drop-downs, text fields, and any other controls lack any access to Cocoa services such as spell checking and Dictionary. The same lack of OS-native widgets is apparent in Firefox for Windows, though GTK does a much better job of emulating the look of these widgets, if not the feel.
If it looks like a native app, it's not necessarily a native app.
Google seems like the sort of company to absorb those fees to get everyone on board during the beta period (and if there are any problems, too bad, it's beta). Afterwards they can pull a PayPal, slowly converting their userbase to "professional" accounts with more features but more fees. The best part is when people claim Google is "evil" for doing this, Google zealots can point the finger squarely at the CC companies for charging merchants fees in the first place.
Metro is not a major newspaper in New York. You want the Times or the Wall Street Journal for that. Newsday, the Post, the Daily News... hell, even the Spanish-language Hoy is more respected than the freebie Metro is.
If you use Safari this whole article is moot: just mouse over any word and hit CTRL+CMD+D to bring up a dictionary panel for the word. (Requires Mac OS X 10.4)
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True. I guess I've been lucky enough to use big banks that pay the QFX tax and don't pass too much of the cost onto me. Intuit is a greedy, evil company... it's a shame that their only major competitor is Microsoft.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9611/25/christies.einstein /
Found it! Thank you, CNN (and Google).
It's in a journal, so it's probably true. I wonder if this is actually provable with dead-tree sources (the article the poster cites is not on the web).
$40 every three years is a significant amount of money? I've been using Quicken since version 1 (back when Linux was in its infancy) and I've never had to pay for any subscription features. Upgrading every few years is pretty inexpensive especially when you buy Quicken along with TurboTax. (Speaking of which, where's the open source USA tax program I've heard so much about?)
We're commenting on an article that can be summarized as follows: "The PlayStation 3 will cost $600. That is alot* of money. You can buy alot* of other games for $600."
If you really believe that constitutes a "news article," please say so. I will then write three brief articles stating three positive things about the PlayStation 3 and submit them to Slashdot, where they will be accepted in the name of even-handedness.
* Intentional misspelling
The PS1 stayed on the market for 10 years. The PS2 will likely do the same. Are you really saying that by 2016 nobody will have a high definition TV? By that time Congress will almost be ready to consider discussing the planning phases of migration to digital TV!
$470 = $600 (cost of PS3 with HDMI output) minus $130 (cost of PS2). Note that my original post referred to "Blu-Ray player + PS2 game player combination available," if all the negative publicity about derivative game design ("RIIIIIDGE RACER!") is to be believed. The $500 PS3 serves the same purpose as the $300 Xbox 360: satisfying only the PR need to say "starting at $x99" about a product.
The "vast majority of people" don't own HDTVs. This is true today, but those who do own HDTVs are much more likely to be able to have $600 to spend on a game console. Furthermore, over the lifecycle of the PlayStation 3, it is extremely likely that HDTV prices will fall to the point where an HDTV is well within the purchasing power of more households.
Cheapest Blu-Ray player + PS2 game player combination available, unless another Blu-Ray player is available for $470 by November (which is probable)
Built-in wi-fi, versus $100 for Xbox 360 (The Wii also has wi-fi)
60 GB HD, larger than the HD in any other unmodified game console
There, that's three positive things about the PS3. The last two are pretty minor, but the first one could be good if HDTV owners want a fairly-priced 1080i(p?) movie player.
You miss my point. The 360 sold at auction for $600 with no games because people were willing to pay that price between launch and Christmas. Just as market factors forced the 360 price down (to its MSRP) after Christmas, I think Sony would lower the PS3 price if not enough people bought it at $600. If there's an excessive demand for the PS3, it could sell at auction for $800 with no games.
Slashdot's games section has gotten to the point that makes me thankful I can buy my games online.* I'd hate to be at a store populated by people hovering near the PS3 case shouting "WRONG!" at everyone who even considers buying a console of which they disapprove.
