Although i met my present girlfriend in Real Life (and had known her for quite some time prior to "going official") , quite a bit of our talking is done online. Talking online, IMHO, is great because it doesn't have the inherent difficulties of phone or the lack of alone time (we are both teenagers, so parents factor into this...)
My only experiences with online romances have been stupid 2 day experiences that just fizzled after i realized what i was really doing.
Folks, competition between Intel and AMD is good for us nerd-types, because it inevitably means better products, lower prices, and earlier relase dates. Although i don't always agree with the FUD and such used by Intel and associates, it makes for competition.
If Intel and Windows Didn't have competition, we probably would be stuck in the age of the 486 and DOS. Thankfully, competition weeds out the crap (like Moderation) and keeps the developers on their toes.
Don't knock the competition AMD is getting. Hopefully it will be good for the consumer in the long run. Look at how our processor line competion has benefitted us (G3, G4, Athlon, Pentium III, k6-2, et cetera), in a relatively short period of time.
Although i in no way beleive IDG should be making a fuss over such a trivial thing, they do have a legal point. One must remember of course that legal and good are not always the same.
Personall i think IDG should drop the issue, because their point is like arresting me for using "Windows" in ordinary conversation. Nevertheless, they do have the right to question use of their phrase.
Ethically, it is a different issue. With moral consideration, IDG should toss their suitage aside and drop it for the sake of humanity. Although such a response would never happen in the corporate world.
Any kind of trance, Progressive trance, house, drum n' bass, just about any kind of raveish music. In MP3, of course. Weird al songs float ma boat too, and i can certainly deal with just about any kind of electronic stuff. Trippy beatles songs rock the house, too.
Come on, i think the idea is getting old. I mean, basically, its been done already. The origional concept with micro$oft and LinuxPPC was a good concept, but now its just copycats.
This is a big problem. If the consumer doesn't know they are merely reading an ad, they are apt to trust it as expert testimony. A similar thing has happened with drkoop.com. An article in The New York Times a while back pointed out that Dr. Koop's site had "recommended" certain medical institutions, after being paid to do so. The page never mentioned that these "recomended" hospitals and such were paying the website to have their name mentioned.
This happens far too often, and i think it happens more than we (the consumers) know it, or would like to beleive it. Makes me wonder how much MindCraft got paid.
For all of the Douglas Adams fans out there, it looks like we are only one step closer to The Serius Cybernetics Corp. and their Genuine Personality Prototype. But, i have to say, the last thing i'd want to deal with would be a depressed android/computer. Will we have to get therapists for our answering machines? Who knows, anything is possible.
But for now at least, it looks like we are ok. HAL will not be coming to get us just yet.
I have experience running aroung a hundred Beuwulf machines with around two moniter/keyboard sets. One simply boots one with the moniter, sets it running and then moves the moniter/kb to the next one. This is designed mostly for long times between reboots, and it can get tedious with a couple hundred machines, but it works. And you don't need a switch.
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Although i met my present girlfriend in Real Life (and had known her for quite some time prior to "going official") , quite a bit of our talking is done online. Talking online, IMHO, is great because it doesn't have the inherent difficulties of phone or the lack of alone time (we are both teenagers, so parents factor into this...)
My only experiences with online romances have been stupid 2 day experiences that just fizzled after i realized what i was really doing.
Thats all i got to say... Dan
If Intel and Windows Didn't have competition, we probably would be stuck in the age of the 486 and DOS. Thankfully, competition weeds out the crap (like Moderation) and keeps the developers on their toes.
Don't knock the competition AMD is getting. Hopefully it will be good for the consumer in the long run. Look at how our processor line competion has benefitted us (G3, G4, Athlon, Pentium III, k6-2, et cetera), in a relatively short period of time.
Personall i think IDG should drop the issue, because their point is like arresting me for using "Windows" in ordinary conversation. Nevertheless, they do have the right to question use of their phrase.
Ethically, it is a different issue. With moral consideration, IDG should toss their suitage aside and drop it for the sake of humanity. Although such a response would never happen in the corporate world.
Just my simple thoughts, dpn
Any kind of trance, Progressive trance, house, drum n' bass, just about any kind of raveish music. In MP3, of course. Weird al songs float ma boat too, and i can certainly deal with just about any kind of electronic stuff. Trippy beatles songs rock the house, too.
Come on, i think the idea is getting old. I mean, basically, its been done already. The origional concept with micro$oft and LinuxPPC was a good concept, but now its just copycats.
This happens far too often, and i think it happens more than we (the consumers) know it, or would like to beleive it. Makes me wonder how much MindCraft got paid.
But for now at least, it looks like we are ok. HAL will not be coming to get us just yet.
I have experience running aroung a hundred Beuwulf
machines with around two moniter/keyboard sets.
One simply boots one with the moniter, sets it
running and then moves the moniter/kb to the next
one. This is designed mostly for long times
between reboots, and it can get tedious with a
couple hundred machines, but it works. And you
don't need a switch.