* Disclaimer: I work at a company that sells games online, this does not represent my company's opinion, etc
Most of the people who buy the PS3 won't pay $600 for it. The Xbox 360 cost $600 when it launched last year since many people who really wanted it at launch were prepared to spend $200 over MSRP for it. Prices fall over time for game consoles.
So start your own internet, like internet2 but with hookers, and blackjack!
Consider how many Myspace users weren't born when the World Wide Web debuted (1989) and it's not surprising.
I think Myspace will serve the same purpose as Geocities: get all the goofy gimmicky crap out of a future webmaster's system early so they develop decent content later. After all, they already teach PowerPoint in middle schools and I hope it does the same trick.
1. Load clunky custom software
2. Click wrench icon
3. Click "Use external player"
4. ???
5. Profit!
This is not perfect, of course, but it still gives you the Last.fm player's controls like "I love this song," "Ban this song from my personal radio station," and "Skip to the next song."
Parallels is a virtual machine for Mac OS X/Intel. It lets you boot Windows while leaving OS X running.
Entourage is the replacement for Microsoft Outlook on the Mac. It does a fraction of what Outlook does in terms of Exchange server compatibility, but it's the closest thing to Outlook/Mac since Outlook 2001 (which only runs in Classic, and Classic doesn't run on Mac OS X/Intel).
Rosetta is the layer that runs PowerPC programs on Mac OS X/Intel.
As a search engine and ad broker, what makes Google qualified to do this? You don't even know how competent they are at taking money, considering how unwilling they are to part with it (see all the webmasters whose accounts were mysteriously frozen for nebulous "click fraud").
Google is now a credit card processor. What in the world makes you think they have any incentive to, in your own words, "go out and BUY a bank"?! Is there really that much value involved in using a JavaScript BETA ATM to get your GoogleMoney to spend at the GoogleMall?
PayPal also lets me buy an item from a private citizen at auction, off Craigslist, etc. Few other services (in the US) let you do this with any level of protection to the buyer. (Western Union and money orders offer no protection.) Until Google lets me do that, it hasn't replaced or even rivaled PayPal.
Go to http://checkout.google.com./ Log in with your Google account. The next page you see is a form that won't let you pass without providing a Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or American Express card number.
Google is facilitating checkouts, not providing a new medium for money exchange.
A coworker was using Windows Live Local, which is really cool if you live in one of the places that have Bird's Eye (TM) maps. Example: a baseball game seen aerially so close you can make out individual players on the field!
Also cool on Live: traffic, which Google Maps doesn't provide. Ask.com maps is another site that has outdone Google in mapping. Competition is truly good and I thank Google for raising the bar here.
Open Safari on Mac OS X 10.4. Start VoiceOver (CMD+F5 or CMD+FN+F5 on a laptop). Notice how virtually every UI control has enough metadata to let Mac OS X know what it is.
Open Firefox (or Camino). Start VoiceOver. Notice how absolutely nothing in the web page display area is interpreted as a Cocoa widget. Notice how in the web page display area, checkboxes, drop-downs, text fields, and any other controls lack any access to Cocoa services such as spell checking and Dictionary. The same lack of OS-native widgets is apparent in Firefox for Windows, though GTK does a much better job of emulating the look of these widgets, if not the feel.
If it looks like a native app, it's not necessarily a native app.
Google seems like the sort of company to absorb those fees to get everyone on board during the beta period (and if there are any problems, too bad, it's beta). Afterwards they can pull a PayPal, slowly converting their userbase to "professional" accounts with more features but more fees. The best part is when people claim Google is "evil" for doing this, Google zealots can point the finger squarely at the CC companies for charging merchants fees in the first place.
Metro is not a major newspaper in New York. You want the Times or the Wall Street Journal for that. Newsday, the Post, the Daily News... hell, even the Spanish-language Hoy is more respected than the freebie Metro is.
(elitist New Yorker mode off)
If you use Safari this whole article is moot: just mouse over any word and hit CTRL+CMD+D to bring up a dictionary panel for the word. (Requires Mac OS X 10.4)
No, that's just the sound of a dead horse being beaten.